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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.
Shocking video of women being torturedle
Friday 23 October 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – A video showing a number of Papua New Guinean women apparently being tortured over suspicion of practising sorcery has appeared on social media.
Government criticised as drought worsens
Friday 23 October 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – The government of Papua New Guinea is being accused of offering no support as people in the Highlands continue to starve, their food gardens destroyed and their water sources dry up.
Women on a mission to help Vanuatu schools
Friday 23 October 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT VILA – A shipping container brimming with toys, books, games and stationery was donated to schools in Vanuatu, thanks to the help of two New Zealand women.
Charity offices raided again
Friday 23 October 2015 | Published in Regional
YAREN – The offices of charity Save the Children have been raided again by police in Nauru.
Pacific push for reps on World Rugby Council
Friday 23 October 2015 | Published in Regional
PACIFIC – Pacific nations are increasingly confident of securing equal representation on the World Rugby Council.
Police charged over brutal beating
Thursday 22 October 2015 | Published in Regional
SUVA – Fiji’s director of Public Prosecutions has charged three police officers and two military personnel in relation to the beating of a man which was shown in a video leaked online almost three years ago – drawing worldwide condemnation.
Indo fire haze reaching the Pacific
Thursday 22 October 2015 | Published in Regional
PACIFIC – Indonesian forest and agricultural fires cloaking South-East Asia in acrid haze – which has sent air quality levels up to “very unhealthy” levels in neighbouring Malaysia and Singapore – are now affecting the Pacific nations of Guam, Palau and the Northern Marianas.
Pasifika education centre's future uncertain
Thursday 22 October 2015 | Published in Regional
AUCKLAND – New Zealand’s oldest Pasifika community education provider could be forced to shut because of funding cuts.
Troubled times in Solomons' parliament
Thursday 22 October 2015 | Published in Regional
HONIARA – In Solomon Islands, seven government ministers have resigned from the Manasseh Sogavare led Democratic Coalition for Change (DCC) government.
Catamaran built from timber mill offcuts
Thursday 22 October 2015 | Published in Regional
Nuku‘alofa –A 6.4-metre catamaran, built with offcuts from a sawmill on the Tonga island of ‘Eua, arrived in Nuku‘alofa recently.
Revocation of pardons challenged
Wednesday 21 October 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT VILA – Court proceedings are underway in Vanuatu, challenging not only the controversial pardoning of corrupt MPs but also the subsequent cancellation of their pardons.
Political stability essential
Wednesday 21 October 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT VILA – A representative of the UN children’s agency Unicef Karen Allen says Vanuatu needs political stability for good decisions to be made over the drought situation which will last for months.
Injured by Syrian rocket fire
Wednesday 21 October 2015 | Published in Regional
al hara – A Syrian man who was repatriated from Manus Island by the Federal Government has been injured and his father killed during shelling on his village.
She has the voice of a Polynesian princess
Wednesday 21 October 2015 | Published in Regional
HOLLYWOOD – Walt Disney Animation Studios has tapped Hawaiian newcomer Auli’i Cravalho to voice the title character in the upcoming animated adventure Moana.
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