Briefs

A round-up of news in brief from around the region, including a new non-stop flight service between Australia and Palau being launched.

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.

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.

A round-up of news in brief from around the region, including drug peddlers in Fiji using school students to transport drugs.

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.

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.

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.

A round-up of news in brief from around the region, including Papua New Guinea's public sector workfroce beholden to loan sharks.

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.

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.

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.

A round-up of news in brief from around the region, including concerns Samoan seasonal workers are not being properly insured.

A round-up of news in brief from around the region, including Fijian kava producers facing competition from the United States.

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.

A round-up of news in brief from around the region, including call for minimum wage to increase in the Cook Islands.

A round-up of news in brief from around the region, including a death in Kiribati from rotavirus and Vanuatu referendum.

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.

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.

A round-up of news in brief from around the region, including concerns about gun-related violence in Samoa.

A round-up of news in brief from around the region.