Regional
Free data causes headache for Telecom
Wednesday 9 July 2014 | Published in Regional
A huge surge in demand from customers caused major problems for Telecom Cook Islands’ network during the free mobile data promotion last weekend.
PNG: Festival organisers chastised
Wednesday 9 July 2014 | Published in Regional
Papua New Guinea’s sports and events minister says the nation’s Cultural Commission is a national embarrassment and needs a total revamp.
PNG: Police quell student fighting
Wednesday 9 July 2014 | Published in Regional
Police have broken up clashes between university students in Papua New Guinea over the corruption allegations against Prime Minister, Peter O’Neill.
PNG: Unesco call to protect cultures
Tuesday 8 July 2014 | Published in Regional
The United Nations’s science and culture body Unesco is calling on Pacific nations to sign the 2005 Convention on Cultural Diversity to help stop the trafficking of cultural artefacts.
PNG: O'Neill withdraws appeals
Monday 7 July 2014 | Published in Regional
It’s confusing – but let’s try to keep up with the political play in Papua New Guinea after a series of court rulings regarding the arrest warrant for the nation’s prime minister to answer questions relating to corruption allegations.
Kiribati: Plan to curb population growth
Monday 7 July 2014 | Published in Regional
Kiribati is set to launch a programme giving its people better access to contraception.
Are fish really eating all the plastic?
Monday 7 July 2014 | Published in Regional
Scientists are concerned that hundreds of thousands of tons of plastic waste floating in the ocean is being eaten by fish.
Fiji: Leaders' assets suspect
Monday 7 July 2014 | Published in Regional
Opposition political parties in Fiji are sceptical about the asset declarations of the regime’s Fiji First Party leaders.
Tonga proposes territory swap with Fiji
Monday 7 July 2014 | Published in Regional
Tonga is proposing to trade the disputed Minerva Reef with Fiji, in exchange for the Lau island group.
PNG: Nations' future 'hangs in the balance'
Monday 7 July 2014 | Published in Regional
Papua New Guinea’s future as a functioning democracy hangs in the balance, according to suspended Papua New Guinea assistant police commissioner Thomas Eluh.
Tonga: Victim impact reports hush court
Friday 4 July 2014 | Published in Regional
Sentencing of the two policemen convicted of the manslaughter in the death of New Zealand Police Officer Kali Fungavaka in 2012 has been adjourned until next Wednesday at the Nuku’alofa Supreme Court.
Whale watchers most likely to hit whales
Friday 4 July 2014 | Published in Regional
Whales are more likely to be hit by whale-watching boats than any other identified vessel type, data from the International Whaling Commission shows.
NZ: New internet cable to cross the Pacific
Friday 4 July 2014 | Published in Regional
The New Zealand government has agreed to a deal worth NZ$65 million that could end the single-cable monopoly that connects the country to the rest of the world through the internet.
PNG: Salvation Army worker suspect
Friday 4 July 2014 | Published in Regional
The Salvation Army says it is aware of reports emerging this week that a former employee has again been labelled a suspect in the death of an asylum seeker at the processing centre on Papua New Guinea’s Manus Island.
Fiji warned of 'tired old faces'
Friday 4 July 2014 | Published in Regional
The leader of the Fiji regime Frank Bainimarama has again cautioned people about voting for what he calls the “tired old faces” of Fiji politics.
Solomons: Vendors back on streets
Thursday 3 July 2014 | Published in Regional
Betel nut vendors are back in numbers on the street after the Honiara City Council law enforcement officers stopped enforcing the betel nut ban.
PNG: Cultural diversity of Melanesia celebrated
Thursday 3 July 2014 | Published in Regional
The first days of the Melanesian Festival of Arts and Culture in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, have highlighted Melanesian people’s close connection to their land and environment.
PNG: No arrest 'anytime soon'
Thursday 3 July 2014 | Published in Regional
Papua New Guinea’s acting police commissioner says he won’t be arresting Prime Minister Peter O’Neill “anytime soon” – even though a court has ruled the PM’S arrest warrant should stand.
Pacific set for plain packaging
Wednesday 2 July 2014 | Published in Regional
The World Health Organisation says a number of countries across the Pacific are considering following in Australia’s footsteps and introducing plain packaging of cigarettes.
Legality of payments ruling needed
Wednesday 2 July 2014 | Published in Regional
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O’Neill will appeal to the Supreme Court to determine whether the bills paid to Paraka Lawyers are fraudulent or legally earned by the law firm.
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