Regional
PM's interview 'shames Samoa'
Thursday 21 July 2016 | Published in Regional
Critic says not all Samoans are so ‘dumb and callous’
'Criminals waltz in and out of prison at will'
Wednesday 20 July 2016 | Published in Regional
The multiple escapes from Samoa’s top prison by a serial criminal who attacked an Australian honeymoon couple last year has done Samoa a lot of damage, writes Samoa Observer editor Mata’afa Keni Lesa.
60 Minutes report a blow to Samoa
Wednesday 20 July 2016 | Published in Regional
SAMOA – Samoa is reeling this week in the wake of a damning current affairs report by Australia’s 60 Minutes programme.
State owned firms draining Pacific economies
Wednesday 20 July 2016 | Published in Regional
PACIFIC – State owned enterprises in the Pacific are a significant drain on island economies according to a new report from the Asian Development Bank.
Pressure on as vote looms
Wednesday 20 July 2016 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Pressure continues to build on Papua New Guinea’s prime minister to stand down to face fraud allegations.
Medical charity cancels PNG visit
Wednesday 20 July 2016 | Published in Regional
Political upheaval scares off heart surgery team
'Rogue' police set traps at traffic lights in Samoa
Tuesday 19 July 2016 | Published in Regional
SAMOA – The Office of the Ombudsman in Samoa has been receiving reports that members of the public are being stopped by police officers on traffic duty for “no good reason”.
Fiji diplomatic ties becoming 'normalised'
Tuesday 19 July 2016 | Published in Regional
FIJI – As tensions around a history of military coups continue to fade, Fiji’s diplomatic and trade relationship with Australia has almost normalised, according to a senior Fijian government minister.
Minister agrees Asian businesses 'of concern'
Tuesday 19 July 2016 | Published in Regional
SAMOA – Concerns from members of the business community about the influx of Asian-owned companies taking over the retail sector are not being lost on Samoa’s government.
Big challenges facing Pacific journalism
Tuesday 19 July 2016 | Published in Regional
PACIFIC – Media educators and trainers have come together to form a new regional body to address the concerning issue of a decreasing number of journalists and educators in the Pacific.
Anxiety as 7s squad named
Tuesday 19 July 2016 | Published in Regional
FIJI – A Fijian mother who used to sacrifice food so her husband could pay for the bus fare to watch their son play rugby at the weekend is coming to terms that her boy will be playing in the Olympic Games rugby sevens in Rio next month.
Dogs chasing athletes 'not funny'
Tuesday 19 July 2016 | Published in Regional
Village dogs giving Samoa’s tourism a bad name
'Let's see your numbers on Friday'
Monday 18 July 2016 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – “We have 91 members of parliament in the government as we speak,” PNG’s Finance Minister James Marape said as government MP’s flew to a “camp” in Alotau at the weekend.
MPs flown to remote camp
Monday 18 July 2016 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – At least 81 members of the ruling People’s National Congress Party and their coalition partners are now camped in the Milne Bay provincial capital of Alotau.
PNG awaits no confidence vote
Monday 18 July 2016 | Published in Regional
Both opposition and O’Neill confident of winning
Traumatic memories of the night he was beaten by police
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.
Faiths called upon to pray for the Pacific
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.
Stream of climate change refugees feared
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.
Pacific countries alert to safety risks in Rio
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.
Fiji sprinter opts out of 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.
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