Regional
Heavy rain welcomed in Tonga
Tuesday 13 January 2015 | Published in Regional
NUKU‘ALOFA – Tonga received heavy rainfall this week – a welcome relief to residents after months of enduring unusually dry weather.
Samoan senator calls for better protection of police officers
Tuesday 13 January 2015 | Published in Regional
An American Samoa senator, Galeai Tu’ufuli is calling for better protection of police officers following recent shootings targeting the police.
Eruption cancels flights
Tuesday 13 January 2015 | Published in Regional
NUKU‘ALOFA – Aviation authorities in Tonga grounded all domestic and international flights in the kingdom yesterday.
Street artist paints up Vanuatu
Tuesday 13 January 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT VILA – When the Australian street artist known as Rone packs his bags for a holiday, he always saves space for his brushes.
PACIFIC BRIEFS: AUTHORITIES ACCUSED OF TORTURE
Monday 12 January 2015 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – The spokesperson for the global Free West Papua Campaign claims up to 1000 police and military deployed to the Timika region in West Papua have tortured people in the area.
Impasse continues
Monday 12 January 2015 | Published in Regional
NOUMEA – New Caledonia’s Front for Unity has ruled out supporting the rival anti-independence Caledonia Together’s bid to get the presidency.
Rebuilding of Tonga an 'enormous task'
Monday 12 January 2015 | Published in Regional
NUKU‘ALOFA – Tonga’s new Prime Minister has outlined his vision for the country, saying the weight of the responsibility to rebuild the nation is a heavy one.
Pacific Games venues 'will be ready'
Monday 12 January 2015 | Published in Regional
‘The games will proceed. They will be the biggest Pacific Games that the Pacific has ever seen with the inclusion of Australia and New Zealand this year for the first time ever.’
Security measures also on target
Monday 12 January 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – With only six months left before the staging of the Pacific Games in July this year, security operations are “on target and looking good”, says Papua New Guinea’s deputy police commissioner for operations.
Flu outbreak stretching resources
Monday 12 January 2015 | Published in Regional
PAGO PAGO – Hospitals in American Samoa are being inundated with a growing number of patients with influenza and health workers are warning the outbreak is taking a toll on health professionals.
He's one heavy Tongan
Monday 12 January 2015 | Published in Regional
SYDNEY – Ulu Tu‘ipulotu, aged 26, who is of Tongan descent and weighs 337kg, is said to be Australia’s heaviest man.
Dope growers to be exiled
Monday 12 January 2015 | Published in Regional
SAVUSAVU – Any villager in four northern provinces in Fiji found guilty in a court of law for cultivating or peddling marijuana will be exiled from their village for five years.
Pacific nations ethical places to visit
Monday 12 January 2015 | Published in Regional
THE PACIFIC – Four nations in the Pacific region have made the top ten of a list of the world’s most ethical places to visit.
Solomons sets up corruption commission
Thursday 8 January 2015 | Published in Regional
HONIARA – The prime minister of the Solomon Islands says an independent commission will be set up to investigate corruption allegations against politicians and government officials.
Aircraft makes emergency landing
Thursday 8 January 2015 | Published in Regional
NUKU‘ALOFA – A Tongan twin-engine aircraft flown by New Zealand pilots and 17 passengers had to make an emergency landing on one engine this week, Tongan media reports.
Tongan bishop made a cardinal
Thursday 8 January 2015 | Published in Regional
NUKU‘ALOFA – Bishop Seane Patita Mafi of the diocese of Tonga and Niue has been appointed a cardinal of the Catholic Church by Pope Francis.
Skydivers leap from crashing plane
Thursday 8 January 2015 | Published in Regional
TAUPO – Thirteen people on board a skydiving plane that encountered engine trouble have parachuted to safety on New Zealand’s North Island moments before the aircraft plunged into a lake.
Chase results in attempted murder
Thursday 8 January 2015 | Published in Regional
APIA – The police in Samoa have charged a 33 year-old man with attempted murder after a large narcotics haul which left a police officer injured.
Radiation drift well below danger levels
Thursday 8 January 2015 | Published in Regional
FUKUSHIMA – How long did it take a radioactive plume to travel the waters of the Pacific from Fukushima, Japan, to the shores of North America?
Mysterious deaths of seabirds on Pacific coast
Tuesday 6 January 2015 | Published in Regional
SALEM – The carcasses of thousands of small birds called Cassin’s auklets have been washing ashore over the last few months from Northern California up to the north coast of Washington.
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