Regional
Arrows fired in market clash
Friday 22 May 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – A man had an arrow fired into his eye socket after a tribal fight in the suburbs of Papua New Guinea’s capital this week.
Duty of care to detainees remains with Australia
Thursday 21 May 2015 | Published in Regional
The Senate inquiry into conditions at the Nauru immigration detention facility revealed that physical abuse, including sexual abuse, poor sanitation and unhygienic living conditions characterise this Australian government-sponsored centre.
Tahiti's race for decolonisation 'is not a sprint'
Thursday 21 May 2015 | Published in Regional
PAPEETE – A special advisor to a pro-independence politician in French Polynesia says the leaders of the movement are aware the journey to self-determination is going to be a long run, not a sprint.
'Seedy, toxic environment' unveiled
Thursday 21 May 2015 | Published in Regional
CANBERRA – Save the Children has told an Australian Senate inquiry into allegations of physical and sexual assault at the Nauru detention centre that it had raised concerns about substandard conditions long before the Moss Review was released.
Australia attempting to 'imbed' in Bougainville
Thursday 21 May 2015 | Published in Regional
Regional News Opinion. Amid elections on Bougainville, news has broken that the Abbott Australian government has plans establish a new diplomatic mission in this autonomous region of Papua New Guinea.
Bougainville wants travel ban lifted
Thursday 21 May 2015 | Published in Regional
BUKA – Amid a brewing regional diplomatic crisis, Bougainville’s president has called on Papua New Guinea to overturn a travel ban on Australians, saying it breaches the spirit of the peace agreement that allows the island its autonomy.
Committed to ending child violence
Wednesday 20 May 2015 | Published in Regional
SUVA – The United Nations says Pacific leaders are showing they are committed to ending high rates of violence against children in the region.
Report confirms violence epidemic
Wednesday 20 May 2015 | Published in Regional
SUVA – High rates of domestic violence, including brutality against pregnant women, in the South Pacific have been documented in a new Unicef report.
Fiji chiefs assert control of affairs
Wednesday 20 May 2015 | Published in Regional
BA – The formation of a non-governmental organisation set up by a group of influential chiefs in the Ba Province of Fiji has stirred the ire of Ba Provincial Council chairman, Ratu Tevita Momedonu, who claims the group is “ill-advised”.
Contraband hidden in body cavities
Wednesday 20 May 2015 | Published in Regional
SUVA – The swallowing and smuggling of drugs and mobile phones through body cavities continue to challenge the Fiji Corrections Service.
Pacific leaders in Japan for alliance meeting
Wednesday 20 May 2015 | Published in Regional
TOKYO – Pacific leaders are now gathering in Japan for this week’s Pacific Alliance Leaders’ Meeting, or PALM.
Samoa PM brushes aside airline advice
Wednesday 20 May 2015 | Published in Regional
APIA – The Samoan Prime Minister has downplayed calls for his government to defer plans to restart international Polynesian Airlines flights.
Attack 'covered up'
Wednesday 20 May 2015 | Published in Regional
YAREN – An Australia based advocate for refugees claims Nauru police and the Australian Immigration Department are covering up another sexual assault on an asylum seeker.
Flosse loses defamation case
Wednesday 20 May 2015 | Published in Regional
PAPEETE – The criminal court in French Polynesia has thrown out the defamation case brought by a former president, Gaston Flosse, against two French journalists over a book and a 2013 article in the French newspaper, Le Monde.
Tonga facing critical drought conditions
Wednesday 20 May 2015 | Published in Regional
NUKU‘ALOFA – The Tonga Metservice says it’s critical for Tonga’s smaller islands that the effects of an ongoing drought are mitigated.
New chocolate range has Pacific ingredients
Wednesday 20 May 2015 | Published in Regional
AUCKLAND – A New Zealand chocolate company has released a new range of chocolates using ingredients from the Pacific –vanilla from Tonga and cocoa from Samoa.
Australians banned from Bougainville
Tuesday 19 May 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT MORS BY – Papua New Guinea has banned Australians from travelling to the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, following Canberra’s announcement of plans to open a new diplomatic mission on the island.
Short on wheels
Tuesday 19 May 2015 | Published in Regional
SUVA – Fiji’s Police Commissioner says his force is struggling with a lack of resources, particularly the availability of vehicles.
Call for monitoring of Solomons dolphin hunt
Tuesday 19 May 2015 | Published in Regional
FANALEI – The South Pacific Whale Research Consortium are calling for more scientific monitoring of traditional dolphin hunting practices in Solomon Islands.
Shocking submissions at Nauru inquiry
Tuesday 19 May 2015 | Published in Regional
CANBERRA – Shocking accounts of sexual assault and squalid living conditions at the Australian-funded detention centre on Nauru have been revealed in submissions to a Senate inquiry.
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