Regional
Convicted over suicide attempt
Saturday 16 April 2016 | Published in Regional
NAURU – A refugee in Nauru has been convicted of attempted suicide.
Fiji braces for more flooding
Saturday 16 April 2016 | Published in Regional
FIJI – Fiji is getting little respite from bad weather.
Suspicion voiced over cyclone rebuild contracts
Friday 15 April 2016 | Published in Regional
FIJI – The opposition in Fiji is concerned about a lack of transparency as well as possible conflict of interest issues, in the process of awarding supply contracts to hardware retailers for materials for Cyclone Winston rehabilitation.
Westpac pulls banking out of Nauru
Friday 15 April 2016 | Published in Regional
NAURU – One of Australia’s biggest banks has told the Nauru Government it will no longer do business with it or any of its entities.
Protesters occupy royal palace
Friday 15 April 2016 | Published in Regional
WALLIS – The royal palace of Wallis has been occupied in a bid to stop this Saturday’s enthronement of a new king.
Fishing alliance elects new leader
Friday 15 April 2016 | Published in Regional
PACIFIC – The Parties to the Nauru Agreement, PNA, have named a new Chief executive officer who will take over from outgoing CEO Transform Aqorau.
Scores arrested at Papua protests
Friday 15 April 2016 | Published in Regional
WEST PAPUA – Reports say 44 West Papuans were arrested by Indonesian police during demonstrations across Papua region yesterday.
12 killed in PNG light plane crash
Friday 15 April 2016 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – An Australian pilot is among 12 people who were killed when a light plane crashed as it tried to land in Papua New Guinea’s Western Province, the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade says.
Nauru MPs seek to crowd-fund legal costs
Thursday 14 April 2016 | Published in Regional
NAURU – Five suspended MPs in Nauru are seeking international financial help with their legal representation.
Samoa marks start of whale awareness initiative
Thursday 14 April 2016 | Published in Regional
SAMOA – Samoa’s Deputy Prime Minister, Fiame Naomi Mata’afa,has launched a project to raise awareness on whales and their conservation.
Catholic archbishop calls stigmata a 'blessing'
Thursday 14 April 2016 | Published in Regional
SAMOA – The head of the Catholic Church in Samoa, Archbishop Alapati Lui Mataeliga described the appearance of a young woman with Christ’s stigmata as a “blessing” for Samoa.
Pacific paddlers blamed for Zika outbreak
Thursday 14 April 2016 | Published in Regional
The current Zika outbreak in Brazil may have had its origins in Polynesia, says new research speculating the virus was brought to South America by Pacific island canoeing teams competing in Rio in 2014.
Residents benefit little from tax havens
Thursday 14 April 2016 | Published in Regional
PACIFIC – A New Zealand-based security analyst says leaked documents showing several Pacific island countries to be tax havens have come as little surprise.
Demonstrations underway across West Papua
Thursday 14 April 2016 | Published in Regional
WEST PAPUA – Demonstrations in support of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua have been taking place in cities across Indonesia’s Papua region today.
Manslaughter charges count reduced
Thursday 14 April 2016 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – A judge has significantly reduced the number of manslaughter charges against the Australian owner of a ferry that sank off Papua New Guinea more than four years ago, killing scores of people.
Families still wait for shelter
Thursday 14 April 2016 | Published in Regional
FIJI – Families in some Fijian villages are still waiting for tents and remain in badly damaged homes they say are dangerously unstable.
Cane farmers told to tighten belts
Thursday 14 April 2016 | Published in Regional
FIJI – The Fiji Sugar Corporation has urged sugar farmers to grit their teeth after a devastating few weeks for the industry.
Warnings follow dam spill
Wednesday 13 April 2016 | Published in Regional
HONIARA – Health authorities in Solomon Islands have warned villagers living downstream of the defunct Gold Ridge mine on Guadalcanal island not to use river water because it could be contaminated by arsenic.
PNG's attorney-general arrested
Wednesday 13 April 2016 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Papua New Guinea’s attorney-general and Justice Minister, Ano Pala, have been arrested and charged with abuse of office and misappropriation, the latest in a series of high-profile arrests in the country this week.
« Previous 1 … 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 … 403 Next »