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The Kiribati Government has sworn-in its new Minister of Justice and Attorney General Wednesday at the State ‘Maneaba’ in Bairiki. In the presence of the Kiribati Chief Justice Sir John Muria, former Attorney General and MP for Abemama Natan Teewe was sworn-in as the new Minister of Justice and Birimwaka Tekanene as the new Secretary […]

Fijian Opposition Member of Parliament Ratu Isoa Tikoca has been suspended from the remaining term of Parliament with immediate effect. MPs voted today  with the majority votes endorsing the Privileges Committee report for Tikoca’s suspension. [restrict] 30 Members of Parliament voted in favour of the suspension, 13 voted against while seven MPs did not vote. […]

Papua New Guinea and China will be working in partnership to eliminate Malaria in PNG. Prime Minister Peter O’Neill made this announcement during the official opening of the International Conventional Center in Port Moresby. His speech was read by Minister for Sports and National Events Justin Tkatchenko. [restrict] “Working with China, and in particular the […]

HONOLULU (AP) — Prosecutors are calling the scourge of sex trafficking a form of modern-day slavery that touches every state in the nation, and they’re working to draw connections between active investigations around the globe at a summit in Hawaii. Representatives from eight countries more than a dozen U.S. states met to share details about […]

Typhoon Megi reached eastern China on 28 September, killing at least one person. The deadly storm hit Quanzhou City in Fuijan Province one day after it killed four people and injured at least 600 in Taiwan. [restrict] The official China News Service reported that one person had died after several structures collapsed in Quanhou. Some […]

HANOI (Reuters) – Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte met Vietnam’s top leadership on Thursday, aiming to advance a burgeoning alliance that could become increasingly uncertain amid his defiance of the United States and overtures towards China. Vietnam and the Philippines have drawn closer as China asserts more vigorously its claims of sovereignty in the South China […]