Regional
Forum head visits Nauru MPs worried Dame Meg is just ticking the boxes
Tuesday 28 July 2015 | Published in Regional
YAREN – Nauru’s suspended opposition MPs have not been invited to meet the Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum during her visit to the island.
Vanuatu's Natapei dead
Tuesday 28 July 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT VILA – Vanuatu’s former prime minister Edward Natapei has died after a long-term illness. The current opposition leader passed away in a hospital in Port Vila yesterday morning at the age of 61.
Guards sent home amid rape inquiry
Tuesday 28 July 2015 | Published in Regional
LORENGAU – A Papua New Guinea MP says police are investigating the alleged rape of a Manus island woman at the Australian-run detention centre by three expatriate workers.
Murder-suicide shocks Suva
Tuesday 28 July 2015 | Published in Regional
SUVA – An apparent murder-suicide at a family home in a Suva suburb left three people dead and another seriously injured at the weekend.
PNG undergoing a sporting revolution
Monday 27 July 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – As the 15th Pacific Games wrapped up in PNG there were signs that a sporting revolution might just have begun in the developing Pacific country, spearheaded by a young Australian sports coach.
Climate change text 'unmanageable'
Monday 27 July 2015 | Published in Regional
MAJURO – The Marshall Islands foreign minister says political leaders working on a new United Nations deal to tackle climate change need a negotiating text that is shorter and more manageable.
Diplomat's departure 'unusual'
Monday 27 July 2015 | Published in Regional
CANBERRA – Australia’s oreign Minister Julie Bishop has refused to elaborate on why Australia’s high commissioner to Papua New Guinea left her post eight months early.
Alleged murderers walk streets
Monday 27 July 2015 | Published in Regional
LORENGAU – One of the men accused of beating an Iranian asylum seeker to death on Manus Island is walking free despite not being granted bail.
Pacific trade deal moves closer
Monday 27 July 2015 | Published in Regional
PACIFIC – The Pacific’s chief trade advisor says “significant progress” has been made with the Pacer Plus trade agreement and it should be concluded by September next year.
Assessing reef damage from snorkelling tourists
Saturday 25 July 2015 | Published in Regional
KOROR – A study is underway in Palau to assess the damage of increased recreational use of coral reefs.
University course aims to improve Pacific health
Saturday 25 July 2015 | Published in Regional
AUCKLAND – A new university course is aiming to address health inequalities and improve the health of the Pacific population in New Zealand.
Money raining from the coconut trees
Saturday 25 July 2015 | Published in Regional
SUMATE – As his boat glided effortlessly into a tranquil palm-fringed bay on the west coast of Guadalcanal, Dan Etherington had no idea what would follow.
Airport upgrade underway at Faleolo
Saturday 25 July 2015 | Published in Regional
APIA – Work on the US$21 million upgrade of Faleolo International Airport terminal in Samoa started this week with a ground breaking ceremony led by the Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Samoa, Madam Li Yanduan, and Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi.
Aussie diplomat departs PNG post
Saturday 25 July 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – Australia’s high commissioner to Papua New Guinea, Deborah Stokes, has unexpectedly departed the senior diplomatic post.
Virus out of control in Marshalls
Saturday 25 July 2015 | Published in Regional
MAJURO – The Marshall Islands is reporting over a thousand cases of chikungunya, with the mosquito-borne illness spreading out to numerous remote outer islands.
Tongan model vies for swimsuit shoot
Saturday 25 July 2015 | Published in Regional
NEW YORK – Tongan-born beauty Teresa Moore right now needs all the “likes” she can get from her friends to make the next big step in her modelling career.
A probing view on island politics
Friday 24 July 2015 | Published in Regional
MAJURO – A newly-published book by long-time Marshall Islands journalist Giff Johnson hopes to shine a light on the difficult problems and choices facing the Pacific Islands today.
Church trafficking probe
Friday 24 July 2015 | Published in Regional
PAGO PAGO – American Samoa police have confirmed they are looking into allegations of child trafficking and exploitation involving a church group.
Cannibalism comments 'just banter'
Friday 24 July 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – A Papua New Guinea government minister who told parliament its national rugby league squad was ready to “hunt down, kill and eat” Australian players has released a statement saying it was all just light humoured “banter about sport”.
SPC suggests junk food tax to fight obesity
Monday 20 July 2015 | Published in Regional
PACIFIC– The Secretariat of the Pacific Community says a junk food tax has to be considered to prevent obesity in children.
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