Regional
El Niño most powerful ever
Wednesday 9 December 2015 | Published in Regional
PACIFIC – The latest El Niño weather phenomenon is now the biggest and most powerful it has ever been since records began.
PNG in stranglehold of drought
Wednesday 9 December 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – People in drought-ravaged villages in Papua New Guinea are eating toxic mushrooms and clay to stave off hunger pangs as crops fail, vanishing water sources become contaminated and food, medical and fuel supplies are exhausted.
US tuna payment default looms
Tuesday 8 December 2015 | Published in Regional
PACIFIC VIEWPOINT By Netani Rika Islands Business Magazine The United States is on a collision course with Pacific nations as it attempts to get itself off the hook on a fishing deal signed in September.
Authorities contemptuous of lawyer's claims
Tuesday 8 December 2015 | Published in Regional
SUVA – Fiji’s Attorney-General, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, says the opposition needs to be “in tune with the ground realities in Fiji” after its reaction to last week’s allegations of intimidation and torture by a local lawyer.
Election called, jailed MPs banned
Tuesday 8 December 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT VILA – Vanuatu’s Supreme Court has followed through with invoking the leadership code of its constitution and banned all 15 MPs convicted of bribery from public office.
De Brum loses Marshalls seat
Monday 7 December 2015 | Published in Regional
MAJURO – The prominent foreign minister of the Marshall Islands, Tony de Brum, is among several ministers to have lost their seats in the country’s elections.
Islands asked for evidence of impact
Monday 7 December 2015 | Published in Regional
PARIS – Tuvalu’s prime minister says his country is being expected to provide unreasonably robust scientific evidence to prove it is a victim of climate change to qualify for international support.
Lawyer claims violent intimidation
Saturday 5 December 2015 | Published in Regional
SUVA – A Fiji lawyer says he’s living in fear after receiving threats over his involvement in high profile sedition cases in the country.
Prison escapes cause concern
Saturday 5 December 2015 | Published in Regional
APAI – The ease with which dangerous prisoners can escape from jail in Samoa has caused a public outcry.
'Samoa is in a mess' critic claims
Saturday 5 December 2015 | Published in Regional
APIA – An outspoken businesswoman, Moe Lei Sam, has lashed out at Samoa’s Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi over the state of the country.
Police seek truth to shooting
Friday 4 December 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – Papua New Guinea’s Police Commissioner, Gari Baki, said last week’s fatal shooting of a soldier by police in Port Moresby has been misrepresented by the media.
Climate migration underway
Friday 4 December 2015 | Published in Regional
PACIFIC – A slow but certain human exodus is under way across the Pacific as global warming unleashes a barrage of cyclones, floods, storm surges and droughts, a report warns.
Brand new boat for Tuvalu
Thursday 3 December 2015 | Published in Regional
It’s been a long time coming but it’s finally here. Say talofa to Tuvalu’s Nivaga III, a brand new all-purpose boat donated to Tuvalu by Japan. Nivaga III will replace the weathered Nivaga II, which has faithfully serviced Tuvalu and the people of Tuvalu since 1989.
No arrests in case of businessman 'beaten by police'
Thursday 3 December 2015 | Published in Regional
SUVA – The Fiji Police Force is continuing its investigation into the case of Lautoka businessman Rajneel Singh who has alleged that he was assaulted by police officers.
Fatal violence at flag day ceremonies
Thursday 3 December 2015 | Published in Regional
JAYAPURA – A West Papua independence activist says scores of people have been arrested and one person was shot dead by Indonesian police in Papua this week for commemorating its independence day on Tuesday.
Many islanders resigned to relocation
Thursday 3 December 2015 | Published in Regional
ANALYSIS By Samisono Pareti Islands Business Magazine Seventy per cent of households in Kiribati and Tuvalu, and 35 per cent of families in Nauru would migrate if impacts of climate change worsen in their islands, a survey on the three Pacific islands have shown.
Detention harming children
Thursday 3 December 2015 | Published in Regional
CANBERRA – More than 3000 Australian doctors and leading health experts have signed a petition calling on the Federal Government to act immediately to remove children from immigration detention.
Drought persists across Pacific
Thursday 3 December 2015 | Published in Regional
PACIFIC – Aid agencies are stepping up their assistance for the millions around the Pacific affected by drought.
Jonah laid to rest after private funeral
Wednesday 2 December 2015 | Published in Regional
MANGERE – After sharing their grief with an entire nation for almost two weeks, All Black Jonah Lomu’s family said their last goodbyes at a private funeral for the rugby legend in Auckland on Tuesday.
Pacific voices are heard in Paris
Wednesday 2 December 2015 | Published in Regional
PARIS – Pacific Island nations have told the United Nations climate change summit in Paris they are already feeling the effects of climate change and urgent action is needed.
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