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Parliament’s 12 sitting days sufficient for business: Clerk
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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.
Fiji police hot on the heels of 'plotters'
SUVA – Fiji police say they suspect that overseas residents were involved in the alleged plot to destabilise the government, according to a report in the Fiji Sun.
Cyclone Ula rings in the New year
PACIFIC – As Tuvalu recovers from extensive wind and tidal damage caused by gale-force winds, national disaster officials in the South Pacific region are monitoring the development of a newly-born cyclone.
Tuna faces collapse if nations do not act
PACIFIC VIEWPOINT By Michael Field Nikkei Asian Review Environmentalists and Pacific Island nations are calling for new measures to force Asian fishing nations to rein in overfishing of dwindling tuna stocks that account for 60 per cent of the world’s catch.
Tropical storms threaten Pacific
FUNAFUTI – Just weeks after an impassioned plea to the world, the nation of Tuvalu is being battered by the over-whelming Pacific.
Praised for oil spill response
PAGO PAGO – American Samoa is emerging as a model for other parts of the Pacific for fuel pricing and management and for oil spill response.
Wants 'bribe' money back
PORT VILA – Vanuatu’s jailed former prime minister Moana Carcasses has initiated proceedings to recover the money he had given to the other MPs jailed with him for bribery.
PNG's unrealised tourism potential lamented
PORT MORESBY – Papua New Guinea is potentially one of the great destinations still waiting to be experienced and explored by the world’s burgeoning numbers of tourists.
MPs ridicule rule of law observer mission
YAREN – More Nauru MPs are asking why the Commonwealth Secretariat’s observer mission didn’t seek out opposition voices during a recent visit to the troubled island nation.
Samoas hit by torrential rain
APIA – There has been a constant downpour of rain across the two Samoas causing flash flooding and landslides.
Boxing Day marred by drownings
APIA – Two people died on Boxing Day in Samoa – with the possibility of a third death – after a leisurely swim at Mulinu’u turned into a tragedy on Boxing Day
Major resort planned for Tahiti
PAPEETE – French Polynesia’s tourism minister said that after more than a decade of planning and legal problems, signing a contract for the Mahana Beach Resort is a significant achievement.
American Samoa given wake up call
PAGO PAGO – With the US Federal Government making decisions to protect its interests globally – and consequently contributing to the erosion of the local canneries’ competitiveness – American Samoa’s Governor Lolo Matalasi Moliga has called on the entire territory to “band together to forge new economic activities to benefit the future of American Samoa”.
Fiji's AG 'out of line'
SUVA – A New Zealand law expert says Fiji’s attorney general violated the founding principles of democracy when he interfered in a parliamentary committee looking into allegations of torture by security forces. Lastweek, Aiyaz Sayed Khaiyum said investigations into allegations raised by local lawyer Aman Ravindra-Singh were illegal, resulting in the committee suspending its investigations. Sayed-Khaiyum later told Fiji media that the committee members were not suitably qualified and that the investigation should be carried out by police. But the University of Auckland’s Bill Hodge says Sayed-Khaiyum overstepped the boundaries set out by the original British bill of rights of 1689, which governs the separation of powers in democracies and parliaments all around the world. “The attorney general is actually part of the executive and the original privileges for parliament were designed to prevent the executive from interfering. “ Dr Hodge also says the speaker of parliament despite being the head of the house has no power over committees, and only a motion by the whole house can limit or terminate standing committee functions. - RNZI
Ieremia to coach Manu Samoa
APIA – Namulauulu Alama Ieremia says after ten years as an assistant he’s ready for his biggest challenge yet as head coach of Manu Samoa.
Guards accused of abusive searches
YAREN – A refugee advocate says women asylum seekers are being subjected to abusive and intrusive searches at the camp for families and single women on Nauru.
Pacific ready for IT offshoring
PACIFIC – A new World Bank report says more jobs could be created in the Pacific through IT-enabled outsourcing industries.
Brother killed in Christmas binge
SUVA – What began as a brotherly pre-Christmas drinking session ended tragically Thursday morning when a man was killed, with police in Fiji now pleading for people not to overindulge in alcohol this festive season.
Group puts new focus on nuclear tests
MAJURO – A new organisation focused on the nuclear weapons testing legacy in the Marshall Islands says its aim is achieving justice for Marshall Islanders.
Terror: Samoans urged to be aware
PACIFIC VIEWPOINT By Mata’afa Keni Lesa Editor Samoa Observer I received an email from an old friend yesterday. She is a proud and patriotic Samoan living in Europe who was rather concerned about the developments around the world in relation to security and safety.
Pacific Games: 'Plenty needs to be done'
Nuku‘alofa – The Pacific Games Council says progress is being made in Tonga towards delivering a successful event in 2019 – although it admits plenty still needs to be done.
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