PAC - Pacific Islands Broadcasting Association articles from April 2004

PAC - Pacific Islands Broadcasting Association archives from April 2004

Court rejects PNG Governor-general.
April 1, 2004... 01 APRIL 2004 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) --- Papua New Guinea's Supreme Court has annulled the election of Sir Pato Kakaraya as the country's eighth Governor- General and has ordered Parliament to elect a new person. A losing candidate, Sir...

NZ PM hosts John Howard and rival.
April 1, 2004... 01 APRIL 2004 WELLINGTON (Pacnews) --- New Zealand's Prime Minister Helen Clark will play host to both Australian Prime Minister John Howard and the politician who wants to topple him within just days of each other. Australian Labor...

Doctor looks to Australia for help on Vanuatu baby.
April 1, 2004... 01 APRIL 2004 WELLINGTON (Pacnews) --- The New Zealand doctor who took Vanuatu baby twins, Margaret and Karen Mandan, has vowed he will seek consultation in the next few days on Karen's situation. Dr Derek Allen is furious that Starship...

Palau president joins war expedition celebrations.
April 1, 2004... 01 APRIL 2004 KOROR (Pacnews) ---Palau's President Tommy Remengesau yesterday joined participants of the second annual Palau War expedition for the 60th anniversary of the sinking of the Iro Maru, a World War II Japanese oiler. Mr...

Samoa censors ask clergy to rate "The Passion of Christ".
April 1, 2004... 01 APRIL 2004 APIA (Pacnews) --- The Samoan Censors Board said Tuesday it called in the island nation's leading clergy to help rate Mel Gibson's popular film "The Passion of the Christ" before it is released in cinemas. After it was...

Forum secretary general in Honiara.
April 1, 2004... 01 APRIL 2004 HONIARA (Pacnews) --- The Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, Greg Urwin is in Honiara this week to meet with Prime Minister Sir Allan Kemakeza and the coordinator of RAMSI, Nick Warner. Mr Urwin has...

Tourism slowdown in Guam feared.
April 1, 2004... 01 APRIL 2004 HAGTNA (Pacnews) --- The Guam Visitors Bureau (GVB) is warning of a temporary slowdown in visitor arrivals because of a "valley period" in both the Japan and South Korean markets. According to GVB, outbound travel in Japan...

Church in Tuvalu unable to help people infected with HIV.
April 1, 2004... PACNEWS SPECIAL REPORT Pacific Churches Consultation on HIV/AIDS - Tanoa International Hotel, Nadi, Fiji 30 March -01 April PACNEWS coverage is made possible with the kind sponsorship of the World Council of Churches 01 APRIL 2004 NADI ---...

Niue prepares for the onslaught of AIDS.
April 1, 2004... 01 APRIL 2004 NADI ---- Though there are no known cases of HIV/AIDS on the tiny island of Niue as yet, people are scared that it is only a matter of time that their country is hit. With a population of less than 2,000, the impact of the...

Church leaders last to embrace HIV/AIDS patients.
April 1, 2004... 01 APRIL 2004 NADI ---Though the Church should be the first to act in the fight against HIV/AIDS in the Pacific, some Church leaders believe that it is the last to embrace those with the virus. Participants at the Pacific Churches...

PNG National Plan sets pace for girls' education.
April 1, 2004... 01 APRIL 2004 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - The Papua New Guinea (PNG) Government is making headway into promoting the education of girls in the country by adopting a national action plan. The Accelerated Girls' Education (AGE) Plan of Action...

Police Minister denies involvement in squash claim.
April 1, 2004... 01 APRIL 2004 NUKUA'LOFA (Pacnews) - Tonga's Minister of Police, Clive Edwards, has vehemently denied any involvement in a squash growing deal that went bad. Matangi Tonga reports that Mr Edwards was named as a squash grower who was...

PM lures NZ investors at breakfast meet.
April 1, 2004... 01 APRIL 2004 WELLINGTON (Pacnews) - Fiji's Prime Minister, Laisenia Qarase has told New Zealand businessmen that it's now the best time to expand their interests and commit funds to new projects in Fiji. He was speaking at a business...

Sydney-Raro flights not yet - Royal Tongan.
April 1, 2004... 01 APRIL 2004 RAROTONGA (Pacnews) - Royal Tongan Airlines (RTA) is considering a direct flight between Sydney and Rarotonga in Cook Islands. But airline executives are refusing to give more details. RTA's Auckland-based sales and...

Expert sceptical about Malaria prevention story.
April 1, 2004... 01 APRIL 2004 HONIARA (Pacnews) - A Malaria expert in Honiara, Solomon Islands is sceptical about a European scientists' announcement that they have a breakthrough in preventing malaria. In the U-S Journal of Science, German researchers say...

Gun attack in Bougainville 'a threat to peace'.
April 1, 2004... 01 APRIL 2004 BOUGAINVILLE (Pacnews) - The governor of Papua New Guinea's Bougainville province says a recent armed attack on a construction company by rebels is a threat to the fragile peace process. Governor Father John Momis says the...

Woman pleads for church to show comfort, concern.
April 1, 2004... PACNEWS SPECIAL REPORT Pacific Churches Consultation on HIV/AIDS - Tanoa International Hotel, Nadi, Fiji 30 March -01 April PACNEWS coverage is made possible with the kind sponsorship of the World Council of Churches NADI, FIJI.....During...

Keep our stories in your heart, participants told.
April 1, 2004... "I started getting sick, my system went down but I forced myself to go to work. I got headaches during the day and sweated a lot at night. I lost my appetite, I started to develop a rash in my throat and in my mouth and I lost all my hair. I...

Parliament will be recalled: PNG Prime Minister.
April 1, 2004... 01 APRIL 2004 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews)--- Papua New Guinea's Sir Michael Somare said last night (31 Mar) now that the courts have declared the election of the governor-general to be null and void, Parliament will be recalled. Sir Michael...

A suggestion to establish a Pacific Union in the Pacific has run into opposition from Fiji.
April 1, 2004... 01 APRIL 2004 WELLINGTON (Pacnews) --- Fiji Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase said he did not support the idea of a Pacific Union. Talk of the proposal resurfaced recently during a wide-ranging review of the Pacific Islands Forum, the results of...

Nauru leader to miss Auckland summit of Pacific leaders.
April 1, 2004... 01 APRIL 2004 WELLINGTON (Pacnews) --- All Pacific Islands Forum member countries, apart from Nauru, will be represented at the meeting in Auckland. The meeting has been called by the Forum chair New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark to...

Vanuatu broadcaster suspends 23 employees.
April 1, 2004... 01 APRIL 2004 SUVA (Pacnews) --- The management of Vanuatu Broadcasting & Television Corporation (VBTC), the country's national broadcaster, has suspended 23 of its employees for making unsubstantiated allegations against the station's...

Australian opposition puts Aborigines on election agenda.
April 1, 2004... 01 APRIL 2004 CANBERRA (Pacnews) (AFP) - Aboriginal affairs were elevated to an election issue amid an opposition pledge to scrap Australia's peak Aboriginal body and claims of declining standards of Aboriginal health, AFP reports. ...

Kipalan looking forward to new governor-general election.
April 2, 2004... 02 APRIL 2004 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) --- Papua New Guinea's Sir Albert Kipalan says he was happy with the court decision and was looking forward to a new election to appoint the country's Governor-General. His lawyer, Loani Henao, said...

Fact-finding Forum mission to French Polynesia in the pipeline.
April 2, 2004... 02 APRIL 2004 SUVA (Pacnews) ---The Fiji-based Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) is currently preparing to send a fact-finding mission to French Polynesia for top-level discussions on getting the island nation become a Forum Observer....

More flights to compensate for smaller Air New Zealand jet.
April 2, 2004... 04 APRIL 2004 RAROTONGA (Pacnews) --- The introduction of Air New Zealand's new Airbus A320 aircraft on the Auckland-Rarotonga route later this year will see an increase in flights to compensate for the fact that the jet has fewer seats than...

Not all weapons collected by RAMSI.
April 2, 2004... 02 APRIL 2004 HONIARA (Pacnews) --- RAMSI special coordinator in Solomon Islands, Nick Warner has told a recent national security conference in Australia that not all weapons believed to have been in the hands of Solomon Islands' former...

Palau hosts international photo festival.
April 2, 2004... 02 APRIL 2004 KOROR (Pacnews) ---- At least 90 participants from all over the world are expected to join the 3rd Underwater Palau International Photo Festival which will be held in the capital, Koror on May 24-30. According to Lolita...

Australia offers 6,000 more visas for skilled migrants.
April 2, 2004... 02 APRIL 2004 CANBERRA (Pacnews)---- Australia says it would boost its annual intake of skilled immigrants by 6,000 next year as the country struggles to cope with a looming labour shortage. Immigration Minister Amanda Vanstone said an...

Fiji tries to secure Cuban bilateral relations.
April 2, 2004... 02 APRIL 2004 SUVA (Pacnews) - Fiji hopes to establish human resource and sports capacity development through its bilateral relations with Cuba. These are among key areas to be pursued as Fiji's Permanent Representative to the United...

Chinese team hints on K400 million hotel.
April 2, 2004... 02 APRIL 2004 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) --- A Chinese business delegation has announced plans to invest more than $US100million (K400m) in a five-star hotel and golf course in East New Britain province. The delegation's visit followed Prime...

Media role crucial in development issues.
April 2, 2004... 02 APRIL 2004 SUVA (Pacnews) - Media executives and journalists in Asia/Pacific region have been encouraged to have a stimulating, supportive and catalytic role in sexual reproductive health issues in the region. They have been particularly...

Aloha Airlines puts South Pacific on sale.
April 2, 2004... 02 APRIL 2004 HONOLULU (Pacnews) - In what it describes as its first South Pacific Web sale, Hawaii's Aloha Airlines has posted online sales fares for American Samoa and the Cook Islands. For roundtrip travel from next Monday through November...

PACNEWS SPECIAL REPORT.
April 2, 2004... Pacific Churches Consultation on HIV/AIDS - Tanoa International Hotel, Nadi, Fiji 30 March -01 April PACNEWS coverage is made possible with the kind sponsorship of the World Council of Churches Church has failed in facing HIV/AIDS, must...

Government denounces American Samoan officials' shipping comment.
April 2, 2004... 02 APRIL 2004 NUKUA'LOFA (Pacnews) - The Tongan Government has denounced a comment made by a senior American Samoan government official on its registered ships allegedly linked to the terrorist organisation, Al-Qaeda. A government statement...

April 28 hearing on Parliament's adjournment.
April 2, 2004... 02 APRIL 2004 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) --- The Papua New Guinea Supreme Court will hear on April 28, the chief ombudsman's application to declare Parliament's adjournment from Jan 21 to June 29 as unconstitutional. The matter will be heard...

Women get ready for Commonwealth meet in Fiji.
April 2, 2004... 02 APRIL 2004 RAROTONGA (Pacnews) - Cook Islands women's organisations are preparing for the Pacific Islands' largest gathering of women, which will run parallel to the 7th Commonwealth Women Gender Affairs Ministerial Meeting (7WAMM) in...

Two police officers charged over Papua killings.
April 2, 2004... 02 APRIL 2004 JAKARTA (Pacnews) --- Indonesian prosecutors have charged two senior police officers with human rights abuses for allegedly allowing their subordinates to torture and kill civilians in Papua province. The officers have been...

TV violence - networks refuse to act.
April 2, 2004... 02 APRIL 2004 WELLINGTON (Pacnews) - New Zealand's Green MP, Sue Kedgley, has described children's cartoon movies in New Zealand television as "animated thuggery". Her comment came as top networks Television New Zealand and TV3 washed their...

Samoa to host Scotland in one off test in Wellington.
April 2, 2004... 02 APRIL 2004 APIA (Pacnews) - Manu Samoa, Samoa's national rugby team, will lock horns with Scotland at a one-off test match in the New Zealand capital, Wellington next June. The message was confirmed by Prime Minister Malielegaoi Tuilaepa...

PACNEWS SPECIAL REPORT.
April 2, 2004... Pacific Churches Consultation on HIV/AIDS - Tanoa International Hotel, Nadi, Fiji 30 March -01 April PACNEWS coverage is made possible with the kind sponsorship of the World Council of Churches Churches endorse open discussion of AIDS,...

Two men accused of murder walk free.
April 5, 2004... 05 APRIL 2004 HONIARA (Pacnews) --- The two men accused of killing a Seventh Day Adventist missionary worker last May have been set free by the High Court in Honiara, Solomon Islands, but it may not be for long. High Court Judge, Justice...

Australia and New Zealand are 'backroom bullies' - NGO.
April 5, 2004... 05 APRIL 2004 SUVA (Pacnews) --- Pacific governments must draw back their veil of secrecy and engage in open, informed, and participatory debate and discussions with their people on the trade and political negotiations they are drawn into, says...

Poker gambling addiction exceeds drug and alcohol abuse.
April 5, 2004... 05 APRIL 2004 SAIPAN (Pacnews) --- For the first time in Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) history, government-recorded cases of poker gambling addiction have exceeded those of drug and alcohol abuse. This addiction...

Mercy doctor to lose job.
April 5, 2004... 05 APRIL 2004 PORT VILA (Pacnews) --- Vanuatu's mercy doctor Derek Allen is to lose his job on the island from where he brought twin babies for life-saving surgery. The Pacific nation's government is at odds with the doctor's efforts to...

Foreign workers 'an on-going trend' - Immigration Officer.
April 5, 2004... 05 APRIL 2004 RAROTONGA (Pacnews) --- Cook Islanders will continue to see foreign workers come into the country as long as there is an availability of jobs, says Principal Immigration Officer Tutai Toru. Cook Islands News reports that date...

Non-communicable disease awareness a must - Health CEO.
April 5, 2004... 05 APRIL 2004 SUVA (Pacnews) --- There is a great need to change the mindset of indigenous Fijians, who are most affected by Non-Communicable Disease (NCDs) or lifestyle diseases. The Chief Executive Officer at Fiji's Ministry of Health, Dr...

Parliament dissolved, general elections on May 23.
April 5, 2004... 05 APRIL 2004 PAPE'ETE (Pacnews) --- French Polynesia's parliament was dissolved at the weekend, with general elections set for 23 May, Oceania Flash reports. The dissolution was announced by French President Jacques Chirac, at the request...

Public apology for death of Australian pilot.
April 5, 2004... 05 APRIL 2004 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) --- Western Highlanders residing in Port Moresby gathered yesterday (04 Apr) at the Jack Pidik Park to help raise funds and publicly apologise to the family of the Australian pilot murdered in Mount Hagen...

EU says co-operation with Europe, ACP states needs to be clearly defined.
April 5, 2004... 05 APRIL 2004 SUVA (Pacnews) --- The European Union (EU) says the future evaluation of the Cotonou Agreement will need to take into account changes in the global world context, including next month's expansion of the EU from 15 to 25 member...

Tragedy in Iraq shakes community on Big Isle.
April 5, 2004... 05 APRIL 2004 HONOKAA (Pacnews) --- The death of native Hawaiian Wesley J. Batalona, who was one of four American civilians killed in a brutal attack last week in Fallujah Iraq, has infuriated, shaken and saddened the tight-knit rural community...

Cooks to host 2009 SP Mini-Games.
April 5, 2004... 05 APRIL 2004 RAROTONGA (Pacnews) --- The Cook Islands has won the bid to host the 2009 Mini South Pacific Games, after a vote at the South Pacific Council meeting in Palau last week. "We're all excited and very happy, and looking forward...

Five earthquakes rattle New Zealand's capital.
April 5, 2004... 05 APRIL 2004 WELLINGTON: New Zealand's capital Wellington was rattled awake early Saturday (03 Apr) by five small earthquakes which struck in quick succession. The quakes started just after midnight with a jolt that measured 3.9 on the...

Pacific ACP trade officials meet in PNG.
April 5, 2004... 05 APRIL 2004 SUVA (Pacnews) ---Papua New Guinea's (PNG) Trade Minister, Paul Tiensten has urged senior trade officials from Pacific Island Countries (PICs) to identify key priority issues for negotiations with the European Union (EU) under a...

Panel argues over Tonga's poor record on human rights.
April 5, 2004... 05 APRIL 2004 NUKU'ALOFA (Pacnews) --- The Chief Secretary to the Tongan Cabinet, 'Eseta Fusitu'a is disputing and discrediting the US State Department's 2003 report that cited Tonga's "poor record" on Human Rights. According to Matangi...

Donor supervisor to manage recovery funds.
April 5, 2004... 05 APRIL 2004 ALOFI (Pacnews) --- Through NZAid, the New Zealand government is calling for a manager for a recovery project on Niue after providing NZ$5 million (US$3.275 million) pay out for cyclone relief, Niue News reports. NZAid said...

Lafleur back in business by popular demand.
April 5, 2004... 05 APRIL 2004 NOUMEA (Pacnews) -- Anti-independence leading figure in New Caledonia, Jacques Lafleur, will once again contest the forthcoming poll in the French Pacific territory after being encouraged by supporters, a French minister and the...

Saipan residents accused of 'illegal recruitment' in Manila.
April 5, 2004... 05 APRIL 2004 SAIPAN (Pacnews) --- The Philippine's Bureau of Immigration has reportedly arrested four Americans allegedly recruiting Filipino female entertainers to Saipan, where some of the recruits are allegedly forced into prostitution,...

Parliament will be recalled on April 20.
April 5, 2004... 05 APRIL 2004 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) --- Parliament will be recalled on the 20th of this month. The main business will be the election of a new Governor General after the Supreme Court decided the nomination of Sir Pato Kakaraya as...

Pacific leaders meet in Auckland to consider Forum's future.
April 6, 2004... 06 APRIL 2004 AUCKLAND (Pacnews) --- Pacific leaders will today consider 32 recommendations aimed at giving the Pacific Islands Forum a mandate for the future. Fifteen countries will be represented at a retreat-style meeting at Government...

Ministries ask for $24 million in extras.
April 6, 2004... 06 APRIL 2004 RAROTONGA (Pacnews) --- Government ministries in Cook Islands are asking for about $NZD24 million (US$15.603 million) extra in the new budget for 2004/05, which is far in excess of what the country can afford, Cook Islands News...

New intervention task force appointed.
April 6, 2004... 06 APRIL 2004 HONIARA (Pacnews) --- The Solomon Islands Government has appointed a new intervention taskforce to review the work of the Regional Assistance Mission (RAMSI). Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation quotes RAMSI Special...

Pig deaths still mystery.
April 6, 2004... 06 APRIL 2004 PORT MORESBSY (Pacnews) --- Officials from the National Agriculture and Quarantine Inspection Authority (NAQIA) are still puzzled over the mysterious deaths of a large number of pigs in Papua New Guinea's Western Province over the...

Government commits to fight against lymphatic filariasis.
April 6, 2004... 06 APRIL 2004 SUVA (Pacnews) ---The Fiji Cabinet has agreed to support the on-going national control against Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) with the hope of eliminating the disease by 2010. LF is a mosquito borne disease and is now the second...

Parrot fish threatened.
April 6, 2004... 06 APRIL 2004 SAIPAN (Pacnews) --- The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) has an abundance of parrotfish, but, according to the Division of Fish and Wildlife (DFW) illegal scuba spear fishing could deplete its population. ...

New industrial park under way.
April 6, 2004... 06 APRIL 2004 ALOFI (Pacnews) --- Ground breaking work on a new $350,000 (US$227,558) industrial park on the island of Niue has started Niue News reports. The park, located on government land between the Niue prison and the Niue Honey...

Island states fear hidden agenda in Forum review.
April 6, 2004... 06 APRIL 2004 AUCKLAND (Pacnews) - Smaller Pacific Island states want any hidden agenda which might affect their sovereignty revealed before they will unreservedly endorse a reshaping of the Pacific Islands Forum at a special Auckland summit...

Counterfeit pa'anga could fool unwary Tongans.
April 6, 2004... 06 APRIL 2004 NUKUA'LOFA (Pacnews) - Tonga's Reserve Bank officials have warned Tongans to examine bank notes carefully after the discovery of a counterfeit TOP$20 note in Nuku'alofa last week. Matangi Tonga reports that the note was picked up...

Civil servants may vote for strike action.
April 6, 2004... 06 APRIL 2004 HONIARA (Pacnews) - Members of Solomon Islands Public Employees Union (SIPEU) says all flights could be affected over the Easter break if members vote to go on strike, Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation reports. Union...

New faces grace Chamber of Commerce group.
April 6, 2004... 06 APRIL 2004 APIA (Pacnews) - Samoan entrepreneurs have established a stronger business-oriented Chamber of Commerce that will seek to maintain an effective partnership with government. Samoa Live reports that among the Chamber's primary...

K500, 000 bill dries up Defence Force Headquarters water taps.
April 6, 2004... 06 APRIL 2004 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - Water taps at Papua New Guinea Defence Force headquarters Murray Barracks in Port Moresby have run dry over non-payment of K500, 000 (USD$154, 000) in water bills. Soldiers have had to take time off from...

SPREP chief claims he followed regulations on sacking.
April 6, 2004... 06 APRIL 2004 APIA (Pacnews) - The Director of the Samoa-based regional organisation, South Pacific Regional Environment Organisation (SPREP), Asterio Takesy, has issued a public statement regarding the sacking of two female SPREP staff. Mr...

Report recommends Pacific Island Countries withdraw from PICTA, PACER.
April 6, 2004... 06 APRIL 2004 SUVA (Pacnews) --- A report released yesterday (05 Apr) makes recommendations for Pacific Island Countries to either withdraw from free trade agreements they endorsed in 2001, or terminate them altogether. Commissioned by the...

Air Nauru negotiates for flights to Marshalls.
April 6, 2004... 06 APRIL 2004 YAREN (Pacnews) - Air Nauru and the Marshall Islands Government are continuing negotiations about a possible Australia-Majuro-Fiji air link, Marianas Variety reports. Although both Marshall Islands and Air Nauru officials say...

Businessman shot dead, public cut off suspect's leg.
April 6, 2004... 06 APRIL 2004 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - A Papua New Guinea (PNG) businessman was shot dead in his own shop in front of his wife and an employee by an armed gang in Kavieng, PNG yesterday (04 Apr). The brutal killing in the town shocked the town...

SPTO helps Tuvalu tourism.
April 6, 2004... 06 APRIL 2004 FUNAFUTI (Pacnews) - The regional tourism alliance, South Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO), has been working with the Tourism Office of the Government of Tuvalu to develop a Tourism Policy for the country. The Policy provides...

Dissident MPs given more time on foreshore.
April 6, 2004... 06 APRIL 2004 WELLINGTON 9Pacnews) - Three Labour Maori MPs have been given until 27April to make up their minds about the foreshore and seabed legislation, Deputy Prime Minister Michael Cullen said today. Minister outside Cabinet Tariana Turia...

NZ minister rejects Pacific 'bullying' claims.
April 7, 2004... 07 APRIL 2004 WELLINGTON (Pacnews) --- New Zealand's Trade Minister Jim Sutton has dismissed suggestions that New Zealand and Australia have bullied small Pacific Island nations into making premature trade agreements. Mr Sutton described a...

Pacific kava group lobbies in Europe.
April 7, 2004... 07 APRIL 2004 BRUSSELS (Pacnews) - A high-powered Fiji-led Pacific delegation has returned from Brussels, where it lobbied aggressively with European government officials to lift the ban on the export of kava products from the region. The...

CNMI to get approved destination status.
April 7, 2004... 07 APRIL 2004 SAIPAN (Pacnews) --- The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) will receive its Approved Destination Status (ADS) next week when Gov. Juan N. Babauta meets with China National Tourism Administration officials in...

Five percent growth earmarked for textile clothing and footwear industry.
April 7, 2004... 07 APRIL 2004 SUVA (Pacnews) --- Government this year has again forecasted a positive growth of 5.5 percent in the textile, clothing & footwear (TCF) industry, as it was one of the main sectors that contributed strongly to Fiji's economic...

Five companies de-registered following DIB amnesty.
April 7, 2004... 07 APRIL 2004 RAROTONGA (Pacnews) --- Registration of five Cook Islands companies has been revoked, following the Development Investment Board's (DIB) three month amnesty which ended in January, Cook Islands News reports. However according...

Tropical storm approaches Guam.
April 7, 2004... 07 APRIL 2004 HAGATNA (Pacnews) --- Tropical storm Sudal may make its closest approach to Guam early this afternoon based on its movement last night (06 Apr), said senior meteorologist Stephen Ahn. Pacific Daily News reports that the centre...

EPG suggests the formation of a troika of leaders.
April 7, 2004... PACNEWS SPECIAL REPORT Reports from the Special Leaders' Retreat -Pacific Islands Forum 06 April 2004 - Auckland, New Zealand PACNEWS coverage is made possible with financial assistance from NZAid 07 APRIL 20034 AUCKLAND --- Former Papua...