Regional
Landowners threaten to turn off the gas
Saturday 17 October 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – Until now, tribal chiefs in Papua New Guinea have been happy to host a hugely profitable natural gas project on the slopes of their mountainous land.
Luzon in path of approaching typhoon
Saturday 17 October 2015 | Published in Regional
MANILA – A typhoon is heading straight for the main Philippine island of Luzon, prompting storm alerts in nearly 20 provinces and placing army and police units on standby.
Pardoned MPs now under arrest
Saturday 17 October 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT VILA –Vanuatu’s president Baldwin Lonsdale has revoked the pardons granted to 14 government MPs convicted of bribery.
Woman flown back to Nauru
Saturday 17 October 2015 | Published in Regional
YAREN – The Somali refugee who is pregnant as a result of being raped on Nauru and who was brought to Australia last week for a termination has reportedly been forcibly sent back without having had the operation.
Call to release refugee children
Friday 16 October 2015 | Published in Regional
CANBERRA – The leading agencies representing Australia’s overseas aid and welfare communities are calling for the immediate release of all children from immigration detention.
Rapist joined police reserves
Friday 16 October 2015 | Published in Regional
YAREN – Nauru’s Police Force is facing fresh scrutiny after it emerged that a man convicted of rape was allowed to join the police reserves.
MPS defect to the opposition
Friday 16 October 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT VILA – Vanuatu’s Minister of Education Alfred Carlot is among at least three government MPs who have defected to the opposition benches.
Nauru police may charge rape complainant
Friday 16 October 2015 | Published in Regional
YAREN – A 26-year-old Somali woman who says she was raped in August may be charged with making a false complaint to police, the Nauruan government says.
Deportation of Kiwis high on talks agenda
Friday 16 October 2015 | Published in Regional
AUCKLAND – With an average of one New Zealander being deported from Australia every day, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull might find the reception across the Tasman a little cooler than usual when he arrives in Auckland tonight.
Freedom forum slams Nauru's media restrictions
Friday 16 October 2015 | Published in Regional
YAREN – The Pacific Freedom Forum says banning overseas media from Nauru is another shocking denial of human rights in the region.
Cyclone damage hasn't stopped weddings
Thursday 15 October 2015 | Published in Regional
SAIPAN – The devastation that Typhoon Soudelor left in its wake after hitting Saipan on August 2 has not prevented Japanese couples from travelling there for their weddings, wedding photography sessions and honeymoons.
Pacific to expect 13 possible cyclones this season
Thursday 15 October 2015 | Published in Regional
PACIFIC – New Zealand’s Institute of Atmospheric Research is forecasting an increase in the number and strength of cyclones in the south-west Pacific this cyclone season.
Challenge to explain deposits
Thursday 15 October 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT VILA – The acting leader of the opposition in Vanuatu Ham Lini has called for the government to explain why it has deposited one million vatu into each of the opposition MPs private bank accounts.
Pardons may be overturned
Thursday 15 October 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT VILA – A leading constitutional law expert says there may be grounds to overturn the pardons controversially granted to 14 Vanuatu MPs found guilty of bribery.
Pardons put Vanuatu in tailspin
Thursday 15 October 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT VILA – A visibly shaken president of Vanuatu has addressed the nation expressing “shame and sorrow” after his acting president used interim executive powers to issue pardons to recently-convicted MPs, including himself, on Sunday.
O'Neill rejects Oil Search allegations
Thursday 15 October 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – Papua New Guinea’s prime minister Peter O’Neill has rejected allegations that proper process was not followed to take out a $1.3 billion loan to buy shares in the nation’s biggest company, Oil Search.
Foreign press have no access into Nauru
Thursday 15 October 2015 | Published in Regional
YAREN – No foreign journalist has been in Nauru for more than a year and none appears like to be able to enter soon.
The Northern Marianas Government is closely monitoring two tropical disturbances in the region.
Thursday 15 October 2015 | Published in Regional
One storm system is about 1800 kilometres east of Guam and is expected to approach the Marianas over the next few days.
Accused of 'leaking' information
Wednesday 14 October 2015 | Published in Regional
Yaren – The raid on the offices of Save The Children on Nauru appears to be a major escalation of the Nauruan government’s attacks on whistleblowers at the refugee detention centre.
Nauru police raid children's charity
Wednesday 14 October 2015 | Published in Regional
YAREN – Police in Nauru have raided the offices of the charity Save The Children, removing staff members’ computers and mobile phones.
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