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Highlands women dressed in long black robes attending a funeral
Port Moresby PNG — Unexplained deaths spark sorcery claims, torture and murder, as fears build of a COVID-19 'time bomb' in Papua New Guinea. (WARNING: This story contains graphic content that some readers may find upsetting.) When a young boy died suddenly in Tatape Village in Papua New Guinea's (...
Miss Samoa Fonoifafo McFarland-Seumanu
Port Moresby, PNG — The next Miss Pacific Islands Pageant in 2020 will be held in Apia, after Samoa won the bid to bring the pageant home to celebrate 34 years since its establishment. It didn’t come easy for Samoa, as it had to overcome a tough competition from Fiji, which also vied to host the...
Tausala Lalelei o Amerika Samoa “Epifania Petelo”
Mt Hagen, PNG — Papua New Guinea will host the Miss Pacific Islands pageant at the end of next month, Miss Pacific Islands Leoshina Kariha said this in Mt Hagen recently. She said the Miss Pacific Islands quest will be held in Port Moresby with 12 Pacific Island counries vying for the title. The 12...
Miss Pacific Islands Leoshina Kariha with other performers
Auckland, NEW ZEALAND — Miss Pacific Islands Leoshina Kariha has added her voice to the global climate change campaign - this week addressing participants from around the world at the South Pacific Tourism Exchange event in Auckland. Ms Kariha, of Papua New Guinea, said more needs to be done - from...
Gary Juffa
Port Moresby, PNG — A member of Papua New Guinea's parliament says the Pacific Islands should not be lumped in with Asia as a region. Gary Juffa, the Governor of Oro province, said the Asia-Pacific tag was a misnomer as far as Pacific Island countries are concerned. According to him, the Pacific...