Regional
PNG: Public frustration growing
Saturday 21 June 2014 | Published in Regional
Public frustration is mounting in Papua New Guinea about the political storm surrounding the prime minister’s implication in a major corruption case and the disbanding of the anti-corruption taskforce.
Fiji: Indonesia to intensify contact
Saturday 21 June 2014 | Published in Regional
The Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono says Indonesia wants to intensify its involvement with Pacific nations through the Pacific Islands Development Forum.
Fiji: New Pacific aid paradigm
Saturday 21 June 2014 | Published in Regional
Tonga’s former Finance Minister Siosiua Utoikamanu has welcomed the Australian government’s new approach to aid announced this week by Foreign Minister Julie Bishop.
Fiji: 'Selfish Australia' singled out
Friday 20 June 2014 | Published in Regional
Fiji’s interim prime minister Frank Bainimarama has accused the global community of abandoning Pacific island nations to “sink below the waves” instead of tackling climate change.
Vanuatu: 'Women treated like they don't exist'
Friday 20 June 2014 | Published in Regional
The Vanuatu National Council of Women says it wants the government to stop treating women like they don’t exist when it comes to workforce development.
Tides disturb the dead
Friday 20 June 2014 | Published in Regional
Skeletons of second world war soldiers are being washed from their graves by the rising Pacific Ocean as global warming leads to inundation of islands that saw some of the fiercest fighting of the conflict.
Great whites making a comeback
Thursday 19 June 2014 | Published in Regional
A new look at research on great white sharks in the eastern north part of the Pacific Ocean indicates the population is likely growing rather than endangered, according to an international research team.
Indonesia's president makes first visit to Fiji
Thursday 19 June 2014 | Published in Regional
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has become the first Indonesian president to visit Fiji, as both countries seek to strengthen bi-lateral relations.
Japan kills 30 minke whales
Thursday 19 June 2014 | Published in Regional
Japan has slaughtered 30 minke whales in the Pacific off its northeast coast in the first hunt since the UN’s top court ordered Tokyo to stop killing the mammals in the Antarctic.
More price hikes likely for fishing
Thursday 19 June 2014 | Published in Regional
Pacific nations have warned foreign fishing countries, including the United States, to expect more price hikes to the cost of fishing in their territorial waters.
Papua New Guinea in turmoil
Thursday 19 June 2014 | Published in Regional
Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister Peter O’Neill has disbanded the country’s main anti-corruption body after an arrest warrant was served on him earlier this week over corruption allegations.
NZ: America's Cup a 'waste of money'
Tuesday 17 June 2014 | Published in Regional
The New Zealand government should not waste any more money on Team New Zealand’s bid for the next America’s Cup but fund winning teams like the All Blacks to Samoa and its world champion waka ama teams says Mana Party candidate for Mangere James Papali’i.
PNG: Jail term for police boss
Tuesday 17 June 2014 | Published in Regional
Papua New Guinea’s Police Commissioner Toami Kulunga was jailed for seven months for contempt of court on Friday – but he has been granted bail to appeal against the sentence in the Supreme Court.
PNG prime minister faces charges
Tuesday 17 June 2014 | Published in Regional
A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Papua New Guinea’s prime minister.
Fiji: Leaders called to reveal salaries
Monday 16 June 2014 | Published in Regional
A new candidate for this year’s election in Fiji says the government ministers should make their salaries public, now that the Fiji First party has been registered and launched.
Fiji: Rejected party fights back
Monday 16 June 2014 | Published in Regional
The proposed Fiji United Freedom Party intends to seek further clarification with the registrar of political parties following the rejection of its application to register as a political party last week.
Big names set to take on Fiji regime at elections
Monday 16 June 2014 | Published in Regional
Fiji’s biggest opposition party, and the party most likely to hurt the September election prospects of the regime-led Fiji First Party, has named its list of election candidates – with some high profile Fijians putting their weight behind the Social Democratic Liberal Party.
Samoa: Minister rewarded after resignation
Monday 16 June 2014 | Published in Regional
Samoa’s former minister of finance, Faumuina Tiatia Liuga, has reportedly been appointed by the prime minister as the new Associate Minister for Natural Resources and Environment.
Fiji: Plea for fugitive father to come home
Monday 16 June 2014 | Published in Regional
“Daddy, please come back home. I forgive you.”
Growers excited as kava ban lifted
Monday 16 June 2014 | Published in Regional
Kava growers around the Pacific are hoping the industry can come back to life, following the overturning of a 12 year ban on kava.
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