Pacific Waves for Tuesday 29 January 2019
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Dateline Pacific evening edition for 29 January 2019
4:05 PM.The Catholic Church joins the criticism of Australia's keeping of refugees in PNG; Foreign owners of land in Fiji say they'll keep up their fight; Tonga's coping as well as it can with its… Read more Audio
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Manus detention 'cruelty and torture'
4:04 PM.Australia's detention of refugees on Manus Island amounts to mental and physical torture, the Catholic church says. Read more Audio
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Fiji's foreign landowners to keep up fight to honour deportee
4:03 PM.Foreign owners of land in Fiji say they'll keep fighting for justice to honour Fiji deportee Karen Seaton who died suddenly last week. Read more Audio
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Dateline Pacific morning edition for 29 January 2019
5:06 AM.The Tonga government says the country is coping as well as it possibly can with a cut to its internet and phone links with the outside; Japan's plans to discharge over one million tonnes of highly… Read more Audio
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Dateline Pacific for 29 January 2020
5:06 AM.Several Pacific countries are already dealing with epidemics and some are taking extreme measures to try and halt the spread of the new coronavirus. While authorities say the risk of an outbreak… Read more Audio
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Dateline Pacific for 29 January 2020
5:06 AM.Several Pacific countries are already dealing with epidemics and some are taking extreme measures to try and halt the spread of the new coronavirus. While authorities say the risk of an outbreak… Read more Audio
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Tonga coping well as can be expected - govt official
5:05 AM.The Tonga government says the country is coping as well as it possibly can with a cut to its internet and phone links with the outside. Read more Audio
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Epidemic wracked Pacific countries step up coronavirus efforts
5:05 AM.Several Pacific countries are already dealing with epidemics and some are taking extreme measures to try and halt the spread of the new coronavirus. While authorities say the risk of an outbreak… Read more Audio
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Anger over Japanese plan to dump nuclear waste
5:04 AM.Japan's plans to discharge over one million tonnes of highly contaminated water into the Pacific Ocean must be stopped, says environmentalists. Read more Audio
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PNG official challenged over defence of Bomana facility
5:04 AM.A refugee advocate says it's ludicrous for Papua New Guinea officials to deny refugees were tortured in the Bomana detention centre. Audio
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Call for new approach to drink and drug issues in PNG
5:03 AM.A Papua New Guinea social commmentator says the country has got to take a new approach to the way it deals with drink and drug issues. Read more Audio
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Drug-related domestic violence on the rise in Tonga
5:03 AM.The women and children crisis centre in Tonga says a sudden spike in the number of drug-related domestic violence cases in the kingdom is worrying. Audio
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Drug-related domestic violence on the rise in Tonga
5:03 AM.The women and children crisis centre in Tonga says a sudden spike in the number of drug-related domestic violence cases in the kingdom is worrying. Audio
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Drug-related domestic violence on the rise in Tonga
5:03 AM.The women and children crisis centre in Tonga says a sudden spike in the number of drug-related domestic violence cases in the kingdom is worrying. Audio
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PNG maintains its position as most corrupt Pacific country
5:02 AM.Papua New Guinea has again maintained its position as the most corrupt country in the Pacific on Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index which rates it at 137 out of 180 countries. Audio
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Sport: Flying Fijians appoint new coach
5:01 AM.New Zealander Vern Cotter has been appointed the new head coach of the Fiji national rugby side on a three-year deal. Audio
