PACIFIC ISLANDS REPORT

Pacific Islands Development Program/East-West Center
With Support From Center for Pacific Islands Studies/University of Hawai‘i


Friday, April 11, 2008

Veteran Cooks Politician Faces Fraud Trial
George Allegedly Abused Government Contracts

Fiji Police Arrest Tibet Demonstrators In Suva
11 Activists Held Vigil At Chinese Embassy

Tonga Broadcaster Forced To Pull Political Ads
Move Labeled Government Censorship

EU Allocates $21 Million To Upgrade Fiji Schools
New Classrooms, Books, Furniture For 301 Schools

French Polynesia President Faces ‘No Confidence’
Musical Chairs Continues In Tahiti

Average Income Plummets In Northern Marianas
Census Shows 25 Percent Drop In Family Income

Fiji Utility To Buy Energy From Aussie Company
Targets 90 Percent Renewable Energy By 2011

Taiwan Adds $600,000 To Marshalls Airline
Brings Total Investment To $1.6 Million

Guam Civilian-Military Task Force Readies Budget
Must Submit Funding Request By 2010

$392 Million Tahiti Hospital Nears Completion
545-Room Facility Eight Years In Making

Culture, Modesty Clash At Pago Pago Arts Festival
Host Country Asks For Sensitivity In Dress

Sikua: Diplomacy A Top Solomons Priority
The Solomons Prime Minister Clear On Approach

Cook Islands Sports Complex Nears Construction
$10 Million Facility To Serve ‘Mini Games’ Next Year

Fiji Supermarket Chain To Open Nadi Complex
$7.4 Million Project To Include 20 Shops

Gas Prices Continue Climb On Saipan
Shell Announces New Hike, To 4.21 Per Gallon

New U.S. President Could Shift Pacific Policy
Maryland Academic Says Environment Could Top Concerns

Solomons ‘Tomoko’ Was Mighty War Canoe
Carried Up To 200 Warriors

Kiwi Foreign Minister In Samoa For Consultations
To Meet With Samoa Prime Minister

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