Regional
PNG police boss 'not rational'
Thursday 21 April 2016 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Papua New Guinea’s former attorney-general says the country’s police commissioner has become too emotionally involved in the ongoing fracas involving the country’s fraud squad and its investigation into the Prime Minister, Peter O’Neill.
109-year-old birthday girl says every day is a blessing
Wednesday 20 April 2016 | Published in Regional
SAMOA – Samoan matriarch Mitavale Levaopolo Sione, born April 18, 1907, celebrated her 109th birthday this week, making her possibly the oldest person in Samoa.
93 per cent of Barrier Reef hit by coral bleaching
Wednesday 20 April 2016 | Published in Regional
AUSTRALIA – Almost 93 per cent of reefs on the Great Barrier Reef have been hit by coral bleaching, according to a comprehensive survey revealing the full extent of the devastation caused by abnormally warm ocean temperatures sweeping the globe.
West Papua the neglected story of our time
Wednesday 20 April 2016 | Published in Regional
FIJI – Giving voice to the voiceless and championing the rights of all people is essentially about “telling the truth”.
Vanuatu rejects MSG appointment
Wednesday 20 April 2016 | Published in Regional
VANUATU – Vanuatu’s Council of Ministers has reiterated that it won’t accept the appointment of the Fijian Amena Yauvoli as new director-general of the Melanesian Spearhead Group.
Sentences dismay asylum seekers
Wednesday 20 April 2016 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Two men found guilty of murdering asylum seeker Reza Barati will spend just over three more years in prison, Papua New Guinea police say.
Petrol in diesel tank suspected
Wednesday 20 April 2016 | Published in Regional
SAMOA – A report from an inquiry into the diesel fuel tank explosion at Apia’s Matautu Wharf three weeks ago has suggested a mixture of petroleum and diesel may have caused the tank explosion sparked by welding works.
Guerrero arrested
Tuesday 19 April 2016 | Published in Regional
NORTHERN MARIANAS – The former department of public safety commissioner in the Northern Marianas, James Deleon Guerrero, has been arrested.
Lifeline thrown to Tonga rugby
Tuesday 19 April 2016 | Published in Regional
TONGA – The Tonga government has agreed to cover debts owed by the Tonga Rugby Union as part of a tripartite agreement reached following talks with World Rugby.
Civil servants told not to take part in tribal battles
Tuesday 19 April 2016 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Police in Papua New Guinea’s southern highlands province of Hela have warned public servants to refrain from inciting tribal fights.
'Ebola with wings' 10km from Australia
Tuesday 19 April 2016 | Published in Regional
A deadly new strain of drug resistant tuberculosis is incubating on the small PNG island of Daru, 10 kilometres off Cape York, Australia’s most northern point. Infectious disease experts say the disease is ‘Ebola with wings’, and want Australia to lead a regional response. ABC reporter Jo Chandler travelled to Daru for this special report.
Two kings cause chaos on Wallis
Tuesday 19 April 2016 | Published in Regional
WALLIS AND FUTUNA – France is expected to announce who of the two kings installed in Wallis at the weekend is the legitimate one.
Situation close to anarchy
Tuesday 19 April 2016 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Papua New Guinea’s opposition leader Don Polye has called for Police Commissioner Gary Baki to stop victimising his officers and let the investigation into Prime Minister Peter O’Neill take it’s course.
Fraud case divides PNG police
Tuesday 19 April 2016 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – Rival elements of Papua New Guinea’s police force are in open confrontation in Port Moresby.
Guam concerned by missile threat
Monday 18 April 2016 | Published in Regional
Guam – One of the issues that comes from being a US territory in the Western Pacific is that you could become a target of Washington’s many enemies.
Students taught in Samoan language do better
Monday 18 April 2016 | Published in Regional
American Samoa – Recent results have shown that American Samoan school students achieve more when taught in their own language.
Journalists focus on human rights
Monday 18 April 2016 | Published in Regional
FIJI – A group of Pacific island journalists are meeting in Nadi this week to strengthen and build their capacity to understand what human rights is about and how they can use human rights lenses when reporting news in the region.
Loan to improve Fiji's infrastructure
Monday 18 April 2016 | Published in Regional
FIJI – Fiji stands to receive $US50 million to improve infrastructure in the country as part of its re-engagement with international donor partners.
New Zealand fisheries tour 'useful'
Monday 18 April 2016 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – A series of workshops in New Zealand last week for Pacific fisheries ministers and officials to look at how to improve the management of their fisheries has been called “very useful”.
Airport repairs 'not enough'
Monday 18 April 2016 | Published in Regional
VANUATU – Vanuatu’s government says emergency repair works at the country’s international airport should be finished by the weekend – but Air New Zealand say the temporary repairs aren’t enough.
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