Port Vila, Vanuatu: The New Zealand Government has confirmed New Zealand judge Justice Nevin Dawson and his family have left Vanuatu after threats were made against them.

Suva, Fiji: Consultations will begin in Fiji this week  on a new draft Media Industry Development Decree which establishes a media code of standards and ethics.

Suva, Fiji: Fiji’s administration believes the media industry stakeholders will have enough time to look through the Media Decree before they make their submissions.

Suva, Fiji: Fiji’s Military has sacked 10 of their instructors who were caught having extra-marital affairs with female cadet officers.

Suva, Fiji: People must respect the court’s jailing of eight people who conspired to kill him, Fiji’s leader Commodore Frank Bainimarama says.

Suva, Fiji:  Eight men charged with plotting to assassinate Fiji’s leader Commodore Frank Bainimarama have been found guilty by the island nation’s high court.

Honiara, Solomon Islands: The Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI) -funded 2009 People’s Survey results showed 88 percent of respondents support the regional mission’s presence in the country.

Suva, Fiji: Homosexuality in Fiji has been decriminalised by the Crime Decree which came into effect at the beginning of the month.

Suva, Fiji: Fiji police in joint operation with officers from the Fiji Immigration department arrested nine Asians in four separate house raids conducted in Suva Friday night.

Port Moresby, PNG: The Papua New Guinea Government (PNG) must ensure that the prohibition on forced evictions under international law and the human rights