Briefs
Pacific news in brief for May 7
A round-up of news in brief from around the region, including a new non-stop flight service between Australia and Palau being launched.
Pacific news in brief for May 6
A round-up of news in brief from around the region, including the World Bank urging Papua New Guinea to address a "human capital crisis" and invest more in educating children.
Pacific news in brief for April 30
A round-up of news in brief from around the region, including the manager of an advocacy group in Samoa calling for people with disabilities to be included in the design stages of new road projects.
Pacific news in brief for April 25
A round-up of news in brief from around the region, including drug peddlers in Fiji using school students to transport drugs.
Pacific news in brief for April 24
A round-up of news in brief from around the region, including Fiji's government announcing it will extend the retirement age from 60 to 62 years.
Pacific news in brief for April 23
A round-up of news in brief from around the region, including China pledging NZ$14 million for future projects in the Federated States of Micronesia.
Pacific news in brief for April 22
A round-up of news in brief from around the region, including Fiji's immigration services experiencing major delays due to a large increase in applications.
Pacific news in brief for April 19
A round-up of news in brief from around the region, including Papua New Guinea's public sector workfroce beholden to loan sharks.
Pacific news in brief for April 18
A round-up of news in brief from around the region, including New Zealand's Speaker of the House leading a delegation to the Cook Islands and Niue.
Pacific news in brief for April 12
A round-up of news in brief from around the region, including more than 200 people in Port Moresby left homeless after a mass eviction.
Pacific news in brief for April 9
A round-up of news in brief from around the region, including the WHO urging governments to accelerate action to realise the right to health for all of their people.
Pacific news in brief for April 8
A round-up of news in brief from around the region, including concerns Samoan seasonal workers are not being properly insured.
Pacific news in brief for April 3
A round-up of news in brief from around the region, including Fijian kava producers facing competition from the United States.
Pacific news in brief for April 2
A round-up of news in brief from around the region, including Guam's efforts to curb sex crimes on the island by implementing of its long un-enforced chemical castration law.
Pacific news in brief for March 28
A round-up of news in brief from around the region, including call for minimum wage to increase in the Cook Islands.
Pacific news in brief for March 27
A round-up of news in brief from around the region, including a death in Kiribati from rotavirus and Vanuatu referendum.
Pacific news in brief for March 25
A round-up of the latest news in brief from around the region, including the US Air Force testing a hypersonic cruise missile in the Pacific.
Pacific news in brief for March 22
A round-up of news in brief from around the region, including Cook Islands doctors to soon undergo training on how to prescribe medical marijuana.
Pacific news in brief for March 21
A round-up of news in brief from around the region, including concerns about gun-related violence in Samoa.