Regional
Legal marijuana proposed
Saturday 31 January 2015 | Written by Supplied | Published in Guam, Regional
A bill to legalise marijuana for medicinal purposes in the Northern Marianas is taking its first step towards becoming law.
Boats designed to combat tuberculosis
Saturday 31 January 2015 | Written by Supplied | Published in Regional
CAIRNS – Four specially-crafted boats are heading from Australia’s north-east coast to Papua New Guinea as part of an initiative to help stop the spread of tuberculosis in the country.
Muesli bar sends wrong message
Saturday 31 January 2015 | Written by Supplied | Published in Regional
LORENGAU – The company running the Manus Island detention asylum seeker centre in Papua New Guina has refused a large shipment of “Freedom” brand muesli bars because the brand was thought inappropriate to give to asylum seekers who were locked up.
Cyclone developing
Saturday 31 January 2015 | Written by Supplied | Published in Regional
SUVA – The Fiji Met Service says a tropical depression near New Caledonia was likely to have developed into a cyclone by today – while torrential rain from a separate weather system has caused surface flooding in Samoa.
Take off aborted
Friday 30 January 2015 | Published in Regional
HONOLULU – Passengers on a Hawaiian Airlines plane bound for Auckland were shocked and frightened when the aircraft skidded to a stop just before take-off, bursting tyres in the process.
PNG confronts 'broken' police force
Friday 30 January 2015 | Published in Regional
THE PACIFIC – For millions of years, fish species in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans have stuck resolutely to where they belong, kept from venturing between oceans by the cold water of the Arctic.
What happens when the two oceans merge?
Friday 30 January 2015 | Published in Regional
THE PACIFIC – For millions of years, fish species in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans have stuck resolutely to where they belong, kept from venturing between oceans by the cold water of the Arctic.
Territory running low on food.
Friday 30 January 2015 | Published in Regional
PAGO PAGO – Congestion at ports in the United States has caused food shortages thousands of miles away in the Pacific island territory of American Samoa, it’s reported.
Most refugees 'not genuine'
Friday 30 January 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – Papua New Guinea’s government believes most asylum seekers being held on Manus Island are economic opportunists whose protection claims will be rejected.
Famous Australian author dies on Norfolk
Friday 30 January 2015 | Published in Regional
SYDNEY – Best-selling Australian author Colleen McCullough, whose novel ‘The Thorn Birds”’sold 30 million copies worldwide, has died at age 77 after a long illness.
PACIFIC BRIEFS New bill to stop Samoan Child Labour
Thursday 29 January 2015 | Published in Regional
SAMOA – A senior Samoa government official is hoping a new bill will help stop children working illegally as street traders and on farms.
Asylum seekers requests not genuine
Thursday 29 January 2015 | Published in Regional
Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister says he believes most asylum seekers being held at the Australia-run detention centre on Manus Island are economic opportunists whose claims will be rejected.
Cigarette packet warnings introduced
Thursday 29 January 2015 | Published in Regional
HONIARA – Solomon Islands has followed Australia’s lead and introduced new graphic health warnings on its cigarette packets.
Aussie police needed in PNG
Thursday 29 January 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – The prime minister of Papua New Guinea is calling for greater Australian law enforcement in the country following the alleged police shooting of two men in Port Moresby.
Crisis averted as road blocks lifted
Thursday 29 January 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – Port Moresby has averted a major fuel and power crisis after a standoff with disgruntled coastal Motu-Koitabu villagers was settled late Wednesday night after hours of negotiation.
Deadline for PACER Plus accord nears
Thursday 29 January 2015 | Published in Regional
THE PACIFIC – Pacific Island countries have been given until December this year to finalise negotiations on the regional trade agreement known as PACER Plus.
Two dead, two missing
Wednesday 28 January 2015 | Published in Regional
WEST MIMIKA – A search and rescue team is continuing its search for two missing men after a fatal boat accident in Indonesia’s remote Papua province.
Will pay for funeral expenses
Wednesday 28 January 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – PNG’s National Capital District Governor Powes Parkop has pledged 50,000 kina for the funeral expenses of the two Hanuabada villagers shot last Friday, and offered to help in paying compensation “if police acted wrongly”.
PACIFIC BRIEFS: POLICED ORDERED TO HAND IN THEIR GUNS
Wednesday 28 January 2015 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Twenty police reservists in Papua New Guinea’s capital, Port Moresby, have been ordered to hand in their guns and vehicles.
Tonga's brand new island
Wednesday 28 January 2015 | Published in Regional
NUKU‘ALAOFA – Tonga’s disruptive volcano has gone quiet, leaving behind a temporary island of ash.
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