Regional
O'Neill clarifies Manus Island statement
Saturday 5 March 2016 | Published in Regional
MELBOURNE – Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister has clarified comments he made at Australia’s National Press Club (NPC) that he wants the Manus Island regional processing centre to eventually close.
Samoa's opposition party decimated
Saturday 5 March 2016 | Published in Regional
APIA – Samoa’s ruling party has won another landslide victory according to preliminary results from Friday’s election.
Biggest win of 30 years in power
Saturday 5 March 2016 | Published in Regional
APIA – Samoan voters have returned the ruling Human Rights Protection Party in the biggest landslide victory in the party’s 30 year rule.
Detention centre 'damaging'
Friday 4 March 2016 | Published in Regional
CANBERRA – Papua New Guinea’s prime minister says Australia’s asylum seeker detention centre on Manus Island is a problem that has damaged his country’s reputation.
High Micronesia cancer rate explained
Friday 4 March 2016 | Published in Regional
GUAM – A lack of medical understanding – and also geography – have been put forward as reasons why the rate of cervical cancer in Micronesia is so high, according to one of the region’s leading cancer research centres.
US tuna treaty deal salvaged for 2016
Friday 4 March 2016 | Published in Regional
PACIFIC – The Forum Fisheries Agency says US vessels are to resume tuna fishing in the region in a matter of days, thanks to an extraordinary effort on the part of Pacific island countries.
But no need for tourists to stay away
Friday 4 March 2016 | Published in Regional
SUVA – A committee has been activated in Fiji to get tourists back to the country as it looks to recover post cyclone Winston.
Half of Fiji's houses need rebuilding
Friday 4 March 2016 | Published in Regional
Vanua balavu – The commander of the Fiji aid mission to the battered Lau island group in the country’s east says he is amazed that the death toll is not higher from Cyclone Winston.
Death of great Kiwi cricketer
Friday 4 March 2016 | Published in Regional
AUCKLAND – New Zealand cricket great Martin Crowe has died at the age of 53.
Samoa vote set to make history
Friday 4 March 2016 | Published in Regional
APIA – Samoa went to the polls yesterday for the country’s general election. Voting opened at 8.00am and was due to stop at 3pm in an election that is regarded as a foregone conclusion.
One chance to change the flag
Friday 4 March 2016 | Published in Regional
WELLINGTON – New Zealanders have begun voting on whether to adopt a new flag, in a referendum Prime Minister John Key has called a once-in-a-generation chance to ditch Britain’s Union Jack from the national banner.
Zika case prompts health emergency in Marshalls
Thursday 3 March 2016 | Published in Regional
MAJURO – The President of the Marshall Islands, Hilda Heine, has declared a state of health emergency to push the country’s response to the Zika virus into high gear.
Truck carrying cyanide crashes into river
Thursday 3 March 2016 | Published in Regional
SUVA – A truck carrying a container of sodium cyanide to which crashed into a river in Fiji on Tuesday is yet to be removed. Authorities say so far there is no evidence of a toxic spill— although there have been varying reports.
Peter's Village unscathed in cyclone
Thursday 3 March 2016 | Published in Regional
KOROPITA – Cheap, sturdy houses designed by an Australian man have survived Fiji’s devastating cyclone with barely a scratch and provide a potential blueprint for reconstruction efforts.
Mummified sailor had heart attack
Thursday 3 March 2016 | Published in Regional
BAROBO – A German sailor whose mummified body was found on a yacht adrift off the southern Philippines last week died of a heart attack about a week earlier, an autopsy report says.
Cyclone Winston: After the storm
Wednesday 2 March 2016 | Published in Regional
SUVA – Cyclone Winston which hit Fiji nine days ago has caused an estimated US$19.4 million worth of damage to schools throughout the country.
Police plead not guilty to rape charges
Wednesday 2 March 2016 | Published in Regional
SUVA – Eight suspended Fiji policemen and a military officer have pleaded not guilty to rape charges in relation to the death in police custody of Vilikesa Soko in 2014.
Fiji's neighbours providing aid
Wednesday 2 March 2016 | Published in Regional
SUVA – Differences are being put aside between Fiji and its neighbours, as aid keeps flowing in to the cyclone ravaged country.
Violence victims lack protection
Wednesday 2 March 2016 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – International medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières says a lack of legal protection and safe houses is increasing the effect of violence against women and children in Papua New Guinea
PNG ferry owner charged again
Tuesday 1 March 2016 | Published in Regional
KOKOPO – The owner of the ill-fated Papua New Guinea ferry MV Rabaul Queen Peter Sharp has been arrested again.
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