Regional
Fiji PM sends warning to developers
Thursday 21 February 2019 | Published in Regional
FIJI – Fiji’s Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama has issued a warning to foreign developers who plan to do business in the country.
Call to dissolve parliament
Thursday 21 February 2019 | Published in Regional
TONGA – Three petitions with over 10,000 signatures calling for the King of Tonga to dissolve parliament and launch an investigation into the government have been presented to the palace in Nuku’alofa.
Nauru restricts medical transfers
Thursday 21 February 2019 | Published in Regional
NAURU – Nauru’s government has rushed through new laws to prevent residents being granted medical transfers based on online recommendations.
Malolo a lesson for landowners
Thursday 14 February 2019 | Published in Regional
FIJI – A Fiji opposition MP says events on the island of Malolo should be a warning to all landowners in the country.
Islanders are ready to work
Thursday 14 February 2019 | Published in Regional
SOLOMON ISLANDS – More than 1000 Solomon Islanders are competing for 200 places in a “work ready pool” which could land them jobs in Australia.
284 Apec vehicles still missing
Thursday 14 February 2019 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINA – Papua New Guinea police are still seeking the return of nearly 300 imported cars loaned to officials for driving world leaders around its capital during last year’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting.
Tongan players keen to come home
Wednesday 30 May 2018 | Published in Regional
TONGA – Some Tongan rugby players would return from Europe “in a heartbeat” to play for a Pacific Super Rugby team, Tonga head coach Toutai Kefu says.
PNG to ban Facebook for a month
Wednesday 30 May 2018 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – The Papua New Guinean government is to ban Facebook for a month in a bid to crack down on “fake users” and study the effects the website is having on the nation’s population.
Samoan language in the spotlight
Wednesday 30 May 2018 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – Samoans in New Zealand are celebrating their culture and identity as part of annual efforts to encourage more people to be bilingual.
Village gives up suspects
Wednesday 30 May 2018 | Published in Regional
SAMOA – The Salelavalu village council on Samoa’s Savai‘i Island has handed two men to police over a brawl last Saturday with youths from Salelologa village.
Games sues Tonga for millions
Wednesday 30 May 2018 | Published in Regional
TONGA – The Pacific Games Council and Tonga’s Olympic Committee (TASANOC) have lodged a claim for millions of dollars of damages against the Tonga government for its late withdrawal from hosting the 2019 event.
Whales wash ashore after being shot
Wednesday 30 May 2018 | Published in Regional
TONGA – Four whales have washed up dead on a remote Pacific island, with witnesses claiming all of the whales had been shot in the head.
Pacific rugby squad gets player backing
Monday 21 May 2018 | Published in Regional
PACIFIC – A proposed combined Pacific Islands Super Rugby team has the backing of a number of former players and administrators.
PACIFIC BRIEFS 21/05/2018
Monday 21 May 2018 | Published in Regional
NCD GRAPHIC DESIGN CONTEST LAUNCHED
France displays Pacific 'schizophrenia'
Monday 21 May 2018 | Published in Regional
FRENCH PACIFIC – A leading French Polynesian pro-independence politician has described the French government’s stance towards its Pacific colonies as “schizophrenic”.
Fiji times writers not guilty of sedition
Monday 21 May 2018 | Published in Regional
Three senior journalists and an opinion writer at the Fiji Times have been found not guilty of charges of sedition by a panel of three assessors.
President's visit sparks criticism
Monday 21 May 2018 | Published in Regional
New Caledonia's Labour Party says it doesn't share the enthusiasm over the visit of the French president Emmanuel Macron's two weeks ago.
Pacific blamed for NZ drug issues
Monday 21 May 2018 | Published in Regional
New Zealand's associate finance minister has blamed "closely failed states in the Pacific" for his country's drug problems.
The island fruit that caused a mutiny
Monday 21 May 2018 | Published in Regional
French Polynesians - The French Polynesians have a legend about a famine that occurred on the island of Ra’iatea.
Combined Pacific squad 'about bloody time'
Tuesday 15 May 2018 | Published in Regional
“It is about bloody time.” Those are the words a senior figure in New Zealand rugby said when I was investigating the plans to get a Pacific team into the Super Rugby competition.