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Australia’s Pacific engagement praised
The country has acknowledged Australia’s ‘Step Up Engagement’ with the Pacific region including Solomon Islands. Outgoing Prime Minister, Rick Hou acknowledged this at a recent Australia Day...
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Reforms to boost, reward PNG police force: PM O'Neill
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister has announced that sweeping reforms to the nation’s disciplined forces will take place to increase professional standards and better reward personnel and their families...
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Fiji backing the first step towards NRL dream
Petero Civoniceva describes the Federal Government's backing for NRL pre-season matches in the Pacific and a Fiji team in NSW's Intrust Super Premiership as "life changing".Entry into the Intrust Super...
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Tonga had assurances cable almost failproof - Senituli
Moves are already underway to ensure Tonga can cope with any further communication blackouts.Tonga lost its internet and phone connections on Sunday last week when the Tonga Cable linking it with Fiji...
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PNG’s largest hotel group connects with STAAH
Coral Sea Hotels will have access to STAAHs market-leading online distribution and booking technology following the partnership announcement that extends to all seven properties in the group. The...
View ArticleACCOR Group of Hotels to invest $200m in Fiji
Over $200 million (US$100 million) will be invested by the ACCOR Group of hotels in Fiji.The investment will include improving the services of four of their hotels in the country as well as opening a...
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PNG highly corrupt: Report
A new report by the global watchdog Transparency International has again classified Papua New Guinea as one of the most highly corrupt countries in the world.The 2018 Corruption Perception Index (CPI),...
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‘Intending election candidates in Solomon Islands must return to constituency...
The Solomon Islands Electoral Act 2018 has made changes to nomination procedures for candidates contesting election. It requires an intending candidate to return to the constituency where she/he will...
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PNG LLG elections schedule set
Elections for Local Level Governments in PNG will be conducted between April and June.Inter-Government Relations Minister, Kevin Isifu, announced the election schedule as follows:Writs for the...
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Indonesia sends protest note to Vanuatu for smuggling separatist in delegation
The Indonesian Government has sent a note of protest to the Government of Vanuatu for smuggling Papuan separatist Benny Wenda into the South Pacific nation`s delegation while meeting the UN High...
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Former Tongan PM Lord Tu’ivakanō’s case back in court in March
The king’s noble accused of committing passport offences, money laundering and bribery will be back in court after next month.A Ministry of Justice spokesperson said, Lord Tu’ivakanō’s arraignment is...
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PNG, Samoa lead team on ACP-EU Cotonou negotiations
Papua New Guinea and Samoa are leading a team of negotiators and consultants to commence the post Cotonou ACP-EU negotiations for the Pacific region at the ambassadorial level.This is between the...
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Soft power: Australia uses hard game to tackle China in Pacific
Australia will direct more foreign aid to develop the sport of rugby league in the Pacific, officials say, bolstering a soft power offensive against China's growing influence in the region.The plan,...
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PNG eyes electronic Voting system in 2022
Papua New Guinea will likely use during the 2022 general election an electronic voting system successfully implemented by India, and copied by other nations, says Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter...
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PNG Police Commissioner Baki not aware of additional APEC allowance
PNG POLICE Commissioner Gari Baki said today that he is not aware of the payment of the additional K300.00 allowances for members of the disciplined forces engaged in the 2018 APEC security...
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6 crimes reported nationwide on Monday 28 January 2019
POLICE in PNG made four arrests in relation to six crimes reported nationwide on Monday 28th January, 2019 according to the daily crime summary provided by the office of the Deputy Commissioner of...
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PNG's Madang MP guilty of breaching privilege
The Parliamentary Privileges Committee has found Madang MP Bryan Kramer, guilty of breaching his Parliamentary Privilege.In May 2018, Mr Kramer had published a post on Facebook titled "Has Dumb Become...
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Philippines, PNG sign new pact for fisheries development
The Philippines and Papua New Guinea (PNG) have forged an agreement to strengthen cooperation in fisheries development.The memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed by Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel...
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Moves to have compulsory voting in Solomon Islands
Movements and religious organisations that are discouraging their followers from casting their votes during the national general election should be charged under the Solomon Islands panel code.That's...
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China releases footage of ‘Guam killer’ missile in ‘clear message to US’
China has revealed footage of its next-generation Dongfeng-26 ballistic missile showing improved stability and accuracy, a move analyst say aims to send a message to the United States about its...
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