Regional
Tuna boats stuck in port
Tuesday 12 January 2016 | Published in Regional
SAN DIEGO – The United States’ State Department has been forced to intervene after San Diego tuna boats were locked out of the Pacific for failing to honour a payment deal.
Kiribati visit planned
Tuesday 12 January 2016 | Published in Regional
WELLINGTON – A team of MPs from New Zealand’s opposition Labour Party will visit Tuvalu and Kiribati next month to see first-hand how the countries are dealing with the effects of climate change.
Kiribati's Fiji land buy questioned
Tuesday 12 January 2016 | Published in Regional
pacific viewpoint By James Ellsmoor and Zachary Rosen The Republic of Kiribati – comprised of 32 atolls that are on average just a few metres above the ocean – may almost entirely disappear in the coming decades as sea levels rise due to climate change.
Vanuatu escapes cyclone damage
Tuesday 12 January 2016 | Published in Regional
PORT VILA – Vanuatu has escaped virtually unscathed after Tropical Cyclone Ula took a more southerly track and picked up speed as it head away from the archipelago’s southern islands.
Fiji media told not to promote discord
Tuesday 12 January 2016 | Published in Regional
SUVA – Fiji’s Media Industry Development Authority says the media organisations should not publish or broadcast material in a form likely to promote discord, but are free to report matters of national interest.
Four swept to death by rogue waves
Tuesday 12 January 2016 | Published in Regional
KIRITIMATI – Four people have reportedly been killed on Kiribati’s Christmas Island, in the Central Pacific, the result of wild seas kicked up by Cyclone Ula, one of the longest-running tropical storms ever.
No reply to grieving family
Monday 11 January 2016 | Published in Regional
SUVA – The family of a man in Fiji who died in an accident in Suva in October last year are still pleading with the authorities for an update on their request to waive immunity for South African diplomat Theodorus Mostert.
Hawai'i's last sugar plantation to close
Monday 11 January 2016 | Published in Regional
HONOLULU – Hawaii’s last sugar plantation will wind down by the end of this year, its owner has announced.
End of sugar a watershed moment
Monday 11 January 2016 | Published in Regional
HONOLULU – The owners of Hawaii’s last sugar plantation say they’re getting out of the sugar-growing business.
Attempt to revive torture inquiry
Monday 11 January 2016 | Published in Regional
SUVA – Fiji’s opposition whip says he will try and get a parliamentary committee to again look into allegations of torture by security forces.
Labour union inquiry now likely
Monday 11 January 2016 | Published in Regional
SUVA – A Fiji trade union leader says an International Labour Organisation commission of inquiry is more likely now that talks have stalled.
Aloha spirit needed in Washington
Monday 11 January 2016 | Published in Regional
WASHINGTON DC – A Hawai‘i Congressman wants island shirts to be allowed in the House Fridays, a change from the current rule that requires full business attire in the US Capitol.
Ula makes Category 4 comeback
Monday 11 January 2016 | Published in Regional
PORT VILA – Vanuatu residents who sheltered against Tropical Cyclone Ula overnight will now be assessing damage as the Category Four storm heads towards New Caledonia.
Mistook weedkiller for medicine
Friday 8 January 2016 | Published in Regional
NAVUTOKA – A 62-year-old man from the village of Navutoka, in eastern Tongatapu died at Vaiola Hospital on Monday after drinking from a bottle of hazardous weed killing chemicals.
Five fishermen missing
Friday 8 January 2016 | Published in Regional
SUVA – Fiji’s Lau islands escaped the full wrath of Tropical Cyclone Ula – but two more fishermen are reported missing bringing the number of people lost at sea in Fiji to five.
Found with rocks tied to ankles
Friday 8 January 2016 | Published in Regional
NUKU‘ALOFA – A German man was found dead at sea off ‘Eua, Tonga, after he was reported missing between Christmas and New year..
300 guns handed in during amnesty
Friday 8 January 2016 | Published in Regional
APIA – IN Samoa, more than 300 guns were handed in to police during a recent firearm amnesty which lasted for two months.
Police suspensions step in right direction
Friday 8 January 2016 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – The Acting Deputy Police Commissioner in Papua New Guinea says the suspension of over 40 officers for a range of brutality and misconduct charges is a step in the right direction.
Police boss on leave, not suspended
Friday 8 January 2016 | Published in Regional
SUVA – Fiji police have confirmed that the acting commissioner Brigadier General Sitiveni Qiliho has not suspended his assistant, Henry Brown, but sent him on leave last week pending an investigation of what they describe as a “serious in-house matter”.
Forum keen to observe on Nauru
Friday 8 January 2016 | Published in Regional
YAREN – The Pacific Islands Forum says it is keen to send an observer mission to help monitor elections in Nauru but only if invited by the Nauru government.
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