Regional
Hard man with a loving heart
Monday 8 June 2015 | Published in Regional
Apia – Jerry Collins has been remembered as the epitome of an All Black as tributes poured in following the death of the former New Zealand forward.
Concern over Fiji's support of Indonesia
Monday 8 June 2015 | Published in Regional
SUVA – Civil Society Groups in Fiji say Frank Bainimarama’s support for Indonesia’s bid to become an associate member of the Melanesian Spearhead Group is a serious concern.
Child abuse costs the Asia Pacific region US$209 billion
Saturday 6 June 2015 | Published in Regional
PACIFIC – Unicef has for the first time put a figure to the cost of Child abuse in East Asia and the Pacific and it comes in at a 209 billion US dollars per year.
Sacking of ministers stirs up politics in Vanuatu
Saturday 6 June 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT VILA – The Vanuatu prime minister Joe Natuman says he dismissed two ministers to stabilise support for the government, which now has a majority of 28 MPs.
Deaths spark alert in Samoas
Saturday 6 June 2015 | Published in Regional
PAGO PAGO – American Samoa’s Department of Health is carrying out further testing to determine if there’s a new type of dengue fever present in the territory following confirmation that two people died from dengue last month.
Samoan All Black and wife killed in France
Saturday 6 June 2015 | Published in Regional
BEZIERS – Former All Blacks back rower Jerry Collins and his wife died Friday following a car accident in France.
Hope for better managed Pacific environment
Saturday 6 June 2015 | Published in Regional
PACIFIC – Friday, June 5, was World Environment Day and the Pacific’s key regional environment watchdog wants everyone to think of how they can have an impact.
Claims senator spied on while on Nauru
Saturday 6 June 2015 | Published in Regional
CANBERRA – Australian Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young has attacked the Prime Minister Tony Abbott for saying she was being “looked after”, not spied on, while she was on Nauru.
Chinese firms buy sensitive mining projects
Friday 5 June 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – A Chinese state-owned investment firm has lodged a compulsory acquisition notice for Australian-based mining company PanAust, which has assets in Papua New Guinea and Laos.
Production dives at troubled nickel mine
Friday 5 June 2015 | Published in Regional
GORO – Rioters torched vehicles, equipment and buildings at Vale’s nickel mine in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia last month, as anger boiled over about a chemical spill in a local river.
PACIFIC BRIEFS: TONGA'S BUDGET BIGGER THAN LAST YEAR
Friday 5 June 2015 | Published in Regional
TONGA – Tonga’s public servants are in for a pay rise with a more than US$2.4 million boost in the first budget of the Akilisi Pohiva government
Much ado in Fiji over raising of a new flag
Friday 5 June 2015 | Published in Regional
SUVA – Fiji is deliberating on what rules should be in place on the use of the new flag, once it is adopted later this year.
Niue a global sanctuary for bees
Friday 5 June 2015 | Published in Regional
ALOFI – Niue could become a global bee sanctuary if the plans of two businessmen succeed.
Curfew reveals inadequacies
Friday 5 June 2015 | Published in Regional
LORENGAU – A refugee watchdog says a curfew for refugees on Papua New Guinea’s Manus Island is a stark indicator that refugees cannot be safely cared for there.
First refugees from Nauru land in Cambodia
Friday 5 June 2015 | Published in Regional
PHNOM PENH – Four refugees transferred from the Nauru detention centre have arrived in Cambodia and were taken away in a van with curtains covering the windows.
Pick-pockets, drunks not welcome
Thursday 4 June 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – The Catholic Bishops Conference of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands has come out in support of National Capital District Governor Powes Parkop’s call to fight pick-pockets, drunks, street-fighting and litterbugs.
Police 'beefing up' for Games
Thursday 4 June 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – Police in Port Moresby have received new vehicles as part of an extensive build up of security operations surrounding the 2015 Pacific Games.
Organisers dismiss claims of unreadiness
Thursday 4 June 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – The organisers of the Pacific Games, set to be held next month in Port Moresby, have said a campaign to discredit the readiness of the stadiums will have a negative impact on ticket sales.
Games baton relay touching all Papua New Guineans
Thursday 4 June 2015 | Published in Regional
MT MODAWA – The baton relay for the Pacific Games was this week handed on by the Chieftain of the Mountain men from Mt Modawa to a man from the Higiva cult, locally respected for their monk-like traditions who choose to wear no clothing.
Concerns venues not ready for Games
Thursday 4 June 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESEBY – There is concern in Papua New Guinea over the readiness of venues for the 2015 Pacific Games due to start next month.
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