Regional
Typhoon claims first victim
Saturday 8 August 2015 | Published in Regional
TAIPEI – An eight-year-old girl has died after being swept out to sea off Taiwan as Typhoon Soudelor claimed its first human lie in its march across the northwestern Pacific.
Tribal art of the Sepik River on display
Friday 7 August 2015 | Published in Regional
CANBERRA – An exhibition of tribal artefacts from the remote Sepik River region of Papua New Guinea, including reminders of the long-dead customs of headhunting and cannibalism, has been launched at the National Gallery of Australia.
Government plans mini budget
Friday 7 August 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – The Papua New Guinea Government has indicated that it will bring down a supplementary budget as concerns continued to grow locally and internationally on the true state of the Papua New Guinea economy.
Inquiry declared null and void
Friday 7 August 2015 | Published in Regional
LORENGAU – Papua New Guinea’s Supreme Court has declared a human rights inquiry into the Australian-run detention centre on Manus Island to be null and void because of perceived bias.
PNG facing budget crisis
Friday 7 August 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – Papua New Guinea needs to take drastic action to avoid a budget crisis that could force the country to seek assistance from the World Bank and other international lenders, a former government advisor says.
O'Neill hits out at 'boomerang' aid
Wednesday 5 August 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – Australian aid money to Papua New Guinea is being wasted on “middlemen”, such as lawyers and consultants, PNG prime minister Peter O’Neill has stated.
Chaudhry not leaving the party
Wednesday 5 August 2015 | Published in Regional
LAUTOKA – Veteran Fijian politician Mahendra Chaudhry remains leader of the Fiji Labour Party, quashing speculation of a change in leadership after the party’s annual delegates’ conference in Lautoka this week.
Ship detained in slavery probe
Wednesday 5 August 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – A foreign vessel, suspected to be involved in illegal human trafficking and slavery, has been detained in Daru, in the Western Province of Papua New Guinea.
Typhoon smashes into Saipan
Wednesday 5 August 2015 | Published in Regional
SAIPAN – Typhoon Soudelor hit the Northern Marianas late Sunday and early Monday, flooding the island’s power plant, ripping roofs off homes and toppling power poles.
Nuclear radiation fears at remote atoll
Thursday 30 July 2015 | Published in Regional
ENEWETRAK – There are concerns that Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands has been washed over with radioactive waste, after it was hit by Typhoon Nangka earlier this month.
Pacific nations sources for sex trafficking
Thursday 30 July 2015 | Published in Regional
Papua New Guinea and Fiji are both source and destination countries for men, women, and children subjected to sex trafficking and forced labour, according to a US Government Report.
Marines' remains repatriated
Thursday 30 July 2015 | Published in Regional
TARAWA – The remains of 36 American Marines discovered in Kiribati earlier this year have been repatriated to the United States.
PNG demands return of accused guards
Thursday 30 July 2015 | Published in Regional
Australia rejects cover-up over security guard rape allegations
Four saved from burning
Wednesday 29 July 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – Reports from Papua New Guinea say police have saved four women from being burnt to death after they were accused of practising sorcery.
PNG's Ok Tedi mine to shut down
Wednesday 29 July 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – Papua New Guinea’s controversial Ok Tedi mine will slash its workforce and halt production due to weak copper prices and recent dry weather, managing director Peter Graham has told staff.
Heaviest wave ridden by a woman
Wednesday 29 July 2015 | Published in Regional
Teahupo‘o – Keala Kennelly has caught one of heaviest Teahupo‘o bombs ever by a female surfer. The veteran surfer from Kauai followed an XXL swell hitting Tahiti and scored the wave of a lifetime.
Teahupo'o delivers worst-ever wipeout
Wednesday 29 July 2015 | Published in Regional
TEAHUPO‘O – It’s being described as perhaps the heaviest wipe-out in surfing history.
Samoa lost $1.5m on All Blacks
Tuesday 28 July 2015 | Published in Regional
APIA – Samoa revelled recently in the much-publicised visit to Apia by the All Blacks rugby team – however the Samoa Observer newspaper is raining a little on the nation’s after-match parade.
Ministry urged to help Maori quit
Tuesday 28 July 2015 | Published in Regional
WELLINGTON – In New Zealand, the Maori Affairs Select Committee says the Ministry of Health needs to engage with whanau more effectively to help them stop smoking.
Arrest for treasury fraud
Tuesday 28 July 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – An arrest warrant has been issued for Papua New Guinea’s treasury secretary Diari Vele over allegations of corruption in the purchase of two Israeli gas turbines.
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