NUKU’ALOFA, 15 NOVEMBER 2019 (TONGA POLICE) — Tongan Police continue to target drug dealers who sell drugs from vehicles with the latest drug arrests of 3 people on Tuesday with methamphetamine, cocaine and cannabis. The Drug Enforcement Task force arrested a 50-year old man from Fangaloto and a 22-year-old woman from Nukunuku from their vehicles […]
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As child measles deaths mount in Samoa, anti-vax movement being blamed for outbreak
APIA, 15 NOVEMBER 2019 (TVNZ) — Samoan families whose children are seriously ill with measles are turning to alternative means of treatment, and that’s worrying health authorities. There have been eight suspected measles deaths but many more children are in critical condition. The anti-vax movement is being blamed for low immunisation rates in Samoa, and […]
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Vanuatu Journalist barred from flying home
PORT VILA, 18 NOVEMBER 2019 (VANUATU DAILY POST) — Former Media Director for the Vanuatu Daily Post, Dan McGarry was denied the right to return to Vanuatu over the weekend to be with his family. McGarry has drawn the ire of the political leadership for a series of Vanuatu Daily Post reports raising concerns about […]
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New security college to focus on Pacific
CANBERRA,14 NOVEMBER 2019 (MIRAGE NEWS) — Australia’s first-ever specialist college to support security across the Pacific region has been launched at The Australian National University (ANU). Minister for International Development and the Pacific, Alex Hawke MP, officially opened the new Australia Pacific Security College (APSC), which will be led by ANU Associate Professor Meg Keen. […]
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Grieving Samoan mum loses two children to suspected measles, third child is ill
APIA,14 NOVEMBER 2019 (TVNZ/SAVALI NEWSPAPER) — Prayer and family support are the only things giving grieving Samoan mum Faao Tuivale any comfort as she mourns the loss of two of her children. Her infants are jointly buried in a grave after dying from suspected measles. “We depend on God to give us comfort and strength, […]
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FSM announces winning constitutional convention candidates
POHNPEI, 14 NOVEMBER 2019 (FSMIS) — President of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), David W Panuelo Tuesday received the certified FSM constitutional convention election results from the Office of the National Election Commissioner. The election was held on 05 November, 2019. The At-Large winning candidate in Pohnpei State is Iso Salvador Iriarte, with 3,160 […]