PACIFIC ISLANDS REPORT

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


Thursday, April 24, 2008

Somare Backpedals, Restarts PNG Finance Inquiry
$101 Million Missing From Finance Department

Report Documents Illegal Logging In PNG
Prime Minister Reportedly Has Vested Interest

Dry Spell Claims Lives In PNG’s New Britain
Islanders Drinking Tainted Water

CNMI Government Faces $20 Million Payroll Shortfall
Cash Strapped Administration Is Top Marianas Employer

Pacific Forum Sends Observers To Nauru Elections
Snap Election Called To Break Parliament Deadlock

Cost Of Living Skyrockets In PNG’s Highlands
Area Isolated By Landslide

Tuihaangana Loses Seat In Tonga Nobles Race
29 Nobles voted for nine seats

Solomons Lawmaker Returns Government Car
Two Others Still Holding Out

Fugitive Doctor Faces Charges In Wisconsin
Charged With Filing False Medical Claims

Solomon Islands Log Exports Reach Record High
418,000 Cubic Meters Is 29 Percent Increase

Samoa Farmers Leading Way For Produce Exports
Heat Treatment For Insects Opens Regional Markets

Tribal Land Ownership Stifles Solomons Investments
Some 85 Percent Of Land Not Legally Registered

Nadi River Dredging Nears Competion
261,000 Cubic Meters Of Mud Removed

Greenpeace Calls For Care Of Solomons Resources
Immediate Review Of Logging, Tuna Fishing

Traditional Sports Competition In Papeete
Annual Event Draws Hundreds Of Athletes

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