Regional
Typhoon Soudelor was a 'unique storm'
Saturday 15 August 2015 | Published in Regional
SAIPAN – The National Weather Service in Guam has ruled out that Typhoon Soudelor brought in super typhoon or Category 5-strength winds when it hit Saipan last week, saying damage sustained by the island was more nsistent with a Category 3 typhoon.
Marianas on typhoon alert again
Saturday 15 August 2015 | Published in Regional
A tropical depression is forecast to become Typhoon Goni as it moves through the Marianas this weekend.
Chief's reject rebels cause
Saturday 15 August 2015 | Published in Regional
Bainimarama says so-called rebel military units pose no threat.
British army veteran leading 'rebels'
Saturday 15 August 2015 | Published in Regional
TAVUA – Authorities in Fiji believe a British army veteran has been overseeing secret military training in the tropical hinterlands as part of a plot to form a breakaway Christian state.
Islands running out of water
Friday 14 August 2015 | Published in Regional
HONIARA – People who depend on rainwater in the parts of the Solomon Islands are being urged to start rationing their water due to the low rainfall currently experienced as the El Niño season continues.
Rise of 'casual racism' in New Zealand
Friday 14 August 2015 | Published in Regional
AUCKLAND – As a young nation undergoing a rapidly changing demography, New Zealand is learning to grapple with the rise of ‘casual’ or ‘everyday’ racism, the Herald on Sunday reported recently.
Several charged with sedition
Friday 14 August 2015 | Published in Regional
SUVA – Fiji’s Police Commissioner Ben Groenewald has assured people living in the Western Division that there is no security threat in the area. The reassurance came in the wake of the arrest and detention of five Ra men this week, who were charged with sedition and inciting “communal antagonism”.
Former guards on Nauru speak out
Friday 14 August 2015 | Published in Regional
CANBERRA – A number of former guards from the Nauru detention centre have spoken out against Wilson Security, accusing the Australian company of providing misleading evidence to the Australian parliament.
Sir Michael's $1 million pay out
Thursday 13 August 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – Papua New Guinea’s government has paid almost $1 million in compensation to former prime minister Sir Michael Somare for his “illegal removal from office” in 2011.
Campaign against homophobia launched
Thursday 13 August 2015 | Published in Regional
SUVA – The United Nations has launched a Pacific-wide campaign against homophobia and transphobia.
People struggling with food shortages
Thursday 13 August 2015 | Published in Regional
SAIPAN – Typhoon Soudelor survivors formed long lines even before a federal Disaster Recovery Centre opened for the first time Wednesday for thousands in the Northern Marianas who have been struggling with food shortages and lack of running water and power.
New storms brewing in North Pacific
Thursday 13 August 2015 | Published in Regional
PACIFIC – In the wake of deadly Super Typhoon Soudelor, two new tropical threats are brewing in the western Pacific Ocean.
Rebels in Fiji's hills?
Thursday 13 August 2015 | Published in Regional
SUVA – Fiji police say there could be more arrests following reports of a group conducting military-style training in the hills of Ra.
Media's role in political gender equality vital
Thursday 13 August 2015 | Published in Regional
APIA – Journalists, students and potential political candidates are taking part in a seminar in Apia to help them play their part in increasing the number of women in parliament at the 2016 election.
Another storm on the way
Wednesday 12 August 2015 | Published in Regional
SAIPAN – A new tropical storm could pass through the Northern Mariana Islands next week, according to the National Weather Service.
Mixed reports on typhoon recovery
Wednesday 12 August 2015 | Published in Regional
SAIPAN – The Emergency Management Office in the Northern Marianas says recovery efforts have progressed well in Saipan, in the wake of Typhoon Soudelor which battered the territory just over a week ago.
Emission targets slammed
Wednesday 12 August 2015 | Published in Regional
MAJURO – The Marshall Islands has strongly criticised Australia’s 2030 emissions reduction target, saying if the rest world followed Australia’s lead, vulnerable nations would disappear.
Samoa's prison to be relocated
Wednesday 12 August 2015 | Published in Regional
APIA – Samoa’s notorious prison at Tafa’igata will relocate to its new location at Tanugamalala by March next year.
PNG's financial problems 'temporary'
Wednesday 12 August 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – A major commercial bank has given Papua New Guinea the thumbs up, saying its economic future is positive.
Victim refused treatment in Australia
Wednesday 12 August 2015 | Published in Regional
YAREN – The family of a female Iranian asylum seeker, who was allegedly raped three months ago in Nauru, say the Australian Federal Government has refused to allow her to be treated in Australia.
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