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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.
BSP says banking services will remain the same
THE PACIFIC – Australia’s Westpac group has agreed to sell its banking operations in Samoa, Cook Islands, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Tonga to the Bank of South Pacific for $A125 million.
Tonga focuses on needs of outer islands
NUKU‘ALOFA – The Tongan government is conducting orientation tours of the outer islands in an effort to stay connected and to review ongoing issues among the population there.
Fiji faces child abuse challenges
SUVA – Fiji’s Police Commissioner says the police have a zero tolerance policy on offences against children and he has issued a plea to the community to report child abuse.
Koreans share climate research
SUVA – The Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Fiji has recently hosted some of their leading scientists to share research into how new climate change technology could help Pacific nations cope with the effects of global warming.
Castaway struggling a year after ordeal
Garita Palerma – A castaway who spent 13 months adrift in the Pacific is being sued for $1 million by his lawyer and is living on handouts a year after his ordeal.
Legal marijuana proposed
A bill to legalise marijuana for medicinal purposes in the Northern Marianas is taking its first step towards becoming law.
Boats designed to combat tuberculosis
CAIRNS – Four specially-crafted boats are heading from Australia’s north-east coast to Papua New Guinea as part of an initiative to help stop the spread of tuberculosis in the country.
Muesli bar sends wrong message
LORENGAU – The company running the Manus Island detention asylum seeker centre in Papua New Guina has refused a large shipment of “Freedom” brand muesli bars because the brand was thought inappropriate to give to asylum seekers who were locked up.
Cyclone developing
SUVA – The Fiji Met Service says a tropical depression near New Caledonia was likely to have developed into a cyclone by today – while torrential rain from a separate weather system has caused surface flooding in Samoa.
Take off aborted
HONOLULU – Passengers on a Hawaiian Airlines plane bound for Auckland were shocked and frightened when the aircraft skidded to a stop just before take-off, bursting tyres in the process.
PNG confronts 'broken' police force
THE PACIFIC – For millions of years, fish species in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans have stuck resolutely to where they belong, kept from venturing between oceans by the cold water of the Arctic.
What happens when the two oceans merge?
THE PACIFIC – For millions of years, fish species in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans have stuck resolutely to where they belong, kept from venturing between oceans by the cold water of the Arctic.
Territory running low on food.
PAGO PAGO – Congestion at ports in the United States has caused food shortages thousands of miles away in the Pacific island territory of American Samoa, it’s reported.
Most refugees 'not genuine'
PORT MORESBY – Papua New Guinea’s government believes most asylum seekers being held on Manus Island are economic opportunists whose protection claims will be rejected.
Famous Australian author dies on Norfolk
SYDNEY – Best-selling Australian author Colleen McCullough, whose novel ‘The Thorn Birds”’sold 30 million copies worldwide, has died at age 77 after a long illness.
PACIFIC BRIEFS New bill to stop Samoan Child Labour
SAMOA – A senior Samoa government official is hoping a new bill will help stop children working illegally as street traders and on farms.
Asylum seekers requests not genuine
Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister says he believes most asylum seekers being held at the Australia-run detention centre on Manus Island are economic opportunists whose claims will be rejected.
Cigarette packet warnings introduced
HONIARA – Solomon Islands has followed Australia’s lead and introduced new graphic health warnings on its cigarette packets.
Aussie police needed in PNG
PORT MORESBY – The prime minister of Papua New Guinea is calling for greater Australian law enforcement in the country following the alleged police shooting of two men in Port Moresby.
Crisis averted as road blocks lifted
PORT MORESBY – Port Moresby has averted a major fuel and power crisis after a standoff with disgruntled coastal Motu-Koitabu villagers was settled late Wednesday night after hours of negotiation.
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