PACIFIC ISLANDS REPORT

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


Friday, May 2, 2008

Fiji Times Publisher Deported To Korea
Evan Hannah put on flight to Seoul

$380 Million Unaccounted For In PNG Ministry
Probe looks into finance department records

$4 Million Check Unaccounted For In Marianas
Check meant for utility agency never arrived

Fiji President OKs Forum To Change Electoral System
Two of Fiji’s 16 political parties taking part

Tongans Overseas Unable To Cast Ballots
20 percent of registered voters abroad

PNG Village Gets Connected To High Speed Internet
Project funded by Australian agency AusAid

Pozzolan Miner Hopes To Resume Work On Pagan
Says CNMI government negotiating "settlement"

Korean Firm To Produce Ethanol In New Ireland
Some 49,000 acres of cassava involved

Tong Sang Submits $700 Million Five-Year Plan
France to split funding with French Polynesia

Fiji To Import Indian Sugar, Export Its Own To Europe
Fiji sugar commands premium price in EU nations

Tonga Withdraws Sedition Charge Against Woman
Other charges from 2006 riots remain

Fiji Fights U.S. Customs Agency Proposal
Fiji exports to be more expensive in U.S.

$69 Million Resort Under Construction On Saipan
Hotel and golf course to open in November 2009

Fiji ‘Derelict’ In Protecting Fijian Language
Madraiwiwi challenges teachers to promote native tongue

PNG To Double Size Of Police Force To 10,000
Needed infrastructure estimated at $170 million

PNG’s Lamington Hotel Sold To Comfort Inn
Oro Province hotel built in 1960s

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