Tag: Fraud

By Evelyn Macairan in Manila Despite changing his citizenship to the Pacific state of Vanuatu, a Chinese man wanted for various economic crimes was arrested...

RNZ Pacific Transparency International Papua New Guinea has welcomed the conviction of lawyer Paul Paraka as the police confirm they are widening the investigation into...

MEDIAWATCH: By Hayden Donnell, RNZ Mediawatch producer A recent revival of local prime-time TV documentaries has highlighted some thorny social issues and raised awkward questions...

RNZ Pacific A convicted Tongan government minister, 'Akosita Lavulavu, and her husband 'Etuate Lavulavu have each been jailed for six years. They were sentenced today in...

RNZ Pacific A prominent Australian lawyer, Greg Sheppard, has been arrested by Papua New Guinean police and is facing a range of fraud charges. Sheppard, a...

By Jina Amba in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea's Education Secretary Dr Uke Kombra says 620 elementary school teachers have been deregistered after it was...

By The National in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea's Police Commissioner David Manning has promised that the full force of the law and all resources at...

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk The 77 Chinese citizens deported from Fiji by uniformed Chinese police in August were sex workers, according to an investigative report...

Reports of the sacking of nine civilian staff of Papua New Guinea's Defence Department should be of concern to all public servants and the...

Greenpeace New Zealand has called for the "linchpin" of New Zealand’s climate policy to be thrown out following a report released today that shows...

By Dan McGarry in Port Vila Angry ANZ customers have told the Vanuatu Daily Post that they have lost a total of more than 2...