Regional
Wanted officer walks out of court
Friday 30 October 2015 | Published in Regional
LAUTOKA – A Fiji military officer, who is wanted over a high profile assault-in-custody charge, has appeared in a separate rape case in court in Lautoka and walked out on bail.
Vanuatu chiefs call for unity
Friday 30 October 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT VILA – The chiefs and churches in Vanuatu are calling for the political impasse in the country to be settled quickly.
O'Neill outsmarts opposition
Friday 30 October 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – Papua New Guinea prime minister Peter O’Neill has seen off an opposition attempt to throw out the country’s government.
Media accused of 'racial superiority'
Friday 30 October 2015 | Published in Regional
YAREN – Nauru’s justice minister David Adeang has rejected calls for greater media access, accusing Australian journalists of treating his country with “great arrogance”.
Refugee Abyan to return to Australia
Thursday 29 October 2015 | Published in Regional
YAREN – A pregnant refugee who says she was raped on Nauru will return to Australia to talk to doctors about having an abortion, Immigration Minister Peter Dutton says.
Nauru attacks foreign media
Thursday 29 October 2015 | Published in Regional
YAREN – Nauru’s justice minister has rejected foreign journalists’ calls for greater access, saying the country’s government has no obligation to answer to foreign media.
O'Neill's leadership challenged
Thursday 29 October 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – Papua New Guinea’s opposition has formally given notice it will move a motion of no confidence in the government of prime minister Peter O’Neill.
PM's former bodyguard still at large
Thursday 29 October 2015 | Published in Regional
SUVA – The Fiji police say they have made no progress in tracking down a former member of the military who is on bail and wanted in relation to the beating of two prison escapees.
War of words in Vanuatu's power struggle
Thursday 29 October 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT VILA – The Vanuatu Opposition Deputy Leader, Ham Lini, is maintaining his call for the Prime Minister Sato Kilman to step down.
Tonga joins fight against illegal fishing
Thursday 29 October 2015 | Published in Regional
NUKU‘ALOFA – Tonga has made a commitment to work with other Pacific nations to stamp out illegal, unregulated fishing.
Palau sanctuary seeks transition partners
Thursday 29 October 2015 | Published in Regional
KOROR – Palau will develop partnerships with a number of charitable foundations and other groups to help the country with the implementation of the newly-created Palau National Marine Sanctuary (PNMS).
Refugee resettlement at last
Tuesday 27 October 2015 | Published in Regional
LORENGAU – Papua New Guinea will begin to resettle refugees, three years after the Manus Island detention centre opened.
Concern for plight of gay refugees
Tuesday 27 October 2015 | Published in Regional
LOFRENGAU – With the prospect of refugees being resettled, concerns have been raised over the welfare of gay refugees in Papua New Guinea, which is yet to legalise homosexuality.
Police on high alert in Honiara
Tuesday 27 October 2015 | Published in Regional
HONIARA – Police in the Solomon Islands capital have gone on high alert over a risk of political unrest following moves to unseat the government.
Abyan becomes focus of refugee debate
Tuesday 27 October 2015 | Published in Regional
A pregnant Somali asylum seeker, known as Abyan, has become a focal point in the continuing dispute over Australia’s refugee policies. Her plight has captured global attention. This report is from the New York Times.
Call for Vanuatu prime minister to resign
Tuesday 27 October 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT VILA – Vanuatu’s Opposition has renewed its call for the Prime Minister Sato Kilman to step down in the wake of the jailing of government MPs.
'Cyber crime' suspected
Tuesday 27 October 2015 | Published in Regional
YAREN – The Nauru office of the group ‘Save the Children’ has been raided reportedly because the charity is suspected of violating Nauru’s Cyber Crime Act.
Half of government jailed
Friday 23 October 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT VILA – Vanuatu’s deputy prime minister Moana Carcasses has been sentenced to four years in jail for bribery and corruption, joining 13 other MPs, or half of the nation’s government, in prison.
'Presidential' pardons ruled illegal
Friday 23 October 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT VILA – Vanuatu’s Supreme Court ruled against the speaker of parliament, Marcellino Pipite, for pardoning himself and 13 other MPs convicted for bribery while acting as president.
Big scores at hockey tournament
Friday 23 October 2015 | Published in Regional
NEW PLYMOUTH – With Olympic spots up for grabs at the Oceania Cup hockey tournament in Taranaki this week the event descended into farce on the opening day as teams from the Pacific islands conceded 85 goals in three games in Stratford.
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