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Former minister explains opposition move
Thursday 20 April 2017 | Published in Regional
FIJI – A former senior member of the Fiji government Pio Tikoduadua – who this week announced he is joining an opposition party – says he had concerns about the Fiji First Party’s direction before the landmark elections in 2014.
Large snake alarms villagers
Thursday 20 April 2017 | Published in Regional
FIJI – The discovery of a 2.5-metre-long long snake in Cuvu, Sigatoka, has sparked concern and fear among residents.
Four dead in sorcery revenge
Thursday 20 April 2017 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Four men have been killed and another four are in intensive care in Papua New Guinea after a sorcery related attack in Eastern Highlands province during the Easter weekend.
Runaway refugee faces new charges
Thursday 20 April 2017 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – A young Iranian refugee who fled Papua New Guinea to seek asylum in Fiji has had charges against him thrown out of court in Port Moresby.
Pacific a testing ground for next world war
Wednesday 19 April 2017 | Published in Regional
MARSHALL ISLANDS – The vast Pacific Ocean has become a tactical arena in the preparations for a future world war, according to a veteran journalist and documentary filmmaker.
Drunk sailors went on rampage
Wednesday 19 April 2017 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Refugees have challenged Australian government claims that shots fired during an outbreak of violence at the Manus Island detention centre were discharged by PNG military personnel into the air.
'No-one safe at detention centre'
Wednesday 19 April 2017 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – An asylum seeker detained by Australia on Papua New Guinea’s Manus Island says he thought he was going to die during the Good Friday attack on the detention centre by officers in the PNG navy.
Dismissal of clergy sex abuse charges sought
Tuesday 18 April 2017 | Published in Regional
GUAM – The Archdiocese of Agana in Guam has asked the US Federal Court to dismiss dozens of clergy sex abuse lawsuits, based on a challenge to a seven-month-old law that lifted the statute of limitations for childhood sexual abuse cases.
And call for preservation of their language
Tuesday 18 April 2017 | Published in Regional
NIUE – Niuean leaders are calling for locals and Niueans living abroad to fight for the preservation of the Niuean language.
Niueans celebrate their art and culture
Tuesday 18 April 2017 | Published in Regional
NIUE – Niue’s fifth Arts and Cultural Festival is now underway with hundreds of participants and visitors taking part in the week-long event.
Right hand man joins opposition
Tuesday 18 April 2017 | Published in Regional
FIJI – A former right hand man to Fiji’s Prime Minister, Frank Bainimarama, has joined the opposition, complaining of a climate of fear and intolerance of dissent within the governing party.
Shots fired in Manus Island melee
Tuesday 18 April 2017 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Papua New Guinea’s Defence Force is investigating an incident in which military personnel fired shots at Australia’s refugee detention centre on Manus Island.
Tribute for woman who designed PNG's flag
Saturday 15 April 2017 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister has extended condolences to the family of the woman who designed the national flag, the late Susan Karike Huhume.
Press ban amounts to diplomatic insult
Saturday 15 April 2017 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Australia and Papua New Guinea must review media relations after two separate but equally “shocking” bans on PNG press, according to the Pacific Freedom Forum.
Pay fines or boats will be destroyed
Saturday 15 April 2017 | Published in Regional
SOLOMON ISLANDS – Vietnamese fishing boats caught fishing illegally in Solomon Islands have been fined US$4.6 million – and if the owners don’t come forward and pay the fines the boats will be destroyed.
Niueans fight to retain language
Saturday 15 April 2017 | Published in Regional
NIUE – Niuean leaders are calling for locals and Niueans living abroad to fight for the preservation of Niuean language.
PNG press ban a colonial flashback
Saturday 15 April 2017 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – A ban on local media from covering press conferences held by Australia’s prime minister Malcolm Turnbull during his visit to Papua New Guinea has been described as an example of remnant attitudes leftover from colonial times.
Students bong session went viral
Thursday 13 April 2017 | Published in Regional
FIJI – Six students of a high school in Nadi have been removed from the institution after they were photographed allegedly smoking drugs.
Nuie league looking for talent
Thursday 13 April 2017 | Published in Regional
NIUE – Niue’s rugby league coach is hoping that more players with Niuean heritage will be discovered now that an Emerging Nations World Championship has been confirmed.
Child labour decreasing
Thursday 13 April 2017 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – The International Labour Organisation says Papua New Guinea’s government is making inroads to the problem of child labour.