Pacific Beat

Questions raised as Chinese police arrest 77 people in Fiji and fly them to China. A warning from a doctor about what will happen if Port Moresby General Hospital charges people a lot of money to treat snakebite.

One of the 165 losing women candidates in the PNG election says they need more help, more often if they're ever to end the male dominance in Parliament and a year after a wave of anti-government protests by students severely disrupted the university timetable, a thousand UPNG students have made it to graduation.

Unrest spreads in Papua New Guinea's Highlands after the opposition leader was ousted from his seat - and we'll get the latest from Mendi where clashes broke out overnight. The UNDP says it's time to reflect on the lack of female representation in PNG's parliament.

The business of governing Papua New Guinea begins today, after Parliament voted in Peter O'Neill for another term as prime minister. And, Vanuatu plans to ban not only plastic bags, but plastic bottles too.

Despite last year's protests, violence and the suspension of classes, more than a thousand students from UPNG graduate with their degrees. A shift in testing for cervical cancer in the region that could help reduce the rates of the deadly disease.

Amid the turmoil of the PNG elections, the country's treasury releases its mid-year economic outloook figures, and they don't paint a pretty pictures and Transparency International finds most people in Solomon Islands know little about how MPs spend taxpayers' money.

Peter O'Neill has been elected as the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea's 10th Parliament.

The PNG election outcome still unknown, as the country starts to pick itself up after a period some are calling the worst eelction period ever. And, Guam, Samoa and Tahiti throw their hats into the ring to host the 2019 Pacific Games, after Tonga bailed out.

Calls for Papua New Guinea's next government to set up an independent commission against corruption. Habitat for Humanity helps 800 people qualify as carpenters in Fiji to help rebuild after cyclone Winston.