Regional
Sedition accused have rights denied, lawyer says
Tuesday 18 August 2015 | Published in Regional
TAVUA – The lawyer for several people facing sedition charges in Fiji has hit out at prosecutors saying they are not following due process.
Angry Tonga minister calls the speaker a 'dictator'
Tuesday 18 August 2015 | Published in Regional
NUKU‘ALOFA – There have been angry scenes in Tonga’s parliament this week.
Major ban on fruit and vegetable imports
Tuesday 18 August 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – Papua New Guinea’s Agriculture and Livestock Minister Tommy Tomscoll has announced a major ban on the import of more than ten different fruits and vegetables.
Canberra rejects Nauru torture claims
Tuesday 18 August 2015 | Published in Regional
CANBERRA – Australia’s Immigration Minister Peter Dutton says claims of waterboarding at the Nauru detention centre are unsubstantiated.
Average Teahupo'o delivers first day surprises
Monday 17 August 2015 | Published in Regional
TEAHUPO‘O – Challenging conditions welcomed the world’s best surfers on the opening day of competition at the 2015 Billabong Pro Tahiti, in Teahupoo on Saturday local time.
Sugar mill deaths raise safety concerns
Monday 17 August 2015 | Published in Regional
BA – Two accidents in less than a week at the Rarawai sugar mill have raised questions about the level of safety in the factories in Fiji’s sugar cane belt.
Marianas dodge storms
Monday 17 August 2015 | Published in Regional
SAIPAN – The Northern Mariana Islands this weekend escaped a direct hit from two tropical storms that have since intensified into typhoons.
54 feared dead in Papua plane crash
Monday 17 August 2015 | Published in Regional
JAYAPURA – A plane with 54 people on board has crashed in Indonesia’s remote and mountainous region of Papua, a government official has said, the latest in a string of aviation disasters in the South East Asian nation.
Chaos as crowds overwhelm Red Cross
Saturday 15 August 2015 | Published in Regional
SAIPAN – A desperate crowd of about 2000 people on Saipan forced police to close an important airport route when people spilled into the road and fought with each other as they waited for relief assistance from the Northern Marianas chapter of the American Red Cross in the wake of Typhoon Soudelor.
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.
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