Regional
Samoa: Stink threatens conference
Thursday 24 April 2014 | Published in Regional
With the UN’s Small Islands Developing States conference a few months away, a stench in the middle of Apia is causing concern.
Fiji: Freezer death shocks father
Thursday 24 April 2014 | Published in Regional
The father of a young policeman is trying to come to terms with the sad reality that his son will never return home after a bizarre death at a Fiji police barracks.
Fiji: Six held over schoolgirl's rape
Thursday 24 April 2014 | Published in Regional
An investigation is underway following the alleged rape of a 16-year-old student in Fiji.
Pacific: Teen pregnancies of concern
Thursday 24 April 2014 | Published in Regional
The United Nations has called for more services to support pregnant teenagers in the Pacific – with rape suspected in some cases.
Tonga: Head stomp witnessed
Thursday 24 April 2014 | Published in Regional
A police witness has told the Supreme Court in Tonga he saw a police Inspector put New Zealand policeman Kali Fungavaka in a chokehold, while another officer later stomped on the victim’s head.
Australia: Video contradicts reports
Wednesday 23 April 2014 | Published in Regional
A spokesperson for Australia’s asylum seeker resource centre says the story put forward by Australian and Papua New Guinea authorities following violent clashes at an asylum seeker detention centre in February is continuing to crumble.
Tonga: Police on trial for death in custody
Wednesday 23 April 2014 | Published in Regional
A Tongan court has been told that a New Zealand policeman, Kali Fungavaka, died in custody in Tonga two years ago after suffering skull fractures.
USA: Tongan gang member shot dead
Wednesday 23 April 2014 | Published in Regional
A United States court marshall shot and killed a Pacific Islander, who was a gang member, in the federal courthouse in Salt Lake City in Utah after he tried to attack a witness with a pen.
In brief: Policeman found dead in freezer
Wednesday 23 April 2014 | Published in Regional
A recently recruited Fijian policeman was found dead in the Police Special Response Unit canteen freezer at the weekend.
Tonga: Ha'apai not to be forgotten
Wednesday 23 April 2014 | Published in Regional
The Tongan community is appealing for help to rebuild churches, parsonages and businesses, following the category five tropical cyclone earlier this year.
PNG: More earthquakes feared
Wednesday 23 April 2014 | Published in Regional
Disaster officials in Papua New Guinea’s Bougainville are calling on people in coastal areas to stay on higher ground as the threat from earthquakes continues.
Food concerns in PNG
Wednesday 23 April 2014 | Published in Regional
Reports from Papua New Guinea say about 54,000 people directly affected by tropical Cyclone Ita face food shortages in the next two weeks.
Solomon Islands: Flood victims need food
Wednesday 23 April 2014 | Published in Regional
Aid groups in Solomon Islands are raising concerns a lack of food security is stopping many flood victims returning home from evacuation centres.
In brief: Tonga's bus drivers go back to work
Thursday 17 April 2014 | Published in Regional
Tonga bus drivers have ended a two-day strike after failing to get the government to lower diesel prices.
Samoa's finance minister resigns
Thursday 17 April 2014 | Published in Regional
Samoa’s Minister of Finance, Faumuina Tiatia Liuga, has resigned from cabinet in response to allegations against him and also the findings of a chief auditor’s report.
Samoa: Stray dog measures under scrutiny
Thursday 17 April 2014 | Published in Regional
The editor of the Samoa Observer newspaper believes the idea that the police are working towards controlling the number of stray dogs in this country in the build up to the United Nations Small Island Developing States (SIDS) meeting in September is “fantastic”.
Nauru: Detainees have dengue fever
Thursday 17 April 2014 | Published in Regional
Australia’s Immigration Minister Scott Morrison has confirmed three people at the government’s offshore processing centre on Nauru have dengue fever.
Fiji: PM only Fiji First candidate
Thursday 17 April 2014 | Published in Regional
The Fiji regime leader Rear Admiral Frank Bainimarama says he is the only candidate confirmed so far in the party he plans to lead in this year’s election.
PNG: 180 detained over witch hunt
Thursday 17 April 2014 | Published in Regional
Police in Papua New Guinea have detained 180 people after a witch hunt that has left six people dead, including two children.
In brief: Relief slow to get to remote islands
Wednesday 16 April 2014 | Published in Regional
Relief work in remote Papua New Guinea islands is set to take weeks after damage caused by Cyclone Ita.
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