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Pacific
Cook Islands National Council of Women welcomes NZ High Commissioner
The Cook Islands National Council of Women (CINCW) welcomed New Zealand’s new high commissioner to the Cook Islands, Catherine Graham, at their office in Takuvaine yesterday.
PM Brown confident in Pacific Islands Forum leadership despite political change in Tonga
The sudden resignation of Tonga’s former prime minister Hu’akavameiliku Siaosi Sovaleni had left a temporary gap in the leadership of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF), but Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown remains confident that the situation will soon stabilise.
Vanuatu escapes cyclone damage
PORT VILA – Vanuatu has escaped virtually unscathed after Tropical Cyclone Ula took a more southerly track and picked up speed as it head away from the archipelago’s southern islands.
Fiji media told not to promote discord
SUVA – Fiji’s Media Industry Development Authority says the media organisations should not publish or broadcast material in a form likely to promote discord, but are free to report matters of national interest.
Four swept to death by rogue waves
KIRITIMATI – Four people have reportedly been killed on Kiribati’s Christmas Island, in the Central Pacific, the result of wild seas kicked up by Cyclone Ula, one of the longest-running tropical storms ever.
No reply to grieving family
SUVA – The family of a man in Fiji who died in an accident in Suva in October last year are still pleading with the authorities for an update on their request to waive immunity for South African diplomat Theodorus Mostert.
Hawai'i's last sugar plantation to close
HONOLULU – Hawaii’s last sugar plantation will wind down by the end of this year, its owner has announced.
End of sugar a watershed moment
HONOLULU – The owners of Hawaii’s last sugar plantation say they’re getting out of the sugar-growing business.
Attempt to revive torture inquiry
SUVA – Fiji’s opposition whip says he will try and get a parliamentary committee to again look into allegations of torture by security forces.
Labour union inquiry now likely
SUVA – A Fiji trade union leader says an International Labour Organisation commission of inquiry is more likely now that talks have stalled.
Aloha spirit needed in Washington
WASHINGTON DC – A Hawai‘i Congressman wants island shirts to be allowed in the House Fridays, a change from the current rule that requires full business attire in the US Capitol.
Ula makes Category 4 comeback
PORT VILA – Vanuatu residents who sheltered against Tropical Cyclone Ula overnight will now be assessing damage as the Category Four storm heads towards New Caledonia.
Mistook weedkiller for medicine
NAVUTOKA – A 62-year-old man from the village of Navutoka, in eastern Tongatapu died at Vaiola Hospital on Monday after drinking from a bottle of hazardous weed killing chemicals.
Five fishermen missing
SUVA – Fiji’s Lau islands escaped the full wrath of Tropical Cyclone Ula – but two more fishermen are reported missing bringing the number of people lost at sea in Fiji to five.
Found with rocks tied to ankles
NUKU‘ALOFA – A German man was found dead at sea off ‘Eua, Tonga, after he was reported missing between Christmas and New year..
300 guns handed in during amnesty
APIA – IN Samoa, more than 300 guns were handed in to police during a recent firearm amnesty which lasted for two months.
Police suspensions step in right direction
PORT MORESBY – The Acting Deputy Police Commissioner in Papua New Guinea says the suspension of over 40 officers for a range of brutality and misconduct charges is a step in the right direction.
Police boss on leave, not suspended
SUVA – Fiji police have confirmed that the acting commissioner Brigadier General Sitiveni Qiliho has not suspended his assistant, Henry Brown, but sent him on leave last week pending an investigation of what they describe as a “serious in-house matter”.
Forum keen to observe on Nauru
YAREN – The Pacific Islands Forum says it is keen to send an observer mission to help monitor elections in Nauru but only if invited by the Nauru government.
Candidate confusion in Vanuatu
PORT VILA – Campaigning is officially underway in Vanuatu’s snap election set for January 22 amid confusion over the number of candidates taking part.
Not a good day for a cyclone
NUKU‘ALOFA – The Tongan government says one of the reasons it declared a state of emergency for Cyclone Ula was so people could work on Sunday in order to assist the islands of Vava‘u if necessary.
Samoa launches first credit bureau
APIA – Samoa has established its first credit bureau to promote greater transparency and efficiency in the money lending market.
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