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PNG military chief warns troops to ‘shape up or ship out’
PNG Post-Courier
Papua New Guinea Defence Force commander Major-General Mark Goina has issued a warning to all serving members of the PNGDF to "shape up...
American Samoan nurses strike over failure to honour promised pay rises
RNZ Pacific
About 50 striking nurses have held a protest in American Samoa over their employment conditions.
The protest yesterday follows some nurses at the LBJ...
Rights group says security forces unlawfully killed 72 Papuans in past...
RNZ Pacific
A West Papua rights group claims Indonesian police and soldiers have carried out at least 72 extrajudicial killings over the past year.
The report...
New Caledonia unions win pay rise for lowest earners
RNZ Pacific
Unions in New Caledonia have secured a 4.2 percent increase of the lowest salaries from January 1, 2023.
The concession by the employers' organisation...
Fiji’s Sodelpa says back to the drawing board over coalition talks
RNZ Pacific
The Fijian people will need to still wait to find out who will lead the country for the next four years after the...
PNG police warn of crackdown on lawbreakers during festive period
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea lawbreakers who disrupt public order and ruin other people’s festive season will be arrested, charged and...
Sodelpa youth arm begs party to rule out coalition with ‘dictator’...
RNZ Pacific
The youth wing of Fiji's Social Democratic Liberal Party (Soldelpa) are against any move by its board to form a coalition with the...
The Fiji Times: Kingmakers and the big post-election reveal!
EDITORIAL: By Fred Wesley, editor-in-chief of The Fiji Times
It’s the big day today! We will get to know the make-up of our Parliament. The...
Last shall be first … Fiji’s kingmaker party considering all options
By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific journalist
The Social Democratic Liberal Party (Sodelpa) has emerged as the kingmaker in Fiji's contentious 2022 general election and its...
Fiji elections: Indigenous issues ‘paramount with us’, says Gavoka on coalition...
By Talebula Kate in Suva
A possible coalition between the Social Democratic Liberal Party (Sodelpa) and the ruling FijiFirst Party -- which has lost its...
Fiji elections: End 16 years of nation’s ‘bullying, corrupt’ government, pleads...
By Talebula Kate in Suva
Former opposition Sodelpa member Mick Beddoes has appealed to the party's management board to end the 16-year rule of Voreqe...
Fiji elections: Bainimarama’s FijiFirst party fails to gain parliament majority
RNZ Pacific
The final results of the 2022 Fiji general election are in and there appears to be a "hung" Parliament
The make-up of the new...
Fiji elections: Rabuka calls for calm after police interrogation
RNZ Pacific
Fiji police detained the leader of the People's Alliance Party, Sitiveni Rabuka, last night and questioned him about his activities during this week...
Fiji elections: Alliance leads early vote tally – Bainimarama heads candidates
By Timoci Vula in Suva
The People’s Alliance Party took an early lead in the Fiji general election vote tally this evening with a total...
Fiji elections: ‘We have evidence’ People’s Alliance ahead, says Rabuka
By Meri Radinibaravi in Suva
People’s Alliance leader Sitiveni Rabuka says he has evidence his party is ahead in the 2022 polls, contrary to the...
France rules out New Caledonia referendums for five years
RNZ Pacific
The French government says it will not organise another referendum in Kanaky New Caledonia during the French President's current five-year term.
A year ago,...
Gallery: Peace campaigners and nuclear-free advocates celebrate Peacemonger
Asia Pacific Report
Peace campaigners, activists and Nuclear-Free and Independent Pacific stalwarts were among those who gathered in Auckland this evening to celebrate publication of...
Provisional results in Fiji election show ruling FijiFirst party in the...
RNZ Pacific
The official count for the 2022 Fiji general election is now underway and there are early signs incumbent Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama could...
Yamin Kogoya: While West Papuans face an ‘existential threat’ under Indonesia,...
ANALYSIS: By Yamin Kogoya
"We are part of them and they are part of us," declared politician Augustine Rapa, founder and president of the PNG...
Fiji elections: Bainimarama on track to win in spite of poll’s...
By Michael Field of The Pacific Newsroom
FijiFirst's Voreqe Bainimarama, the incumbent Prime Minister, looks to have scored a comfortable win in Fiji's general election.
While...
Memories from Sweden of the dedicated peace researcher Owen Wilkes
Peacemonger, the new book published last month to celebrate the life and work of peace researcher and activist Owen Wilkes (1940-2005), is being launched...
Fiji elections: ‘Whoever it is, accept poll result’, says Rabuka
By Shayal Devi in Suva
People’s Alliance leader Sitiveni Rabuka says any successor in government in Fiji -- even if they are from an opposition...