Regional
El Niño impact felt across the Pacific
Wednesday 4 November 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – The United Nations and other international bodies are being asked to step up their assistance as the impact of frosts and a severe drought continue to impact on large areas of Papua New Guinea.
Cacao could boost Pacific economies
Wednesday 4 November 2015 | Published in Regional
WELLINGTON – A New Zealand chocolate maker says Pacific nations have the potential to compete with Central and South America as producers of high grade cocoa beans.
Fiji vows 30% emissions cut
Wednesday 4 November 2015 | Published in Regional
FIJI – Fiji’s prime minister says his country will cut its green house gas emissions by 30 per cent by 2030.
Vote of no confidence resubmitted
Wednesday 4 November 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – Papua New Guinea’s opposition has resubmitted a motion of no confidence in the government of the prime minister Peter O’Neill.
Opposition on climate tour of Pacific
Tuesday 3 November 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – Australia Opposition Leader Bill Shorten says he is touring the Pacific region to investigate the impact of climate change.
Human rights under scrutiny
Tuesday 3 November 2015 | Published in Regional
YAREN – United Nations member states are expected to express their concerns about human rights issues in Nauru like press freedom and the treatment of refugees at a review this week.
Fishermen lost at sea for 30 days
Tuesday 3 November 2015 | Published in Regional
ESMERALDAS – The Mexican navy has rescued two Colombian and two Ecuadorean fishermen off the Pacific coast of the southern state of Chiapas.
Vanuatu chiefs seek reconciliation
Tuesday 3 November 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT VILA – A group of Vanuatu chiefs from Santo and other outer islands have travelled to Port Vila hoping a custom reconciliation will result in the release of 14 jailed MPs.
Concerns as Save the Children leaves Nauru
Tuesday 3 November 2015 | Published in Regional
YAREN – The head of Save the Children Australia says the end of its tenure on Nauru means there is no longer an agency to speak up for the rights of children in detention there.
PNG facing 'extraordinary' collapse in revenue
Tuesday 3 November 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – Economists are warning that Papua New Guinea faces a collapse in government revenue of historic proportions.
Opposition challenges AG's assets
Tuesday 3 November 2015 | Published in Regional
SUVA – The opposition in Fiji is challenging the findings of FICAC’s investigation into Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum’s declaration of assets.
West Papuans urged to be proactive
Tuesday 3 November 2015 | Published in Regional
Jayapura – West Papuans are being urged to be proactive in proposing laws to protect their land and custom rights as indigenous people of their region.
Vanuatu in grip of political stalemate
Monday 2 November 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT VILA – Vanuatu is facing the possibility of a delay in the release of its 2016 budget.
Fined but wrongdoing denied
Monday 2 November 2015 | Published in Regional
PAGo PAGO – The owners of a fishing vessel which caused an oil spill in American Samoa last year have been fined just over one million US dollars, but still deny any wrongdoing.
PNG too 'extractive dependent'
Monday 2 November 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – Papua New Guinea needs to move away from its dependence on the extractive sector, a report says.
ABs bolt home with World Cup double
Monday 2 November 2015 | Published in Regional
Celebrations have already started in New Zealand after the All Blacks’ record-breaking World Cup win.
Journalist first to report from Nauru
Monday 2 November 2015 | Published in Regional
MELBOURNE – Australia’s Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has been unable to rule out his department’s involvement in the approval of a Nauruan visa for an Australian journalist.
Children's charity 'made a scapegoat'
Saturday 31 October 2015 | Published in Regional
YAREN – The head of Save The Children Australia has defended the organisation’s controversial tenure at Australia’s offshore processing centre on Nauru.
Men told to stop being cowards
Saturday 31 October 2015 | Published in Regional
APIA – Former Manu Samoa player, Eliota Fuimaono-Sapolu, is calling Samoan men out – urging them to put a stop to domestic violence against women.
Plea for return of stolen goods
Saturday 31 October 2015 | Published in Regional
APIA – Former Manu Samoa player Filipo Saena – who says he has already been through hell and back after he lost his wife to cancer – is appealing to the public.
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