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Pacific
Pacific officials attend Paris Agreements Article 13 training
Climate Change Cook Islands hosted a sub-regional workshop last week focusing on the Paris Agreement Article 13 focusing on the digital tools Pacific Island countries are required to report on.
Author Tom Neale’s Suwarrow journals donated to National Library of NZ
The Cook Islands High Commission in New Zealand was delighted to attend the handover of renowned author Tom Neale’s journals to the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand in Wellington over a week ago.
Decolonisation support
PORT VILA – Vanuatu has reconfirmed its support for New Caledonia’s and West Papua’s decolonisation.
Appeal to remove roadblocks
PORT MORESBY – Papua New Guinea’s Police Commissioner Geoffrey Vaki has appealed to Hanuabada villagers to remove the roadblocks which are affected the city’s power and fuel supplies.
Road blocks cut fuel supply to capital
PORT MORESBY – Angry Hanuabadan villagers are still maintaining roadblocks following Friday’s shooting of two men as the result of a betelnut raid by police.
Earhart search on remote atoll
MILI ATOLL – A further search for clues of the whereabouts of aviator Amelia Earhart’s plane has taken place on a remote atoll in the Marshall Islands.
New research blows Rapa Nui collapse theory
RAPA NUI– Newly-published research into ancient land use on Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, shows the collapse of pre-European society there wasn’t as dramatic as first thought.
PACIFIC BRIEFS: SOLOMONS NEW PM LAUNCHES POLICIES
SOLOMON ISLANDS – The Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare is launching his government’s Policy Framework today.
Tonga determined to qualify in Hong Kong
HONG KONG – The 28 participating teams have been confirmed for the Hong Kong Sevens in March, with Belgium the only newcomers in the main draw.
Severe La Ninas becoming more likely
Extreme “La Nina” weather events that cool the Pacific Ocean and can disrupt weather worldwide will paradoxically happen almost twice as often in a warming world, an international team of scientists said on Monday.
'Where did the money go'
APAI – Samoa police have rejected a claim that police officers who arrested a man for theft several years ago took a large sum of money that was in his bag.
School drop outs of concern in Tonga
NUKU‘ALOFA – Non government organisations and regional bodies are urgently trying to curb the alarming rate of secondary school drop outs in Tonga as it climbs to around an average of 1000 a year since 2008.
Police bosses back war on marijuana
SUVA – Despite opinions posted in Letters to the Editor forums in the local dailies, and comment on radio talk back shows about the possibility of legalising the cultivation of marijuana in the country, Fiji’s Police Commissioner Ben Groenewald says this is “not a healthy option”.
Protest leaders transferred to prison
LORENGAU – Staff at the Manus Island detention centre for asylum seekers are reportedly preparing to transfer a group of detainees to a prison complex in Port Moresby after days of protest at the centre.
PACIFIC NEWS UPDATE
SEARCH ON FOR GUNMAN WHO SHOT POLICE — The search is on in New Caledonia for the gunman who shot two police officers last Thursday.
Australia in grip of 'ice' epidemic
SYDNEY – Australia is in the grip of an ice epidemic and hundreds of clandestine drug labs are springing up around the country each year, in suburban homes, motels and even in car boots and trucks.
PACIFIC BRIEFS: GUN FIGHT SUSPECTS APPEAR IN COURT
SAMOA – One of the men involved in a gun fight with police in Samoa before Christmas last year has been charged with possession of narcotics.
Remittances affecting value of education
A Tongan social worker says remittances have contributed to a culture of dependency which is affecting how people value education.
PNG mobilises to fight measles
PORT MORESBY – Papua New Guinea’s Department of Health has dispatched a team to a remote part of Chimbu province where a measles outbreak has reportedly killed six people.
Time to restore confidence
NUKU ‘ALOFA – The Minister of Police in Tonga says he will work hard to restore confidence in the local force and will not stand for police misbehavior.
'Fire of racism' dampened
APIA - Samoa’s prime minister has jumped to the defence of Chinese — levelling claims of racism against those who criticise China’s interest in Samoa.
Big swell causes havoc in Samoa
Apia – Unusually high seas have caused disruptions and some damage in Samoa.
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