NUKU’ALOFA, 10 MAY 2018 (LOOP TONGA)— A 59 year old man has been arrested following the seizure of about 2kg of methamphetamines ‘ice’ worth TOP$2 million (US$903,000) at Tonga’s Fua’amotu International Airport. The suspect was arrested Tuesday by the Police Drug Taskforce with the assistance of Customs and Tonga Airport Limited. The drugs were in […]
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Nauru Police Force launches cyber safety campaign
YAREN, 10 MAY 2018 (NAURU GOVT)—The Nauru Police Force (NPF) will educate all students on the dangers of the internet as the first step to a community-wide cyber safety campaign which has been initiated by the Pacific Islands Chiefs of Police and developed by the Australian Federal Police. The campaign, called Cyber Safety Pasifika, has […]
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Pangu Party makes right decision to join government
PORT MORESBY, 10 MAY 2018 (POST COURIER)— Pangu Pati leader Sam Basil has reiterated that his party’s decision to join the O’Neill government in Papua New Guinea was the right decision despite the many negative criticisms against their move in September last year. “We made the decision to move and it was a tough decision […]
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Australia says hundreds likely to languish in Pacific camps
CANBERRA,10 MAY 2018 (REUTERS)– Hundreds of asylum-seekers held in Australian-run detention centers in the Pacific are likely to remain there indefinitely as no other country is willing to resettle them, Minister for Home Affairs Peter Dutton said. Australia’s hardline immigration policy requires asylum seekers intercepted at sea trying to reach Australia to be sent for […]
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Pacific media risks ‘tightening of the noose’
SUVA,10 MAY 2018 (RNZ PACIFIC)—More training and development for the region’s journalists would better protect the media and improve transparency in the region, a Pacific journalism educator says. Shailendra Singh, co-ordinator of the University of the South Pacific’s journalism programme, said university scholarships for journalists were scarce and training opportunities were far behind other parts […]
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Hawaii volcano erupts again, prompting new evacuations
PAHOA, Hawaii (Reuters) – The Kilauea volcano erupted again on Tuesday, spewing toxic gases out of two new vents and prompting authorities to call for an immediate evacuation of residents from a second neighborhood on the Big Island. The County of Hawaii Civil Defense Agency issued an emergency bulletin ordering residents of the Lanipuna Gardens […]