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Prime Minister Peter O’Neill backs autonomy for provinces
PRIME Minister Peter O’Neill is keen to grant autonomy to provinces to manage their own public servants and effectively deliver government services“The National Government can worry about security,...
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New Caledonia Congress set to announce independence referendum date
New Caledonia's Congress is expected to meet on 19 March to set the date for the independence referendum.A New Caledonian member of the French National Assembly Philippe Dunoyer said it appears that...
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PNG earthquake recovery will take time : PM O'Neill
The Prime Minister, Hon. Peter O’Neill said the scale of the Highlands Earthquake disaster is immense, full recovery will take several years, while the immediate focus of the Government remains the...
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Israel contributes 40 generators to PNG Earthquake relief efforts
The Israeli government has contributed 40 generators to Papua New Guinea’s earthquake relief efforts.This followed diplomatic correspondence between Prime Minister Peter O’Neill and the Israeli Prime...
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Tonga Family Protection Legal Aid Centre opens on 12 March 2018
Tonga will soon be the first country in the Pacific to have a legal aid centre specifically dedicated to helping people who are survivors of domestic violence.The Family Protection Legal Aid Centre...
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Coach not angry at Origin v Tonga conflict
Tonga's rugby league coach Kristian Woolf says he has put no pressure on any of his players to make themselves available for their scheduled June international against Samoa.The match will take place...
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India's PM Modi meets Vanuatu Prime Minister
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday met his counterparts from the Pacific island nations of Tuvalu and Vanuatu, Enele Sopoaga and Charlot Salwai, respectively, and discussed issues of...
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120 tonnes of food delivered to PNG earthquake-affected areas: O’Neill
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O’Neill says 120 tonnes of food, water and medicine have already been transported to the earthquake-affected areas.He told the FM100 talkback show in Port Moresby...
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Oil Search Foundation gets assistance from SANTOS Limited
Oil Search Limited (OSL) may be going all hands on deck with the relief supply efforts, but with a little help from other organisations, a whole lot more can be achieved.Today Oil Search Foundation got...
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Water supply fully restored to Port Moresby City
Eda Ranu has confirmed that the water problem faced by residents and business houses in Port Moresby city today was related to the issue concerning the decision by the government to merge Eda Ranu and...
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Lae armed robbery suspect apprehended
There was an attempted armed robbery on an Asian owned shop on Saturday afternoon just before 6pm, 10th March 2018.More than ten men armed with homemade guns and knives stormed the shop and proceeded...
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Russia ‘responsible’ for UK spy attack: US
UNITED NATIONS: The United States said on Wednesday that Russia was “responsible” for a nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy in England, and urged the UN Security Council to hold Moscow...
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Merkel elected to fourth term as chancellor for Germany
BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel, bruised by half a year of post-election coalition haggling, was on Wednesday narrowly confirmed by parliament to her fourth and likely final term at the helm of...
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Four year old Sosa airlifted to Moro Clinic
Four-year old Sosa Sammy hung on tightly to her dad as they disembarked from a helicopter at Oil Search’s Moro logistic base on Tuesday.She has just completed her first ever helicopter ride – a 15 to...
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Fiji's support of Indonesia's MSG membership is now a subject of Twiplomacy
The Solomon Islands’ diplomatic row with Fiji has taken another twist with the former Fijian Foreign Affairs Minister dragging war veterans into the fray.Ratu Inoke Kubuabola – now Defence Minister -...
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Fiji Government to protect Fiji Airways routes
The Fiji government is doing all it can to protect Fiji Airways routes from bigger airlines when signing air service agreements.Civil Aviation Minister, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, says this is to ensure the...
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Kiribati, Solomon Islands on track to graduate from UN list of least...
Four countries could soon “graduate” from the ranks of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable nations, a United Nations expert committee announced on Thursday.Bhutan, Kiribati, Sao Tome and Principe...
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New Zealand cools on climate refugee plan
New Zealand says it will not adopt world-first plans to allow climate change refugees without approval from the Pacific island nations the measure is intended to help.Both the ruling Labour Party and...
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Thaiday endorses Walters as next Broncos coach
Kevin Walters/QRL PhotoBy Joel Gould / QRLThe Brisbane Broncos could have a new coach in 18 months and, if they do, veteran forward Sam Thaiday is adamant it should be club legend Kevin Walters.It is...
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Blackberry modified to ‘help drug cartels’
UNITED STATES: The chief executive of a company that created highly-secure smartphones allegedly used by some of the world’s most notorious criminals has been indicted.Canadian-based Phantom Secure...
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