Solomons Lawmakers Pass $201 Million Budget
$143 Million Earmarked For Ministers

U.S. Committee Seeks To Delay CNMI Wage Hike
Incremental Pay Hikes Would Come Every Two Years

PNG Telecom Subsidiary ‘Mobile B’ Up For Sale
Potential Buyers Jockey For Position

Aussie Mining Company Backs Off On Kokoda Trail
Offers To Relinquish 15 Kilometers Of The PNG Trail

Kava Finds Following In Florida, U.S.
Kava Bars Cropping Up In South Florida Cities

Pago Pago Mayor Convicted Of Assault
Involved In Fracas Outside Bar

Tonga Candidate Protests Broadcast Blackout
Pro-Democracy Advocate Pohiva Denied Access

Pacific Tourism Up, Fiji Tourism Down In 2007
Region Saw 4 Percent Jump In Visitors

World Bank To Put $40 Million Into PNG Phones
Digicel To Add $25 Million In Joint Effort

Solomons Women Arrested On Fishing Boats
Raises Concern Over Prostitution

Endangered Leatherback Turtles Losing Ground
PNG Key Nesting Ground For Huge Creatures

Stock Analyst Upgrades PNG’s InterOil Corp.
Raymond James Gives Company "Strong Buy" Rating

Japan Completes Three Bridges In Solomons
$9 Million Project Began In 2005

100,000 Tuna Tagged Off PNG, Solomon Islands
To Provide New Information On Movements

Armed Gang Terrorizes PNG Highlands Town
Robbers Keep Police At Bay

Biofuel Is Several Years Away In Fiji
Farmers Urged To Grow Food Crops

• Istanbul To Host Pacific Isle Ministers
  The New Anatolian

• Russian Space Ship Dumped in Pacific
  Australian Associated Press

• Pirated Text Books Sign Of Hard Times In Fiji
  Fiji Times

• Bitter Labor Dispute Over Fiji Pay Looms
  FijiSUN