Regional
Vote delayed, strikes called
Monday 18 July 2016 | Published in Regional
Thousands stranded as PNG pilots call in ‘sick’
Nauru slams foreign media
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”.
Police under pressure as unrest grows
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.
Attorney general, judge charged
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.
Crackdown on 'civil disobedience'
Friday 15 July 2016 | Published in Regional
O’Neill calls out forces to stop ‘spread of unrest’
Tight security ahead of vote
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.
Activist group speaks of focus on nation building
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.
Asian owners forcing locals out of business
Thursday 14 July 2016 | Published in Regional
SAMOA – Samoan shop owner, Nu’uausala Sionaia, is worried about the future.
He walked the Kokoda Track on crutches
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.
Stoners say drug supply has dried up
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.
Nauru fugitive reunited with family
Thursday 14 July 2016 | Published in Regional
Former MP says he will speak out about Nauru issues
Waqa: 'Ringleaders were defeated'
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.
Kun's escape from Nauru justified
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.
Fiji police probe photos of beatings
Wednesday 13 July 2016 | Published in Regional
Disturbing images may be from 2009 drug raids
Asylum seekers in armed hold up
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.
Jarryd Hayne fails to make Fiji's Olympics squad
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.
News service denied chance to cover election
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.
Domestic violence worsens post cyclone
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.
Stranded Kun flees Nauru
Wednesday 13 July 2016 | Published in Regional
Former MP slips through border with New Zealand passport
Nauru election called 'free and fair'
Wednesday 13 July 2016 | Published in Regional
Observers dismiss claims of unfair media access
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