Regional
Norfolk Islanders down but not out
Friday 8 July 2016 | Published in Regional
NORFOLK ISLAND – It is one week into the controversial Australian administration of Norfolk Island but many of the locals say they will continue to press for the return of their autonomy.
Guard paid to keep quiet about assault
Friday 8 July 2016 | Published in Regional
NAURU – Wilson Security paid at least one Australian security guard to keep quiet about an alleged sexual assault of a local Manus Island worker, in a number of separate payments of up to $15,000 made by the company.
Fiji police go quiet on murders
Friday 8 July 2016 | Published in Regional
FIJI – Fiji police say they will not be making any further public comments about the killing of Russians Yuri Shipulin and Nataliya Gerasimova until the investigation is completed.
Interference claims dog election
Friday 8 July 2016 | Published in Regional
NAURU – About eight thousand Nauruans will cast their votes today in the island nation’s general election.
Human trafficking concerns
Friday 8 July 2016 | Published in Regional
MARSHALL ISLANDS – Papua New Guinea and the Marshall Islands have received the worst ranking in a United States government report on human trafficking.
Village priest had affair with schoolgirl
Thursday 7 July 2016 | Published in Regional
samoa – A Catholic priest at on Savai’i has left his village in the wake of an alleged sex scandal there where he was caught sleeping with a Year 13 student.
PNG student leader has no regrets about boycott
Thursday 7 July 2016 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – A student leader from the University of Papua New Guinea says he has no regrets about the protest that led to the cancellation of the academic year.
Garbage patch clean up prototype launched
Thursday 7 July 2016 | Published in Regional
PACIFIC – As scientists look to find a way to rid the infamous Great Pacific Garbage Patch of thousands of tonnes of waste plastic, a prototype ocean cleaning system has been deployed in the North Sea off the coast of the Netherlands.
Samoa close to setting up media watchdog
Thursday 7 July 2016 | Published in Regional
SAMOA– The executive committee of the Journalists Association of Samoa,known by the acronym JAWS, has started the process of establishing a media council to receive and investigate complaints from the public about local news media coverage.
UPNG shutdown disappoints
Thursday 7 July 2016 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Papua New Guinea Education Minister Nick Kuman is disappointed with the University of Papua New Guinea’s (UPNG) decision to close the 2016 academic year.
O'Neill moves to save academic year
Thursday 7 July 2016 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – The Papua New Guinea Prime Minister, Peter O’Neill, says his government is negotiating with the University of PNG in an effort to save the academic year.
Food aid arrives in Highlands
Thursday 7 July 2016 | Published in Regional
Villagers say they have been hungry for a year
Nauru opposition claims campaign interference
Wednesday 6 July 2016 | Published in Regional
NAURU – The Nauru MP and former president, Sprent Dabwido, says he suspects the government has intervened to stop local media from running the opposition’s campaign advertising material.
Guam seeks to determine its future
Wednesday 6 July 2016 | Published in Regional
guam – For four centuries, the small western Pacific island of Guam has been passed between colonial powers, but within weeks the territory is expected to decide whether to embark on a quest to determine its own political future.
Tahiti seen as global gateway for Zika
Wednesday 6 July 2016 | Published in Regional
FRENCH POLYNESIA – A new study has revealed French Polynesia is a potential gateway for viruses like Zika entering other parts of the world.
Public urged to refrain from speculation
Wednesday 6 July 2016 | Published in Regional
FIJI – Fiji’s Police Commissioner Brigadier General Sitiveni
PNG abandons university year
Wednesday 6 July 2016 | Published in Regional
Chancellor says protest has turned into mob rule
Second body found on beach
Wednesday 6 July 2016 | Published in Regional
Reports of a chainsaw missing from murdered couple’s farm
Peace agreement 'endangered'
Tuesday 5 July 2016 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – The President of the Autonomous Bougainville Government has accused the Papua New Guinea Government of endangering the Bougainville peace agreement and lying about its dealings with mining giant Rio Tinto.
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