Pacific Waves for Monday 12 August 2019

3:04 PM.An advocate for the refugees being held in Papua New Guinea at the behest of Australia says a number have been moved to a new prison facility in Port Moresby. Read more Audio

3:03 PM.The leaders of the Pacific islands gather in Tuvalu this week, where climate change will be the key agenda issue. Read more Audio

3:02 PM.A cancer specialist spearheading efforts to improve cancer treatment in the Pacific says they got a positive reception from Pacific Health Ministers last week. Read more Audio

5:04 AM.Japan's Foreign Minister Taro Kono visited the Marshall Islands last week, hard on the heels of visits to the region by the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Read more Audio

5:03 AM.A Bougainvillean spreading awareness about the upcoming independence referendum says many people still don't understand the process. Read more Audio

5:02 AM.Fiji's opposition national federation party is concerned at the rising incidences of drug-related crimes and drugs found across the country. Its leader Professor Biman Prasad is calling for an inquiry… Read more Audio

5:01 AM.Social media and the lack of radio services in some small Pacific Islands nations present challenges for local met services during extreme weather events. Meteorology directors and officials are met… Read more Audio

5:00 AM.Nearly a year on from a destructive typhoon many students in the Northern Marianas still face truncated school days or classes in tents. Read more Audio