Regional
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.
Decolonisation support
Wednesday 28 January 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT VILA – Vanuatu has reconfirmed its support for New Caledonia’s and West Papua’s decolonisation.
Appeal to remove roadblocks
Wednesday 28 January 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – Papua New Guinea’s Police Commissioner Geoffrey Vaki has appealed to Hanuabada villagers to remove the roadblocks which are affected the city’s power and fuel supplies.
Road blocks cut fuel supply to capital
Wednesday 28 January 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – Angry Hanuabadan villagers are still maintaining roadblocks following Friday’s shooting of two men as the result of a betelnut raid by police.
Earhart search on remote atoll
Tuesday 27 January 2015 | Published in Regional
MILI ATOLL – A further search for clues of the whereabouts of aviator Amelia Earhart’s plane has taken place on a remote atoll in the Marshall Islands.
New research blows Rapa Nui collapse theory
Tuesday 27 January 2015 | Published in Regional
RAPA NUI– Newly-published research into ancient land use on Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, shows the collapse of pre-European society there wasn’t as dramatic as first thought.
PACIFIC BRIEFS: SOLOMONS NEW PM LAUNCHES POLICIES
Tuesday 27 January 2015 | Published in Regional
SOLOMON ISLANDS – The Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare is launching his government’s Policy Framework today.
Tonga determined to qualify in Hong Kong
Tuesday 27 January 2015 | Published in Regional
HONG KONG – The 28 participating teams have been confirmed for the Hong Kong Sevens in March, with Belgium the only newcomers in the main draw.
Severe La Ninas becoming more likely
Tuesday 27 January 2015 | Published in Regional
Extreme “La Nina” weather events that cool the Pacific Ocean and can disrupt weather worldwide will paradoxically happen almost twice as often in a warming world, an international team of scientists said on Monday.
'Where did the money go'
Tuesday 27 January 2015 | Published in Regional
APAI – Samoa police have rejected a claim that police officers who arrested a man for theft several years ago took a large sum of money that was in his bag.
School drop outs of concern in Tonga
Tuesday 27 January 2015 | Published in Regional
NUKU‘ALOFA – Non government organisations and regional bodies are urgently trying to curb the alarming rate of secondary school drop outs in Tonga as it climbs to around an average of 1000 a year since 2008.
Police bosses back war on marijuana
Tuesday 27 January 2015 | Published in Regional
SUVA – Despite opinions posted in Letters to the Editor forums in the local dailies, and comment on radio talk back shows about the possibility of legalising the cultivation of marijuana in the country, Fiji’s Police Commissioner Ben Groenewald says this is “not a healthy option”.
'Fire of racism' dampened
Monday 26 January 2015 | Published in Regional
APIA - Samoa’s prime minister has jumped to the defence of Chinese — levelling claims of racism against those who criticise China’s interest in Samoa.
Big swell causes havoc in Samoa
Monday 26 January 2015 | Published in Regional
Apia – Unusually high seas have caused disruptions and some damage in Samoa.
Protest leaders transferred to prison
Monday 26 January 2015 | Published in Regional
LORENGAU – Staff at the Manus Island detention centre for asylum seekers are reportedly preparing to transfer a group of detainees to a prison complex in Port Moresby after days of protest at the centre.
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