PACIFIC ISLANDS REPORT

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


Tuesday, April 23, 2008

Saipan Restaurants Hard Hit By Power Outages
No Option But To Close

Fiji Kava Growers Seek Government Support
Want Cut Of EU Funding For Sugar Industry

South Carolina Senator Derails Guam War Claims Bill
Seeks $127 Million In War Claims For Suffering In WWII

Three Fiji Police Officers Guilty Of Murder
Beat Suspect To Death After Robbery

Archeologists Find 3,000 Year-Old Lapita ‘Jewelry’
Discovery In Natadola On Fiji’s Coral Coast

Newly Appointed Fiji Elections Chief Resigns
Auckland Lawyer Was Disbarred In New Zealand

Cement Shortage On Guam Crimps Construction
Apra Harbor Too Shallow For Some Ships

Independence Of Fiji Monitoring Group Questioned
Military Leader Bainimarama Is Co-Chairman

Guam Gov. Seeks Budget Increase For Military Buildup
Proposing $1 Million Increase In 2009 Budget

Catholic Church Opposes Png Mine Waste Disposal Plan
Ramu Nickel Tailings To Be Dumped In Madang’s Bassamuk Bay

Fitial Bound For Micronesian Summit In Palau
Fuel Supplies, Alternate Energy On Agenda

Clinton Edges Obama In Guam Contributions
Democratic Caucus On May 3

Convicted Con Man Foster Loses Appeal
Sentenced To Four Years Prison For Fiji Fraud

PNG To Seek Australian Support For Highway Repair
Okuk Highway In Chimbu Province Cut By Landslide

Taiwan Releases $1.4 Million For Solomons Projects
Goal To Promote Rural Development

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