Wednesday 13 July 2016 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Two asylum seekers have been threatened at gunpoint at accommodation housing asylum seekers and refugees in Port Moresby.
Wednesday 13 July 2016 | Published in Regional
FIJI – Former rugby league star and NFL player Jarryd Hayne won’t be going to the Rio Olympics after being cut from Fiji’s rugby sevens squad.
Wednesday 13 July 2016 | Published in Regional
NAURU – Australian news portal SBS World News claims it was not granted a journalist visa to cover Nauru’s general election last weekend, despite a direct approach to President Baron Waqa in April.
Wednesday 13 July 2016 | Published in Regional
FIJI – Fiji has one of the highest levels of domestic violence in the world, and Cyclone Winston has reportedly worsened the already less than satisfactory situation.
Wednesday 13 July 2016 | Published in Regional
Former MP slips through border with New Zealand passport
Wednesday 13 July 2016 | Published in Regional
Observers dismiss claims of unfair media access
Monday 11 July 2016 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – A pristine beach in New Zealand bought through an online crowdfunding campaign has been handed to its new owners – the public.
Monday 11 July 2016 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – Teachers’ unconscious biases and low expectations are hurting Maori children – and teachers need more support to deal with it, New Zealand educationalists say.
Monday 11 July 2016 | Published in Regional
AUSTRALIA – Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has declared victory for his conservative coalition in last week’s closely fought general election.
Monday 11 July 2016 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – The Vice Chancellor of Papua New Guinea’s Unitech in Lae says critics of his management need to substantiate their claims.
Monday 11 July 2016 | Published in Regional
PNG professional workers call for PM Peter O’Neill’s resignation
Monday 11 July 2016 | Published in Regional
Suspended opposition MPs fail to be re-elected
Monday 11 July 2016 | Published in Regional
VANUATU – The Public Service Commission (PSC) of Vanuatu has reiterated its decision to ban the use of online social media during working hours.
Monday 11 July 2016 | Published in Regional
FIJI – Time is running out for Fiji’s sevens hopefuls to force their way into the final squad for the Rio Olympics, which will be unveiled on July 16.
Monday 11 July 2016 | Published in Regional
SAMOA – Samoa’s Police Commissioner, Fuiavailili Egon Keil, has declined to comment on a million tala lawsuit being filed against him, the Minister of Police Sala Fata Pinati and the Ministry of Police by an unhappy member of the public.
Monday 11 July 2016 | Published in Regional
SOLOMON ISLANDS – Organisers of a week of reconciliation ceremonies held in Solomon Islands say the programme is a first step towards national healing.
Monday 11 July 2016 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – The Papua New Guinea Works Minister Francis Awesa says the country risks disintegrating into small fragmented ethnic groupings controlled by illegally armed warlords.
Monday 11 July 2016 | Published in Regional
NAURU – The 8000 registered voters on Nauru went to the polls yesterday after what independent observers say were free and fair election campaigns, despite disagreement between government and opposition candidates over campaign advertising.
Friday 8 July 2016 | Published in Regional
SAMOA – Twelve-year-old Samoan student Lupeoaunu’u Va’ai won a gold medal award for her story The Voice of an Island in the UN-partnered Voices of Future Generations children’s story writing competition last year.
Friday 8 July 2016 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – Women MPs from New Zealand are helping their counterparts in the Pacific to operate better in their own parliaments.
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