Monday 18 July 2016 | Published in Regional
Both opposition and O’Neill confident of winning
Monday 18 July 2016 | Published in Regional
FIJI – One of the three Fijian men caught allegedly cultivating marijuana by a team of police and military officers in 2009 says he still does not understand why they were tortured.
Monday 18 July 2016 | Published in Regional
PACIFIC – The Pacific Climate Warriors movement is calling on people of different faiths to collaborate and discuss the environmental difficulties that face island nations.
Monday 18 July 2016 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – New Zealand is being warned to prepare for an impending stream of refugees from the Pacific as low-lying atolls are swamped by sea-level rise over the coming decades.
Monday 18 July 2016 | Published in Regional
PACIFIC – Pacific countries are receiving regular security updates from Brazil three weeks out from the start of the Rio Olympics.
Monday 18 July 2016 | Published in Regional
FIJI – Fiji sprinter Banuve Tabakaucoro made a tough and courageous decision to pull out of the Rio Olympics, according the country’s Chef de Mission Cathy Wong.
Monday 18 July 2016 | Published in Regional
Thousands stranded as PNG pilots call in ‘sick’
Monday 18 July 2016 | Published in Regional
NAURU – Nauru’s Justice Minister has launched a strident attack on Australian and New Zealand media outlets over coverage of asylum seekers housed on the island, saying recent elections should make them feel “humiliated”.
Friday 15 July 2016 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – A senior police commander in Papua New Guinea says there have already been law and order issues resulting from the pressure coming on the government.
Friday 15 July 2016 | Published in Regional
PAPAU NEW GUINEA – Papua New Guinea’s attorney general and Minister of Justice Ano Pala has been arrested and charged with abuse of office and misappropriating more than three million kina in public funds.
Friday 15 July 2016 | Published in Regional
O’Neill calls out forces to stop ‘spread of unrest’
Friday 15 July 2016 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – PNG Prime Minister Peter O’Neill arrived in Port Moresby from Brisbane, Australia, under tight security ahead of a vote of no confidence in parliament.
Thursday 14 July 2016 | Published in Regional
SOLOMON ISLANDS – The Solomon Islands government says the United Liberation Movement of West Papua wants to move away from advocacy towards nation-building.
Thursday 14 July 2016 | Published in Regional
SAMOA – Samoan shop owner, Nu’uausala Sionaia, is worried about the future.
Thursday 14 July 2016 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – A former member of the Australian Defence Force has returned home after completing Papua New Guinea’s gruelling Kokoda Track on crutches.
Thursday 14 July 2016 | Published in Regional
SAMOA – Last year, the police in Samoa – through Commissioner Fuiavailili Egon Keil and his Tactical Operations Squad – declared a war on drugs.
Thursday 14 July 2016 | Published in Regional
Former MP says he will speak out about Nauru issues
Thursday 14 July 2016 | Published in Regional
NAURU – Nauru President Baron Waqa has issued a statement to the nation after his government’s successful re-election.
Wednesday 13 July 2016 | Published in Regional
NAURU – New Zealand has justified its decision to grant citizenship to former Nauruan opposition MP Roland Kun, who was under a criminal investigation and prevented from leaving Nauru.
Wednesday 13 July 2016 | Published in Regional
Disturbing images may be from 2009 drug raids
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