PAC - Pacific Islands Broadcasting Association articles from August 2007

PAC - Pacific Islands Broadcasting Association archives from August 2007

Close to 20, 000 civil servants to strike tomorrow.
August 1, 2007... 01 AUGUST 2007 SUVA (Pacnews) -- Close to 20,000 civil servants in Fiji who are members of the Fiji Islands Council of Trade Unions ( FICTU) will stage a nationwide strike from tomorrow morning. Fiji Times reports this was confirmed after...

Vanuatu fraud probe focuses on PPP members.
August 1, 2007... 01 AUGUST 2007 PORT VILA(Pacnews) -- Vanuatu police have confirmed they are investigating up to seven members of the Peoples Progressive Party (PPP)in connection to a massive fraud case. Radio Newzealand International reports the case...

Palau elected Vice President to UN General Assembly.
August 1, 2007... 01 AUGUST 2007 KOROR (Pacnews) -- Palau became the smallest country ever to be elected as Vice President in the United Nations General Assembly last week and the first Pacific Island nation in 13 years to hold such position, Marianas Variety...

Tongas PSA hopeful to table all concerns with government.
August 1, 2007... 01 AUGUST 2007 NUKUALOFA (Pacnews) -- Tongas Public Service Association (PSA) says it hopes to discuss all its concerns with the government this week, Radio Newzealand International reports. The PSA responded yesterday to the Minister...

PM Sogavare writes to Australian counterpart.
August 1, 2007... 01 AUGUST 2007 HONIARA (Pacnews) -- Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare says he has told his Australian counterpart to meet on a level playing field and not bring other issues and try to twist things. Mr Sogavare told the...

Sir Michael hopeful to be the next PM.
August 1, 2007... 01 AUGUST 2007 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) -- The coalition led by the National Alliance (NA) Party in Papua New Guinea (PNG) is yet to decide on who will be its nominee for Prime Minister, Post Courier reports. It is the top agenda item in...

Fiji tops Asia Pacific cost list.
August 1, 2007... 01 JULY 2007 SUVA (Pacnews) -- The Fiji islands are the most expensive place to live in the Asia Pacific region outside Japan because the archipelago is so reliant on imports, a study conducted by the Asian Development Bank (ADB)showed, Sydney...

South Pacific islands fear drowning, seek Taiwan's help.
August 1, 2007... 01 AUGUST 2007 TAIPEI (Pacnews) -- Taiwan's South Pacific allies, fearing being drowned by rising sea level, are seeking help from Taiwan, China Times reports. The China Times said that environmental ministers from Taiwan's five South...

Pacific neighbours face challenges.
August 1, 2007... Reports from Massey News. 01 AUGUST 2007 WELLINGTON (Pacnews) -- New Zealand Massey Universitys Associate Professor Regina Scheyvens says there are serious economic and social challenges facing Pacific Island nations. Dr Scheyvens, who...

Pacific Island suspension rate up 20 percent in six years.
August 1, 2007... 01 AUGUST 2007 WELLINGTON (Pacnews) -- The rate of suspensions of Pacific Island students in New Zealand has risen 20 per cent in the past six years, a report says, NZ Herald reports. The first monitoring report of the Pasifika Education...

High infant mortality rate in Marshall Islands outer atolls.
August 1, 2007... 01 AUGUST 2007 MAJURO (Pacnews) -- The extremely high infant mortality rate in the outer islands of the Marshall Islands is being attributed to a number of factors, Radio New Zealand International reports. The governments Director of...

Army detains unionist on the eve of strike.
August 1, 2007... 01 AUGUST 2007 SUVA( Pacnews) -- A leading Fiji unionist has been taken by soldiers to the army camp in Nabua for questioning, Fiji Live reports. Fiji Live reports Taniela Tabu was taken from his home this morning . Mr Tabu, the...

Samoa bans turkey tail imports.
August 1, 2007... 01 AUGUST 2007 APIA (Pacnews) -- Samoa is to enforce a ban on the import of turkey tail meat from the United States from tomorrow, Radio New Zealand International reports. The government originally imposed the ban to be effective in May...

Teen held over shooting of three in Cook Islands.
August 2, 2007... 02 AUGUST 2007 RAROTONGA (Pacnews) ---- Police in the Cook Islands have taken into custody a 19-year-old Auckland man who is alleged to have shot three people on the northern island of Pukapuka, NZ Herald reports. The principal of Niua...

We will cope with strike: Interim regime.
August 2, 2007... 02 AUGUST 2007 SUVA (Pacnews) Fijis coup leader and interim Prime Minister Commodore Frank Bainimarama is adamant the strike planned by the 10,000-plus public service members of the Fiji Islands Council of Trade Unions would do little to...

Nauru calls early election.
August 2, 2007... 02 AUGUST 2007 YAREN (Pacnews) ---- The leaders of the Pacific Island Nation of Nauru have called an early election. Voting for a new parliament would be held on 25 August , two months ahead of the scheduled date in late October....

Committee considering democratic reform ready to report back in just over a week.
August 2, 2007... 02 AUGUST 2007 NUKUALOFA (Pacnews) ------ A member of Tongas nine person tripartite committee considering options for democratic reform says their deliberations have been going very well, Radio Newzealand International reports. The...

Earthquake hits near Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu.
August 2, 2007... 02 AUGUST 2007 PORT VILA (Pacnews) ---- An earthquake with a strong 7.2 magnitude has struck near Vanuatu, but there have been no immediate reports of casualties or damage, Radio Australia reports. The US Geological Survey reports that the...

Pacific ACP states give EC an ultimatum.
August 2, 2007... 02 AUGUST 2007 PORT VILA (Pacnews) ---- In an unprecedented move, Pacific Trade Ministers say they will halt all negotiations with the European Commission (EC) on a new trade agreement, if the development aid for the region is conditioned on...

Open your gates to Pacific migrants: World Bank chief.
August 2, 2007... 02 AUGUST 2007 SYDNEY (Pacnews) ------The new president of the World Bank, Bob Zoellick, has said it is "absolutely critical" that South Pacific nations be able to send guest workers to Australia. New Zealand has adopted such a scheme and...

Sir Julius Chan likely to be next PM.
August 2, 2007... 02 AUGUST 2007 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) ------ Forces opposed to a continuation of the Somare reign last night threw a bombshell into the battle to form a new government in Papua New Guinea (PNG) Post Courier reports Sir Julius Chan will be...

Police guard Solomons finance minister.
August 2, 2007... 02 AUGUST 2007 HONIARA (Pacnews) ---- Solomon Islands Finance Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo is under Police protection following what are reported to be threats on his life. Police Commissioner Jahir Khan told the Solomon Star newspaper that...

Pacific countries need a properly resourced mechanism for PACER negotiations - Urwin.
August 2, 2007... 02 AUGUST 2007 PORT VILA (Pacnews) --- Pacific ACP countries will need a properly resourced mechanism, which stands at arms length to advice them when they begin negotiations with Australia and New Zealand on the Pacific Agreement on Closer...

Keil reiterates PACP position on EPA.
August 2, 2007... 02 AUGUST 2007 PORT VILA (Pacnews) --- Samoas associate trade minister, Joachim Keil says Pacific ACP countries will not budge until a favourable response is received from the European Commission (EC). He told PACNEWS the formal letter sent...

Vanuatu urges Australia to reconsider labour mobility.
August 2, 2007... 02 AUGUST 2007 PORT VILA (Pacnews) --- Vanuatus Prime Minister has again urged Australia to reconsider its decision labour mobility from Pacific Island Countries. He made the plea while opening the Forum Trade Ministers meeting in Port...

PM Lini confident his government will last until elections next year.
August 2, 2007... 02 AUGUST 2007 PORT VILA (Pacnews) --- A year away from national elections in Vanuatu, Prime Minister Ham Lini is confident his government will remain intact until elections. Last week, he sacked three of cabinet ministers including two...

France withdraws claims for Matthew and Hunter Island.
August 2, 2007... 02 AUGUST 2007 PORT VILA (Pacnews) --- France has withdrawn its territorial claim on the two uninhabited islands of Matthew and Hunter, considered by Vanuatu as part of its group of islands in the north. Speaking to journalists today, Prime...

President Bush declared state of emergency in Chuuk State.
August 2, 2007... 02 AUGUST 2007 PHONEPEI (Pacnews) ------The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency(FEMA) will provide financial aid to those areas of Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) that were devastated by sea swells...

Embattled President Tong Sang reshuffles cabinet.
August 2, 2007... 02 AUGUST 2007 PAPEETE (Pacnews) ----- French Polynesia's President Gaston Tong Sang, who last week faced a mass resignation of four ministers from his own political party, has announced a reshuffle of his cabinet, Oceania Flash reports. ...

Powerful earthquake damages Luganville on Vanuatu island of Santo.
August 2, 2007... 02 AUGUST 2007 PORT VILA(Pacnews) --- A powerful earthquake near the Vanuatu island of Santo has caused damage to the wharf, the bridge and buildings in the main town of Luganville, Radio New Zealand International reports. A police officer...

Airlink airline shut down its operations.
August 2, 2007... 02 AUGUST 2007 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) -----Airlink airline in Papua New Guinea (PNG) suffered losses totalling more than K4million (US$1.3 million) after it was grounded by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), its chief executive officer said...

Pacific Commonwealth Resolution.
August 2, 2007... 02 AUGUST 2007 (WELLINGTON) --- Civil society representatives from eight Commonwealth countries of the Pacific (Aotearoa/New Zealand, the Cook Islands, Papua New Guinea, Niue, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Tonga and Tuvalu) met in Wellington from...

Travellers warned about Fiji strike.
August 3, 2007... 03 AUGUST 2007 CANBERRA (Pacnews) ---- Holidaymakers bound for Fiji have been warned to expect disruptions stemming from strike by 10,000 public service workers, reports Sydney Morning Herald. The Fijian workers are demanding full...

Union strike force early school break.
August 3, 2007... 03 AUGUST 2007 SUVA (Pacnews) ----- The strike by Fiji Islands Council of Trade Union (FICTU) affiliates in which almost 700 teachers walked off their jobs yesterday, has forced the next school holidays in Fiji to be brought forward by two...

Sir Rabbie attack Australia on labour mobility.
August 3, 2007... 03 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) ---- Former Papua New Guinea (PNG) Treasurer Sir Rabbie Namaliu could not understand why the Australian Government was stubbornly not accepting migrant workers when Australia itself supported it, Post Courier reports....

Cook Islands shooting motive still a mystery.
August 3, 2007... 03 AUGUST 2007 RAROTONGA (Pacnews) -----Cook Islands police holding a former Aucklander who shot three locals on the remote atoll of Pukapuka in the northern Cooks have not disclosed his motives. The man, 19, sent out to Rarotonga as a...

Regime lift suspension on island council of chiefs.
August 3, 2007... 03 AUGUST 2007 SUVA (Pacnews) ---- A suspension placed by Fijis Interim regime on the island nations Great Council of Chiefs (GCC) was earlier today revoked. The Great Council of Chiefs was suspended and its members terminated by coup...

French Polynesian MP suggest unelected official to be interim president.
August 3, 2007... 03 AUGUST 2007 PAPEETE (Pacnews) -----The Opposition in French Polynesia says an unelected official may have to run the territory if the government falls, Radio Newzealand International reports. Rifts within the ruling coalition led to the...

Sogavare government under pressure.
August 3, 2007... 03 AUGUST 2007 HONIARA (Pacnews) -------Political tension is building in the Solomon Islands ahead of next weeks Opposition bid to topple the Sogavare Government through a motion of no confidence. The Solomon Star quotes a well placed...

Archeologists believe Nukuleka is the oldest settlement in Tonga.
August 3, 2007... 03 AUGUST 2007 NUKUALOFA (Pacnews) ----Archaeologists digging for lapita in the eastern district believe Nukuleka was the first village settled by Tongans. Head of the Canadian Archeological team, Professor David Burley told RadioTonga...

Fiji Election a vague promise: US.
August 3, 2007... 03 AUGUST 2007 WASHINGTON (Pacnews) ----- The restoration of military assistance and closer relations between the United States of America and Fiji can only resume when democracy returns, says US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State (Asia...

Government seeks new mandate for reform.
August 3, 2007... 03 AUGUST 2007 YAREN (Pacnews) -----Naurus reformist government is looking to renew its mandate before it pushes ahead with changes to the way the country is governed. Radio Newzealand International reports elections are to be held on 25...

Sir Almert win seat in PNGs election.
August 3, 2007... 03 AUGUST 2007 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) ---- Former Papua New Guineas (PNG) chief justice Sir Arnold Amet was declared winner of the Madang Regional seat despite a Supreme Court order for a declaration not to take place. Returning officer...

Chinese investors due in Niue.
August 3, 2007... 03 AUGUST 2007 ALOFI (Pacnews) -----A delegation of Chinese investors is due in Niue next week to look at business opportunities on the island, reports Radio New Zealand International. It follows a visit to China by Niue Premier, Young...

Taiwan and Pacific allies to promote and preserve cultures.
August 3, 2007... 03 AUGUST 2007 TAIPEI (Pacnews) ---- Taiwan and its six South Pacific allies has established a forum to preserve and promote their common Austronesian cultures, reports Taipei Times. The idea for an Austronesian Forum arose last year when...

Bainimarama not welcome at Pacific forum: Downer.
August 6, 2007... 06 AUGUST 2007 AUCKLAND (Pacnews) -----Australias foreign minister Alexander Downer says Fiji's coup leader and interim Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama will not be welcome at this year's Pacific Island Forum Leaders meeting in Tonga, reports...

Election writs return to Governor General, caretaker government will be appointed next week.
August 6, 2007... 06 AUGUST 2007 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) ----- A caretaker government in Papua New Guinea (PNG) will be put in place after the election of the Speaker and Prime Minister next Monday, says Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare. He also hinted a...

Suicide on the rise in Samoa.
August 6, 2007... 06 AUGUST 2007 APIA (Pacnews) -----Suicide rates for Samoa in the last six months have surpassed the annual rate in the last five years according to recent statistics, reports NZ Herald reports. According to the figures obtained from Tupua...

Nurses adamant to stay on strike.
August 6, 2007... 06 AUGUST 2007 SUVA (Pacnews) ----- Fijis public health system operated with skeleton staff and only provided emergency services yesterday as majority of the nurses remained on strike, reports The Fiji Times . This was despite claims by...

Regional Business Forum to discuss key challenges and opportunities.
August 6, 2007... 06 AUGUST 2007 SUVA (Pacnews) ---- Some 200 regional and international delegates are in Nadi, Fiji, this week for the inaugural Pacific Islands Business Forum (PIBF 2007). PIBF 2007 is being held at the Radisson Fiji Resort Denarau Island...

Fiji interim PM attacks Australia, New Zealand and the Forum Secretariat.
August 6, 2007... 06 AUGUST 2007 NADI (Pacnews) --- Fijis interim prime minister has accused the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat of being used by Australia and New Zealand to campaign against his interim regime. We have experienced first had how Australia...

Sogavare slams Aussie diplomat.
August 6, 2007... 06 AUGUST 2007 HONIARA (Pacnews) --- Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare yesterday launched a stinging attack on Australian High Commissioner Peter Hooton, the Solomon Star reports. Mr Sogavare rejected a media statement by the...

AIDS can lower lifespan in PNG.
August 6, 2007... 06 AUGUST 2007 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) -----The high rate of HIV/AIDS prevalence among the 6.1 million Papua New Guineans (PNG) will greatly shorten life expectancy rate and affect the way the people plan for the future, reports The National....

Taiwan ambassadors car attacked.
August 6, 2007... 06 AUGUST 2007 HONIARA (Pacnews) --- The Solomon Islands Government yesterday condemned an attack on the official car of Taiwanese Ambassador George Chan. Theparked car'styres were flattened, rear window smashed and official flag...

SPREP says getting rid of asbestos a problem for Pacific countries.
August 6, 2007... 06 AUGUST 2007 RAROTONGA (Pacnews) -----A pollution expert visiting the Cook Islands says disposing asbestos from the island Rarotonga may not be an easy task, Radio New Zealand Internatinal . Dr Frank Griffin from the Secretariat of the...

Police fire shots to disperse PNG crowd.
August 6, 2007... 06 AUGUST 2007 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) -----Police fired shots and tear gas to disperse an angry crowd in Papua New Guinea's capital Port Moresby today, with unconfirmed reports a man died from a gunshot wound and others were wounded, reports...

Political instability affecting livelihood - MP.
August 6, 2007... 06 AUGUST 2007 HONIARA (Pacnews) ------Political infighting and instability is having adverse effects on the social and economic livelihood of the people of Choiseul and Western Provinces, SIBC reports . Member of Parliament for North-west...

Samoa dialysis centre saves NZ money.
August 6, 2007... 06 AUGUST 2007 APIA (Pacnews) -----The Pacific's only dialysis centre is saving New Zealand hospitals hundreds of thousands of dollars, TVNZ reports. The treatment centre in Samoa is treating patients who would otherwise need care in...

British supports Tongas political reform.
August 6, 2007... 06 AUGUST 2007 NUKUALOFA (Pacnews) ------British High Commissioner to Tonga is hopeful that Tongas political reform will be quick and efficient, reports Tonga-now. Roger Sykes was in Tonga last week to hold talks with government officials...

Korea asks Palaus support for 2012 World Expo bid.
August 6, 2007... 06 AUGUST 2007 KOROR (Pacnews) ----- South Korea is soliciting the support of Palau in its bid for hosting the 2012 World Expo, Marianas Variety reports. This is according to a letter from the Speaker of the National Assembly of the...

Opposition leaders arrest crushes moves to oust Solomon Island PM.
August 7, 2007... 07 AUGUST 2007 HONIARA (Pacnews) -----The mounting challenge to the leadership of Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has been dealt a crushing blow with the arrest of Opposition Leader Fred Fono on bribery allegations, reports The...

Somares National Alliance party invited to form government.
August 7, 2007... 07 AUGUST 2007 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) ----Papua New Guineas (PNG) Prime Minister Sir Michael Somares ruling National Alliance party was invited yesterday to form the Government next Monday in the eighth Parliament, Post Courier reports. On...

Commonwealth bid to stop recruiting Fijians into the British Army fails.
August 7, 2007... 07 AUGUST 2007 LONDON (Pacnews) -----The British Ministry of Defence has rejected a submission by the Commonwealth Secretariat which had sought the suspension of all future recruitment drives of locals into the British Army, Fiji TV reports....

Fiji interim PM says Fiji will not rush into national elections.
August 7, 2007... 07 AUGUST 2007 SUVA (Pacnews) --- Fiji will not rush into national elections to satisfy the demands of the international community, warned interim Prime Minister, Commodore Frank Bainimarama. Instead, it will root out corruption and address...

Pacific region urged to foster partnerships.
August 7, 2007... 07 AUGUST 2007 NADI (Pacnews) -----The private and public sector should work in meaningful partnership in the current era of globalisation, a regional business forum heard yesterday. Speaking to 200 regional and international delegates in...

Voting hiccup triggers new government election.
August 7, 2007... 07 AUGUST 2007 NOUMEA (Pacnews) ------New Caledonia's new local government, which was elected on Monday by the French territory's Parliament, fell again later on the same day after its pro-independence ministers decided to resign en masse,...

Riot squads prepare for Honiara vote.
August 7, 2007... 07 AUGUST 2007 HONIARA (Pacnews) ------Riot squads of Solomon Islands and regional police have been doing intensive training ahead of Fridays parliamentary motion of no confidence, the Solomon Star reports. About 400 officers will be out in...

Group recommends more seats for elected Tongans.
August 7, 2007... 07 AUGUST 2007 NUKUALOFA (Pacnews) -------Tonga could be about to change its political system to give ordinary voters more power. A tripartite committee of MPs, set up to consider options for reform has reached a consensus on increasing the...

Vanuatus Minister of Trade says Pacific countries should focus on improving tourism.
August 7, 2007... 07 AUGUST 2007 NADI (Pacnews) ------ Vanuatus Trade Minister says Pacific countries should focus their efforts on improving tourism infrastructure to boost their economies. James Bule is attending the Pacific Islands Business Forum in Fiji...

Former PM Paias Wingti ousted.
August 7, 2007... 07 AUGUST 2007 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) -----Papua New Guineas (PNG) former Prime Minister and Western Highlands Governor Paias Wingti was yesterday unseated in PNGs national election by a former university student activist who was at the...

Former Vanuatu MP in custody for bank fraud.
August 7, 2007... 07 AUGUST 2007 PORTVILA (Pacnews) ------A former Vanuatu Government minister is in custody over the National Bank fraud. The former MP was arrested by Police last Sunday night and local authorities say the person's name has been withheld...

Urwin defends Forum from Bainimarama criticism.
August 7, 2007... 07 AUGUST 2007 NADI (Pacnews) --- The Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat has defended itself from criticisms levelled at it by Fiji's interim prime minister, Commodore Frank Bainimarama. Forum's Secretary General, Greg Urwin said the...

Martin elected new president of New Caledonia.
August 7, 2007... 07 AUGUST 2007 NOUMEA (Pacnews) -----The leader of New Caledonias the Future Together Party, Harold Martin has been elected as the new president of the French territory, Radio Newzeland International reports. Annie Beustes of the...

Government sack Union representatives.
August 7, 2007... 07 AUGUST 2007 NUKUALOFA (Pacnews) -----There are allegations that the Tongan Government is on a campaign to intimidate and frighten public servants after the sacking of a key activist from the public service, Radio New Zealand International...

Police arrest striking nurses, unions call off strike.
August 7, 2007... 07 AUGUST 2007 SUVA (Pacnews) -----Fiji Police have rounded off more than 15 nurses picketing outside Suvas Government Buildings as members of the interim Cabinet met inside. The nurses, led by their general secretary Kuini Lutua, were...

Conference discusses Pacific ways of dealing with offenders.
August 7, 2007... 07 August 2007 HONIARA (Pacnews) ---- Representatives of 16 Pacific Island Countries gathered in Solomon Islands this week to participate in the first ever Pacific Corrections Conference, reports The Solomon Star. Conference chairperson...

Moti sit in parliament as AG, Australian prosecution faces 666 questions on Moti.
August 8, 2007... 08 AUGUST 2007 HONIARA (Pacnews) ----Wanted Australian lawyer Julian Moti sat in the Solomons Islands parliament as attorney-general for the first time on Tuesday as the opposition challenged his right to be there. Moti, who is wanted in...

Foster to face court.
August 8, 2007... 08 AUGUST 2007 BRISBANE (Pacnews) -----Controversial businessman Peter Foster will appear in a Brisbane court today charged with money laundering. Foster, 44, from the Gold Coast, has been in custody since he was arrested by Australian...

Palau ratifies nuclear test ban treaty.
August 8, 2007... 08 AUGUST 2007 VIENNA (Pacnews) ------- The -Pacific nation of Palau has ratified the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, bringing to 139 the number of countries that have fully endorsed the pact, the Vienna-based organisation that...

USDA expands FSM homeownership opportunities.
August 8, 2007... 08 AUGUST 2007 POHNPEI (Pacnews) ----The U.S. Department of Agricultures Rural Development and the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM)Development Bank has entered into a historic agreement that established a partnership to provide greater...

Protesting nurses walks free.
August 8, 2007... 08 AUGUST 2007 SUVA (Pacnews) ---- Twenty Fiji Nursing Association (FNA)members were released late yesterday after being taken in for questioning by police for protesting outside Government Buildings where the interim regime cabinet meeting...

David & Goliath mentality required by Pacific Islands.
August 8, 2007... 08 AUGUST 2007 NADI (Pacnews) ----- Small Pacific Islands require a David vs Goliath mentality to succeed against global competition says General Manager of Soltai Fishing and Processing Limited in the Solomon Islands, Milton Sibisopere. ...

President admits government will only last two weeks.
August 8, 2007... 08 AUGUST 2007 NOUMEA (Pacnews) New Caledonia's newly appointed President Harold Martin has admitted that the French Pacific territory's new cabinet will only last two weeks, Oceania Flash reports. He however stressed that it did not...

Kilman stays as Pacific Island Forum's Fiji Eminent Persons Group chairman.
August 8, 2007... 08 AUGUST 2007 PORT VILA (Pacnews) -----Vanuatus former foreign affairs minister Sato Kilman will continue as the chairman of the Pacific Island Forum's Fiji Eminent Persons Group, despite questions over his involvement in a multi million...