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21 September 2024
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23 September 2024
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21 September 2024
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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.
Duped refugee claims his life is in danger
LORENGAU – A refugee is in hiding on Manus Island in fear of his life, after allegedly being tricked by Papua New Guinea immigration officials into making a newspaper advertisement promoting resettlement.
Dengue fever worries as test day draws near
APIA – Samoa is on high alert for a fatal strain of dengue that has hit neighbouring American Samoa, New Zealand’s TV One News reported on Sunday.
ABC accused of activism ahead of journalism
YAREN – The government of Nauru has sharply attacked the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, accusing it of spreading lies and replacing journalism with activism. The outburst comes just days after the ABC reported that a Queensland phosphate importer allegedly paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to Nauru’s justice minister, David Adeang. Nauru rejected the report and in a fresh statement, it now says sections of the Australian media continue to wage a campaign to destabilise the Nauru government by supporting members of the opposition who slander government MPs and spread lies about Nauru. It insists that recent amendments to the criminal code are consistent with the constitution, saying no one is being arrested, no one is in jail, and freedom of speech is very much alive. It also says Nauru’s legal system is arguably the most independent, transparent and credible in the Pacific.
Palau sets fire to poachers' boats
KOROR – The Western Pacific island nation of Palau has set fire to four Vietnamese fishing vessels caught illegally operating in its waters to deliver a stern and uncompromising warning that it will not tolerate poaching in its waters.
Fiji building state-of-art water bottling plant
SUVA – After five years of preparations, the groundwork for a multimillion-dollar mineral water-bottling factory in the interior of Ra province of Fiji will begin soon.
Call for American Samoa citizenship review
PAGO PAGO – American Samoa’s former Congressman Faleomavaega Eni Hunkin (pictured left) has urged local leaders to call a national convention to discuss American Samoa’s future political status and the issue of US citizenship.
Australia could be accused of people smuggling
CANBERRA – An international law expert has raised the prospect that Australian authorities could be accused of people smuggling if it is proven they paid the crew of an asylum seeker boat to return to Indonesia.
Women athletes carry the torch
PORT MORESBY – Of the 554 athletes that will compete for Papua New Guinea on home soil at the 2015 Pacific Games, 261 are women, and for many of them it’s been a hard road to make it to their country’s sporting elite.
Natuman prepares for counter attack
PORT VILA – Vanuatu’s opposition has filed a counter-attack motion of no-confidence in the new prime minister, Sato Kilman, less than 24 hours after it was ousted by Kilman in a no-confidence vote.
Government employers treat vehicles as their own
APIA – The abuse of public vehicles is costing the government “millions.”
Love of rugby league helping school children
PORT MORESBY – There are not too many people in Papua New Guinea who are not rugby league fans.
Barrier Reef 'in danger' listing urged
TOWNSVILLE – The United Nations World Heritage Committee (WHC) could list the Great Barrier Reef as “in danger”, according to analysis from Australian and US environmental lawyers.
Flag options fail to excite Fijians
LAUTOKA – Members of the public in Fiji polled in a random survey in Lautoka City were not happy with and rejected the final pool of 23 flag designs released by the government’s National Flag Committee on Tuesday.
Court case 'real reason for vote'
PORT VILA – The Lands Minister in the ousted Vanuatu government, Ralph Regenvanu, has rejected the new government’s claim concerning the distribution of relief aid after Cyclone Pam in March.
Natuman out after no confidence vote
PORT VILA – There’s been another political about-turn in the Pacific with Vanuatu’s prime minister Joe Natuman ousted in a no-confidence vote in parliament.
Investigation was stymied
YAREN – A former Nauru solicitor-general says a police investigation into alleged kickbacks from an Australian phosphate company to Nauru’s president and justice minister was well advanced at the time of police commissioner Richard Britten’s sacking in July 2013.
Flag submissions redesigned
SUVA – A committee member overseeing the public competition to design Fiji’s new flag has confirmed that members basically composed the 23 final entries themselves, selecting elements from the around 2000 designs submitted.
Island's people don't want military firing range
SAIPAN – The mayor of the Northern Marianas Northern Islands region, Jerome Aldan, said the US military should take into account indigenous and cultural factors in its plan to set up a live-fire range on the volcanic island of Pagan.
Chinese on Pacific island buying spree
PACIFIC – In China it’s hard to keep up with the latest multimillionaire status symbol.
Mining company plays down landowners protest
LIHIR – The mining company Newcrest says operations at its Lihir gold mine in Papua New Guinea have resumed following a temporary disruption caused by a small local group.
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