Regional
Lae campus keeps doors open
Thursday 26 May 2016 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – The approach towards protesting university students in Papua New Guinea is proving to be far from universal.
No help for shutout students
Thursday 26 May 2016 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – There is no money to help students being evicted from the University of Papua New Guinea to return home to their provinces, according to the Higher Education Minister.
400th anniversary of first European contact
Wednesday 25 May 2016 | Published in Regional
TONGA – It’s 400 years since Tonga had its first contact with European explorers.
Bethany Hamilton earns wildcard into the Fiji Pro
Wednesday 25 May 2016 | Published in Regional
FIJI – Bethany Hamilton is a damn legend, writes Toby Aimer for surfing website Inertia.
Surfers prepare to battle at Cloudbreak
Wednesday 25 May 2016 | Published in Regional
FIJI – The world’s hottest men and women surfers are heading to Fiji this week as the World Surf League begins the Pacific islands leg of the world circuit.
Students want their money back
Wednesday 25 May 2016 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA –The University of Papua New Guinea students’ representative council president Kenneth Rapa says the university must give boycotting students their airline tickets to return to their respective homes and government sponsorship be refunded in cash to the students.
Students 'won't back down'
Wednesday 25 May 2016 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA– Protesting university students in Papua New Guinea say they will not back down from their calls for the prime minister to resign.
Boycott forces university to close
Wednesday 25 May 2016 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – Authorities have suspended the University of Papua New Guinea’s first semester for an indefinite period, effectively ending a student boycott of classes.
Church leaders involved in sorcery-related killing
Tuesday 24 May 2016 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Police in the Papua New Guinea Highlands say they want to speak to a group of church pastors in relation to an incident of torture and murder of a woman accused of sorcery.
Purse seiner successfully pulled off Marshalls reef
Tuesday 24 May 2016 | Published in Regional
MARSHALL ISLANDS – A large Taiwanese fishing vessel was successfully pulled off a reef in the Marshall Islands capital, Majuro, late on Friday, over a week after it ran aground.
Signs of increasing child poverty in Tonga
Tuesday 24 May 2016 | Published in Regional
TONGA – There are signs that child poverty is growing in Tonga, Radio New Zealand has reported.
Vanuatu rower picked for Olympics
Tuesday 24 May 2016 | Published in Regional
VANUATU – A Vanuatu sportsman has become the first rower from his country to qualify for the Rio Olympics.
Bougainville referendum date set
Tuesday 24 May 2016 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Bougainville President John Momis and Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister Peter O’Neill have agreed to work towards a 2019 referendum on independence, following a meeting in Port Moresby last week.
Allegations 'make no sense'
Tuesday 24 May 2016 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – PNG Prime Minister Peter O’Neill has attempted to answer questions surrounding longstanding allegations of corruption levelled against him.
PM tells students: 'I won't step down'
Tuesday 24 May 2016 | Published in Regional
O’Neill attempts to diffuse escalating protests
Archbishop calls sex abuse allegations malicious
Saturday 21 May 2016 | Published in Regional
GUAM – There are calls for Guam’s Archbishop to stand down after an accusation of historical sexual abuse was made against him.
Domestic violence a long-term challenge
Saturday 21 May 2016 | Published in Regional
There is hope for Papua New Guinea and Australia’s shared domestic violence challenge, writes Denga Ilave, operations manager for Femili PNG. Femili PNG is a NGO based in Lae that runs a Case Management Centre to assist survivors of family and sexual violence.
Comments undo violence initiatives
Saturday 21 May 2016 | Published in Regional
FIJI – Fiji’s Parliamentary Speaker is refusing to apologise for saying that women sometimes cause domestic violence.
Police to remain on campus
Saturday 21 May 2016 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – A police presence will be maintained at the University of Papua New Guinea’s main campus in Port Moresby to discourage more protests and assemblies by striking students and also to protect state property, the Post -Courier newspaper reports.
Student protest gains momentum
Saturday 21 May 2016 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – The deadline set by protesting students for Papua New Guinea’s prime minister to step down has passed, with little word on whether they will follow through on their threat of a mass withdrawal.
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