Royal Solomon Islands Police Force are urging the community to report any cases related to abortion. Photo: Facebook / RSIFP
Solomon Islands - crime
Solomon Islands police are hunting a man they alleged raped and murdered a woman in north Guadalcanal last Wednesday.
Superintendent Edwin Sevoa said the dead woman is from North Malaita but had been living in North Guadalcanal with her husband and a small baby she had still been breastfeeding.
Sevoa has appealed to the public for anyone with information to come forward.
Vanuatu - earthquake
Australia has announced an additional US$3.8 million in support of Vanuatu's earthquake recovery.
The Vanuatu Daily Post reported this was announced by Australian foreign minister Penny Wong in Port Vila last week.
The money will go towards rebuilding schools and engineering support for more resilient infrastructure.
Wong and Vanuatu prime minister Jotham Napat also discussed the Vanuatu-Australia Nakamal Partnership Agreement, a development cooperation framework expected to be signed in September.
Cook Islands - shipping
The Cook Islands shipping registry has been removed from an information-sharing database which aims to clamp down on tankers avoiding international sanctions.
Lloyds List reports Maritime Cook Islands was removed from the Registry Information Sharing Compact for breaching its policy.
However, Maritime Cook Islands claims it does not allow any sanctioned vessels to remain on its register and wants to know why they were removed.
On Christmas Day, Cook Islands-registered tanker Eagle S was seized in the Baltic Sea by Finnish authorities.
It was believed to be avoiding Russian oil sanctions.
Samoa - libel
The Pacific Island News Association (PINA) has spoken out in support of Lagi Keresoma, the Samoan journalist facing libel charges.
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Keresoma was charged after publishing an article about a former police officer who she asserted had sought the help of the Head of State to withdraw charges brought against him.
PINA has called the matter "a serious concern for medical practicioners" and a "direct threat to press freedom in Samoa and across the Pacific".
Fiji - drugs
Seven people have now been charged in connection to a recent import of methamphetamine seized at Fiji's Nadi International Airport.
A senior customs official is among them.
Fiji Live reports the official is alleged to have disclosed confidential information received in the performance of his duties.
