Pacific Waves for Thursday 22 October 2015

4:05 PM.A spokesperson for the Solomon Islands Prime Minister's office says the government ministers who have resigned will be replaced as soon as possible; An NGO in West Papua calls for greater focus from… Read more Audio

4:04 PM.Fourteen government MPs in Vanuatu including the Speaker and the deputy Prime Minister are going to jail for for their roles in giving and receiving corrupt payments last year. Audio

4:03 PM.A spokesperson for the Solomon Islands Prime Minister's office says the government ministers who have resigned will be replaced as soon as possible. Audio

4:02 PM.An NGO in West Papua calls for greater focus from Jakarta to the development of the region's indigenous people. Read more Audio

6:05 AM.The bid by Vanuatu MPs to have their pardons re-instated fails; Bikini Islanders in the Marshalls struggle to use US displacement funding as they see fit; Police and soldiers in Fiji have been charged… Read more Audio

6:04 AM.Vanuatu's Supreme Court has ruled that the speaker of parliament, Marcellino Pipite's, move to pardon himself and 13 other MPs earlier this month was unconstitutional. Audio

6:03 AM.Bikini Islanders in the Marshalls seek a change in US rules on how they can spend resettlement funds. Audio