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Parliament’s 12 sitting days sufficient for business: Clerk
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STI cases on the rise
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Everyone is a winner, says Culture
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Tapaitau appeal dismissed
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Challenging ‘rape culture’
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Pacific
Tahiti sailors win 2024 Regatta in Raro
Sailors from Tahiti edged over Rarotonga, proving to be very competitive taking out first place in both the Lasers and the Optimist classes, winning the 2024 sailing challenge overall trophy.
Former PM Puna first Cook Islander elected to East-West Center Board
Former Cook Islands prime minister and secretary-general of the Pacific Islands Forum, Henry Puna, has been confirmed as the first Cook Islander appointed to the East-West Center Board of Governors based in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Traumatic memories of the night he was beaten by police
FIJI – One of the three Fijian men caught allegedly cultivating marijuana by a team of police and military officers in 2009 says he still does not understand why they were tortured.
Faiths called upon to pray for the Pacific
PACIFIC – The Pacific Climate Warriors movement is calling on people of different faiths to collaborate and discuss the environmental difficulties that face island nations.
Stream of climate change refugees feared
NEW ZEALAND – New Zealand is being warned to prepare for an impending stream of refugees from the Pacific as low-lying atolls are swamped by sea-level rise over the coming decades.
Pacific countries alert to safety risks in Rio
PACIFIC – Pacific countries are receiving regular security updates from Brazil three weeks out from the start of the Rio Olympics.
Fiji sprinter opts out of Olympics
FIJI – Fiji sprinter Banuve Tabakaucoro made a tough and courageous decision to pull out of the Rio Olympics, according the country’s Chef de Mission Cathy Wong.
Vote delayed, strikes called
Thousands stranded as PNG pilots call in ‘sick’
Nauru slams foreign media
NAURU – Nauru’s Justice Minister has launched a strident attack on Australian and New Zealand media outlets over coverage of asylum seekers housed on the island, saying recent elections should make them feel “humiliated”.
Police under pressure as unrest grows
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – A senior police commander in Papua New Guinea says there have already been law and order issues resulting from the pressure coming on the government.
Attorney general, judge charged
PAPAU NEW GUINEA – Papua New Guinea’s attorney general and Minister of Justice Ano Pala has been arrested and charged with abuse of office and misappropriating more than three million kina in public funds.
Crackdown on 'civil disobedience'
O’Neill calls out forces to stop ‘spread of unrest’
Tight security ahead of vote
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – PNG Prime Minister Peter O’Neill arrived in Port Moresby from Brisbane, Australia, under tight security ahead of a vote of no confidence in parliament.
Activist group speaks of focus on nation building
SOLOMON ISLANDS – The Solomon Islands government says the United Liberation Movement of West Papua wants to move away from advocacy towards nation-building.
Asian owners forcing locals out of business
SAMOA – Samoan shop owner, Nu’uausala Sionaia, is worried about the future.
He walked the Kokoda Track on crutches
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – A former member of the Australian Defence Force has returned home after completing Papua New Guinea’s gruelling Kokoda Track on crutches.
Stoners say drug supply has dried up
SAMOA – Last year, the police in Samoa – through Commissioner Fuiavailili Egon Keil and his Tactical Operations Squad – declared a war on drugs.
Nauru fugitive reunited with family
Former MP says he will speak out about Nauru issues
Waqa: 'Ringleaders were defeated'
NAURU – Nauru President Baron Waqa has issued a statement to the nation after his government’s successful re-election.
Kun's escape from Nauru justified
NAURU – New Zealand has justified its decision to grant citizenship to former Nauruan opposition MP Roland Kun, who was under a criminal investigation and prevented from leaving Nauru.
Fiji police probe photos of beatings
Disturbing images may be from 2009 drug raids
Asylum seekers in armed hold up
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Two asylum seekers have been threatened at gunpoint at accommodation housing asylum seekers and refugees in Port Moresby.
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