Regional
Samoa associate justice minister under investigation
Tuesday 28 April 2020 | Written by Legacy Author | Published in Regional
A criminal investigation has been launched in Samoa into allegations against the Associate Minister for Justice, So’oalo Mene.
Vanuatu ship visit puts island under lockdown
Tuesday 28 April 2020 | Written by Legacy Author | Published in Regional
Vanuatu’s Director of Public Health says the island of Malekula will remain in lockdown until a ship that visited there is cleared of Covid-19.
Recovery hampered by lack of boats
Tuesday 28 April 2020 | Written by Legacy Author | Published in Regional
Vanuatu – Disaster officials in Vanuatu say they’re being challenged by the small number of vessels available to transport relief supplies to communities devastated by Cyclone Harold.
Fiji warned to not 'drop the ball'
Tuesday 28 April 2020 | Written by Legacy Author | Published in Regional
FIJI – Fijians have been told the stakes of Covid-19 are higher than any game of rugby. Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama called on people to stay the course as the country battled with the Covid-19 crisis.
Decimation of tourism may plunge Pacific into poverty
Tuesday 28 April 2020 | Written by Legacy Author | Published in Regional
The decimation of the Pacific’s tourism industry by Covid-19 could plunge thousands of people into poverty, according to a new assessment by the International Labour Organisation.
Tongan Lord's sentence suspended
Monday 27 April 2020 | Written by Legacy Author | Published in Small World
TONGA – A former Tongan Prime Minister and current Noble MP has received a two year suspended sentence and a fine for passport, perjury and firearm offences.
More than 200 fly to Auckland from Apia
Monday 27 April 2020 | Written by Legacy Author | Published in Small World
SAMOA – An Air New Zealand plane has repatriated 200 people from Apia to Auckland but did not take any passengers back to Samoa.
High Covid-19 rates for Pasifika in the US
Monday 27 April 2020 | Written by Legacy Author | Published in Small World
PACIFIC – Pacific Islanders living in the United States have an infection rate two to three times the average in at least four American states, according to data released Sunday by the Pacific Islander Center of Primary Care Excellence, a California-based group.
Pro-China Kiribati president loses majority over switch from Taiwan
Monday 27 April 2020 | Written by Legacy Author | Published in Small World
The Kiribati political party that switched recognition from Taiwan to China last year lost its majority in elections last week.
Mini Games postponed until 2022
Monday 27 April 2020 | Written by Legacy Author | Published in Small World
NORTHERN MARIANAS – The upcoming Pacific Mini Games in the Northern Marianas are set to be postponed until May 2022 to avoid a clash with the Tokyo Olympics.
Covid cure rumours worry experts
Friday 24 April 2020 | Written by Legacy Author | Published in Small World
UN warns of potentially disastrous impact of Covid-19 rumours in the Pacific.
Tahiti crime drops
Thursday 23 April 2020 | Written by Legacy Author | Published in Small World
Figures released in French Polynesia say there has been a drop in crime, including reported domestic violence, during the lockdown following the Covid-19 outbreak last month, RNZ reports.
Holiday industry delivered another blow by Virgin Australia airline collapse
Thursday 23 April 2020 | Written by Gray Clapham | Published in Small World
The Pacific tourism industry will be seriously impacted with the collapse of Virgin Australia, the ABC has reported.
Former Fiji PM Qarase has died
Wednesday 22 April 2020 | Written by Legacy Author | Published in Small World
FIJI – Laisenia Qarase, the sixth prime minister of Fiji who was installed by one coup and removed by another, died on Tuesday. He was 79.
MP arrested for speaking out on police brutality
Wednesday 22 April 2020 | Written by Legacy Author | Published in Small World
FIJI – The president of a Fiji opposition party has been arrested, apparently in relation to posts he made on Facebook which raised concerns about police brutality.
Rugby boss resigns
Wednesday 22 April 2020 | Written by Legacy Author | Published in Small World
UK newspaper publishes recordings of ‘rampant homophobia’ by Fiji union head.
Pacific Community: Threat to fisheries from Covid-19
Tuesday 21 April 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Small World
The Pacific Community, (SPC) says having decimated tourism, Covid-19 is also posing a threat to the region's fisheries, RNZ reports.
Pacific Covid-19 update
Tuesday 21 April 2020 | Written by Legacy Author | Published in Small World
- Fiji has confirmed its 18th case of Covid-19. Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama said the latest case is a 51-year-old woman from Ba who had returned from the United State on March 22.
Fijian man shot by police in Auckland
Tuesday 21 April 2020 | Written by Legacy Author | Published in Small World
NEW ZEALAND – A Fijian man has been shot dead by police.
Resort owners left homeless
Monday 20 April 2020 | Written by Legacy Author | Published in Small World
Only the concrete foundations and a few trees remain standing at Whitesands Beach Resort in Ha’utu, Tonga.
