Regional
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.
Refugee assaulted for missing curfew
Wednesday 3 June 2015 | Published in Regional
LORENGAU – Security guards on Manus Island have reportedly assaulted a refugee for not returning to the East Lorengau refugee transit centre by the imposed 6.00pm curfew.
Quest to solve Amelia Earhart mystery continues
Wednesday 3 June 2015 | Published in Regional
Nikumaroro – The search for Amelia Earhart’s long lost aircraft will resume this month in the waters off Nikumaroro, an uninhabited South Pacific atoll in the republic of Kiribati, where the legendary pilot might have died as a castaway.
Mystery of missing donated rescue boat solved
Wednesday 3 June 2015 | Published in Regional
APIA – A mystery surrounding the disappearance of a $182,000 rescue boat donated to the government of Samoa appears to have been solved.
Editor found guilty of indecent assault
Wednesday 3 June 2015 | Published in Regional
APIA – The District Court in Apia, Samoa, has proved “beyond reasonable doubt” five charges made against the editor of the government newspaper, Savali.
Fiji considers future flag laws
Wednesday 3 June 2015 | Published in Regional
SUVA – A Parliamentary Committee in Fiji is currently taking submissions on the National Flag Protection Bill, which proposes new laws on the use and misuse of the future flag of Fiji.
Fiji vows to protect the environment
Wednesday 3 June 2015 | Published in Regional
SUVA – The Fiji Government will only approve future development projects that do not damage the environment.
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