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Pacific
Tabuya ‘an ideal Minister for Information’, Fiji’s PM says
Fiji's Prime Minister is set to restore a backbencher to cabinet after she appeared in a private video dancing naked.
Diesel fuel aboard sunken Manawanui still unaccounted for
New Zealand Defence Force figures show more than half a million litres of diesel fuel aboard the Manawanui when it sank has not been taken off it.
Condemnation spreading
AUSTRALIA – Australian and Papua New Guinean students as well as trade union representatives picketed the Papua New Guinea Consulate in Sydney yesterday to express their anger at the shooting of unarmed university students.
Students traumatised by shootings
Unrest simmering around Papua New Guinea
Reporter ban defended
FIJI – Fiji’s prime minister Frank Bainimarama has staunchly defended his blacklisting of some New Zealand journalists.
Students regroup in wake of violence
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Papua New Guinea university students are taking stock of the carnage from this week’s unrest where police opened fire on students at the University of Papua New Guinea’s Waigani Campus in Port Moresby. Police said 23 people were injured, including five critically, in the unrest, which came after police refused to allow students to walk to parliament. Most of those injured were students, understood to have been shot by police. No deaths have been reported. In the wake of the violence the university obtained a court order that disallowed students from taking actions which “are contrary to their enrolment” – in effect banning them from making further protests. Student Representatives Council member Hercules Jim said for now the campus was calm and the council was planning for the student body to meet to discuss what to do next. “We’re calling all the provincial leaders who represent each students in their own group to come and raise their views and see what is the next course of action. But that will take another two to three days. “But first of all now we are working around the clock to secure and get the names of students who have been injured and see who is missing. But the police are still present on the campus regardless.” He said, although university management had urged a return to class as the semester resumed this month, the student body at large would not back down on its demand for O’Neill’s resignation. Meanwhile, a Manus Island detainee who is in Port Moresby for medical treatment said he was afraid for his safety following the unrest. Siyavash Shakibnia and 16 other detainees are being kept at a hotel in the city while they receive hospital care. Shakibnia said he and two other detainees were in hospital when students shot by police arrived by ambulance. Shakibnia said one security guard and two supervisors were taking care of the 17 Manus Island detainees in Port Moresby. Papua New Guinea’s opposition is calling for parliament to sit again soon to address what it calls pressing issues of national importance. The parliament was on Wednesday adjourned to August amid concerns about the security situation in Port Moresby after police opened fire on the university students who planned to walk to Parliament to support the opposition’s planned vote of no-confidence against Prime Minister Peter O’Neill. The opposition leader Don Polye has slammed the police actions, calling for those behind the shootings to be imprisoned. Meanwhile he indicated the opposition would take legal action to have parliament sit before August when a grace period protecting governments from votes of no-confidence comes into play. “This government and the parliament are running away from addressing an issue that is within their mandate to find solutions to.” “Therefore the opposition is very vehement on this and we will address it by way of the court application where we would like to see an urgent answer or ruling given by the Supreme Court,” he said. Jonathan Pryke, a research fellow at Sydney think tank the Lowy Institute, has warned that O’Neill’s refusal to meet protest leaders risked fuelling further unrest, especially with the country’s economy suffering from the global slump in
Students to continue protests
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Papua New Guinea university students have signalled they will continue to boycott classes in their ongoing protest against Prime Minister Peter O’Neill.
'We can handle these matters'
O’Neill brushes off concerns over protest shooting
Climate funds access difficult
FIJI – Accessing climate change funds remains a challenge for Fiji.
Meeting seen as symbolic
FIJI – This week’s meeting between the prime ministers of Fiji and New Zealand is hugely symbolic and significant according to an academic specialising in regional security.
Scenes of chaos as police open fire
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – There are fears for the wellbeing of a number of students who remain missing after Wednesday’s unrest at the University of Papua New Guinea in Port Moresby when police opened fire on students at the University of PNG ahead of a planned rally at parliament.
PNG police shoot at students
University obtains court order to ban protests
MP warns of repercussions
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – A Papua New Guinea MP has warned of repercussions after a day of unrest when police opened fire on students at the University of PNG in Port Moresby.
Honoured on Queen's birthday
NEW ZEALAND – This year’s Queens Birthday Honours list includes seven New Zealand Pasifika recipients.
Airline operations grounded
SOLOMON ISLANDS – The Solomon Islands ministry of aviation says it is hoping it can come to an agreement with Solomon Airlines after a total shutdown of its operations grounded all international and domestic flights.
$1 billion for green energy projects in Pacific
PACIFIC – New Zealand and other major international donors have promised more than $1 billion for sustainable energy projects in Pacific island nations.
Nauru candidate questions dismissal
NAURU – One of Nauru’s prospective election candidates who is challenging the government’s fee hike says the government was behind his sacking.
Cocaine washes up on remote atoll
MARSHALL ISLANDS – Professionally wrapped bags of cocaine have again washed up on the shore of Enewetak Atoll, the former United States nuclear weapons testing site in the Marshall Islands.
Time right for Key's Fiji visit
FIJI – New Zealand Prime Minister John Key believes the time is right for his visit to Fiji this week – even though democracy there is “not perfect”.
Anti-independence rally in West Papua
WEST PAPUA – A large anti-independence rally has been held by transmigrants in the capital of Indonesia’s Papua province, Jayapura.
Tonga says Games Council 'out of line'
TONGA – The Tongan government says it changed the law overseeing the 2019 Pacific Games so it could sack the head of the local organising committee, despite protests from the Pacific Games Council.
PNG PM pays tribute to Ali
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Papua New Guinea has joined the world in mourning the death of former three-time world boxing heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali, regarded as one of the world’s icons and most famous figures.
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