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Wallis continues easing Covid-19 measures; Japan pledges 3 million doses of Covid-19 to the Pacific Bougainville and PNG leaders to meet in Wabag; Lavulavu attempted bribery in Tonga court case; New Cook Islands police chief settles in; Scam investigation underway in Vanuatu Wallis continues easing Covid-19 measures People in Wallis and Futuna no longer need to wear masks outside as the territory is now in phase 5 of its Covid-19 response. After a sharp lockdown in early March, restrictions have been gradually eased and schools have been open for two weeks now. In phase five indoor sport events are allowed again but bingo is still banned. ....
Tongan MP Akosita Lavulavu. Photo: RNZI/Koroi Hawkins They were sentenced today in the Supreme Court after being found guilty on charges of obtaining money by false pretences. The couple owned and ran the educational institution Unuaki o Tonga Royal Institute. They obtained state funding for the training facility, but kept the money. Supreme Court judge Justice Nicholas Cooper said the couple had a highly devised plan , which they committed over about three-years, Matangi Tonga reported. He said the public money was intended to benefit the children. The judge said while Akosita Lavulavu had no previous offences and had pleaded for mercy, she had shown no remorse. ....
PNG s Highlands region Photo: RNZ / Johnny Blades Ten dead from inter-clan fighting in PNG s Enga province Papua New Guinea police say ten men were killed during a clash between two clans in Enga province in the Highlands region. Police told the newspaper The National the conflict stemmed from an aborted mediation and compensation process over the recent death of a local man. The body of the man from Mulitaka village was found on the Enga highway near Langi village where the two clans, the Sikinwan and the Timali, are from. Despite policemen and soldiers being stationed in the area, they were outnumbered and unable to prevent fighting breaking out between the two clans and leading to ten deaths. ....