PAC - Pacific Islands Broadcasting Association articles from January 2007

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Army handover 'by month's end'.
January 2, 2007... 02 JANUARY 2007 SUVA (Pacnews) - Fijis self appointed President and Army Commander Commodore Frank Bainimarama is expected to hand over executive authority to the ousted President Ratu Josefa Iloilo this month, Fiji Times reports. ...

PM warns of Pacific unrest.
January 2, 2007... 02 JANUARY 2007 CANBERRA (Pacnews) - Australian Minister John Howard has accused China and Taiwan of evil meddling in Australia's Pacific backyard. Mr Howard said that Australia would be engaged in the region for up to 20 years struggling...

President announce cabinet line up.
January 2, 2007... 02 JANUARY 2007 PAPEETE (Pacnews) - French Polynesia's newly-elected President Gaston Tong Sang has announced his cabinet line-up, Oceania Flash reports. Tong Sang's 15-member cabinet includes significant portfolios for three outer islands...

PM concerned on non conviction of accused in ethnic-related offences.
January 2, 2007... 02 JANUARY 2007 HONIARA (Pacnews) - Solomon Islands Prime minister Manasseh Sogavare describes the non conviction or trial of people held four years ago over ethnic-related offences as a slap on the justice system of the country, SIBC reports....

Queen knights Cook Islander.
January 2, 2007... 02 JANUARY 2007 RAROTONGA (Pacnews) - Veteran Cook Islands politician and medical Doctor Terepai Maoate has been knighted by Queen Elizabeth in the New Year's Honours, Cook Islands Television reported. Sir Terepai was made a Knight...

PM denies disbanded Moti inquiry board.
January 2, 2007... 02 JANUARY 2007 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - The Papua New Guinea (PNG) Government says it has not disbanded the membership of the inquiry into the escape of Australian lawyer Julian Moti to the Solomon Islands. Acting Prime Minister Don Polye...

Stand by oath, Fiji soldiers urged.
January 2, 2007... 02 JANUARY 2007 WELLINGTON (Pacnews)- New Zealand's Justice Minister has called on army commander Commodore Frank Bainimarama and his men to adhere to the oath of allegiance they took to protect Fijis citizens. Mark Burton, a former NZ...

Marshalls fuel deliveries in doubt.
January 2, 2007... 02 JANUARY 2007 MAJURO (Pacnews) - Officials in Majuro were scrambling as the New Year approached to ensure that the power company in the Marshall Islands second most populous urban centre will have fuel to keep the lights on in January. ...

RAMSI is a goodwill initiative: Governor.
January 2, 2007... 02 JANUARY 2007 HONIARA (Pacnews) - Solomon Islands Governor General Sir Nathaniel Waena says the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands( RAMSI)is purely a humanitarian initiative of goodwill to Solomon Islands., SIBC reports. Sir...

U.S. Court of Appeals says Court in Hawaii can rule over crimes in American Samoa.
January 2, 2007... 02 JANUARY 2007 SAN FRANCISCO (Pacnews) - A Court of Appeals in San Francisco has ruled that the US District Court for the District of Hawaii has jurisdiction over federal crimes committed in American Samoa, Radio New Zealand International...

Assassin' linked to Australian plot on PM Sogavare.
January 2, 2007... 01 FEBRUARY 2007 SUVA (Pacnews) - An accused fugitive assassin has been linked to an Australian veteran of the Vietnam War charged with plotting to kill Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare. Edmund Sae, who escaped from custody...

Security concerns ahead of 2007 Elections.
January 2, 2007... 01 FEBRUARY 2007 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - Papua New Guinea (PNG) Electoral Commissioner Andrew Trawen has expressed very serious concerns about the security of the 2007 general election, reports The National. This was because the security...

Niue opposition MP calls for country to rethink relationship with NZ.
January 2, 2007... 01 FEBRUARY 2007 ALOFI (Pacnews) - An opposition MP in Niue is calling for the country to rethink its relationship with New Zealand as it battles continuing population decline and struggles to find money for essential services. OLove...

Nauru detainee ruling proves ASIO wrong: lawyer.
January 2, 2007... 01 FEBRUARY 2007 CANBERRA (Pacnews) - The lawyer for an Iraqi refugee who has been granted an Australian visa after five years of detention says the decision proves the Australian Intelligence Security Organisation (ASIO) was wrong to classify...

Call for Tonga's electricity prices to remain stable.
January 2, 2007... 01 FEBRUARY 2007 NUKUALOFA (Pacnews) - The president of Tonga's chamber of commerce says it is important the price of electricity is kept stable in the island kingdom if the government buys the Shoreline Power company. The company was...

EPG urge Forum to remain engaged with Fiji.
January 2, 2007... 01 FEBRUARY 2007 SUVA (Pacnews)- The retired head of the Australian Defence Force General Peter Cosgrove believes the Pacific Islands Forum will remain engaged with Fiji now that the Eminent Persons Group wraps up their four day visit to the...

Oil Search shelves $8b PNG gas project.
January 2, 2007... 04 JANUARY 2007 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - Oil Search has announced it is shelving its troubled $8 billion Papua New Guinea (PNG) gas project, Sydney Morning Herald reports . In a statement the company said the costs of the pipeline project...

Fiji immigration wants entry approvals tightened in clamp down on prostitution.
January 2, 2007... 01 FEBRUARY 2007 SUVA (Pacnews) - Immigration officials in Fiji admits theyre struggling to cope with Chinese prostitution rackets operating around the country, Radio New Zealand International reports. The immigration service has called in...

SPC turns 60 next week.
January 2, 2007... 01 FEBRUARY 2007 SUVA (Pacnews) - The Pacifics oldest regional organisation, the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) will turn 60 next week. And commemorative celebrations have been organised in Suva, Noumea in New Caledonia and...

Ousted Solomons police chief vows to fight.
January 3, 2007... 03 JANUARY 2007 CANBERRA (Pacnews) - The ousted Australian commissioner of the Solomon Islands police has blamed his hard line on corruption for the ban on him re-entering the Pacific nation and vowed to fight for his job. Shane Castles...

Activists were warned: Army chief.
January 3, 2007... 03 JANUARY 2007 SUVA (Pacnews) - Fijis military chief, Commodore Frank Bainimarama says he makes no apology for the treatment of pro-democracy activists beaten by the military, Fiji Times reports. My critics had their warning, he said in an...

Digicel blocked from operating in Solomon Islands.
January 3, 2007... 03 JANUARY 2007 HONIARA (Pacnews) - Solomon Telekom says it has obtained an injunction against Digicel Pacific, restraining it from providing any telecommunication services including mobile phone services. This is until the Solomon Islands...

Fiji military has no authority to appoint president.
January 3, 2007... 03 JANUARY 2007 CANBERRA (Pacnews) - Australia's Foreign Minister Alexander Downer says Fiji's coup leader Frank Bainimarama lacks the authority to reappoint the president. Commodore Bainimarama said the military would return executive...

Military chief accuses Australia of smear.
January 3, 2007... 03 JANUARY 2007 SUVA (Pacnews) - The Australian officer in charge of the Fijian police force in the lead-up to the December coup has been accused of attempting to undermine military dictator Frank Bainimarama by linking him to the deaths of...

Fijis fate to be decided by Forum foreign ministers meeting.
January 3, 2007... 03 JANUARY 2007 HONIARA (Pacnews) - Fijis fate as a founding member of the Pacific Islands Forum is to be decided at a meeting of the premier organisations foreign ministers scheduled to be held in New Zealand later this month, reports the...

Governor urges foreign countries to respect its sovereignty.
January 3, 2007... 03 JANUARY 2007 HONIARA (Pacnews) - Solomon Islands Governor General Sir Nathaniel Waena had called on foreign governments to respect Solomon Islands and its sovereign democratic government, SIBC reports . He said many Solomon Islanders...

Government to assess future of its students at the USP in Suva.
January 3, 2007... 03 JANUARY 2007 APIA (Pacnews) - Samoas Minister of Education, Toomata Alapati Poese says a decision has not yet been made on the future of their students attending the University of the South Pacific (USP) in Fijis capital Suva. This...

Niue Premier says visitors to the island surprised by the improvements.
January 3, 2007... 03 JANUARY 2007 ALOFI (Pacnews) - Niue premier, Young Vivian says family and friends returning home over the Christmas period have been pleasantly surprised with the way the country has improved since it was devastated by Cyclone Heta on New...

Ousted PM denies Fiji vote rigging claims.
January 3, 2007... 03 JANUARY 2007 SUVA (Pacnews) - Ousted Fiji prime minister Laisenia Qarase has vigorously denied military claims implicating him in vote rigging, following allegations Australian conman Peter Foster was part of a sting to expose election...

Note stated government wants to disband Moti inquiry.
January 3, 2007... 03 JANUARY 2007 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - A scribbled note on top of a draft National Gazette from the First Legislative Counsel shows the Papua New Guinea Government had moved to disband the Defence Board of Inquiry. The note from the...

Government urged to establish a University.
January 3, 2007... 03 JANUARY 2007 HONIARA (Pacnews) - Solomon Islands Governor General Sir Nathaniel Waena has urged the Manasseh Sogavare-led government to seriously consider developing a university for Solomon Islanders. Sir Nathaniel said the recent...

Aggressive campaign leads to accident free.
January 3, 2007... 03 JANUARY 2007 RAROTONGA (Pacnews) - Cook Islands police officers are hailing a campaign which led to an accident and incident free New Year on the country's roads, Cook Islands Television reports. Police and the Road Safety Council had...

Downer rejects Fiji claims.
January 4, 2007... 02 DECEMBER 2007 CANBERRA (Pacnews)- Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Downer has criticised Fiji's coup leaders for using Australian conman Peter Foster to investigate allegations the deposed government was corrupt, ABC reports....

National security adviser testifies in Moti inquiry.
January 4, 2007... 04 JANUARY 2007 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - The Director General of the National Security Advisory Council of Papua New Guinea (PNG) Joseph Assaigo made his first appearance in the Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF) inquiry into the...

Indians living in Fiji feel alienated.
January 4, 2007... 04 JANUARY 2007 PATAN (Pacnews) - People of Indian origin (PIO) may account for 40 per cent of the population in Fiji but they are being discriminated against leading to a mass migration from the country. Ahmedabad newsline reports this was...

New American Samoa representatives sworn in.
January 4, 2007... 04 JANUARY 2007 PAGOPAGO (Pacnews) - The 21-member House of Representatives in American Samoa will be sworn in today, with election of the House Speaker its top priority. Radio New Zealand International reports only 20 elected House...

Samoa to celebrate 95th birthday of head of state.
January 4, 2007... 04 JANUARY 2007 APIA (Pacnews) - The differing views of when Samoas head of state was born will be resolved at a special luncheon on Thursday local time to mark his birthday. Susuga Malietoa Tanumafili II has been head of state since 1960....

Fijis president endorse military takeover.
January 4, 2007... 04 JANUARY 2007 SUVA (Pacnews) --- Fijis military chief, Commodore Frank Bainimarama and his soldiers have been assured protection and immunity from prosecution, as president Ratu Josefa Iloilo takes office from today, a month after executive...

Solomon Islands need more time to consider Our Airline proposal.
January 4, 2007... 04 JANUARY 2007 SUVA (Pacnews) - Solomon Islands has asked for more time to consider the use of Our Airlines as a sub regional airline for countries that have diplomatic relations with Taiwan. Speaking to Suva-based regional monthly...

Police officers promoted to executive positions.
January 4, 2007... 04 JANUARY 2007 HONIARA (Pacnews) - A week after the forced removal of Solomon Islands police chief, Shane Castles, government has announced the appointment of three officers to senior positions in the police force. Chief Superintendent...

American Samoa elects new speaker.
January 4, 2007... 04 JANUARY 2007 PAGOPAGO (Pacnews) - Veteran lawmaker, Savali Talavou Ale, has been elected as the new speaker for the American Samoa House of Representatives. He replaces Matagi McMoore, who lost the November 7th general election. Mr...

Military ruler returns executive authority to Ratu Josefa Iloilo.
January 4, 2007... 04 JANUARY 2007 SUVA (Pacnews) --- A month after taking over executive authority of Fiji, military ruler, Commodore Frank Bainimarama this afternoon returned civilian rule to deposed president, Ratu Josefa Iloilo. The announcement also...

Handver of power in Fiji just a facade, says Winston Peters.
January 5, 2007... 05 JANUARY 2007 WELLINGTON (Pacnews) - Fijis military ruler Commodore Frank Bainimarama, handed executive authority to the country's President yesterday, a move dismissed as a facade and mirage by New Zealand's Foreign Minister, Winston Peters....

Granting Immunity to soldiers is a breach: Apted.
January 5, 2007... 05 JANUARY 2007 SUVA (Pacnews) - Fijis constitutional lawyer John Apted believes the granting of immunity to Army Commander Commodore Voreqe (Frank) Bainimarama and his soldiers will arguably infringe on the human rights of others who want to...

Pacific instability knocks police efforts.
January 5, 2007... 05 JANUARY 2007 CANBERRA (Pacnews) - Australian Justice Minister Chris Ellison concedes the mounting instability in the Pacific has set back Australia's policing efforts to tackle crime in the region. Last month's coup in Fiji, civil unrest in...

Tongan community in American Samoa raises funds for riot victims.
January 5, 2007... 05 JANUARY 2007 PAGOPAGO (Pacnews) - The American Samoa chapter of the Fofoanga Club of Tonga and the Tongan community in the territory are gathering funds, food and materials for residents of their home country displaced after the riot last...

Bainimarama appointed interim prime minister.
January 5, 2007... 05 JANUARY 2007 SUVA (Pacnews) --- Fijis military commander, Commodore Frank Bainimarama was today sworn-in as the countrys interim prime minister, a day after he reinstated president, Ratu Josefa Iloilo. Dressed in his traditional white...

Man dies in military custody.
January 5, 2007... 05 JANUARY 2006 SUVA (Pacnews) --- The Fiji military is tight-lipped on the mysterious death of a middle aged man in its custody early this morning. Military spokesman, Major Neumi Leweni told PACNEWS that he was not aware of the death. A...

Post Courier investigated.
January 5, 2007... 05 JANUARY 2007 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) --- Papua New Guineas acting prime minister, Don Polye has asked police and the attorney-general to investigate the Post Courier newspaper, claiming it published a forged document which purported to reveal...

Illegal occupants of government houses warned of eviction.
January 5, 2007... 05 JANUARY 2007 HONIARA (Pacnews) The Solomon Islands Government has warned people not entitled to live in government quarters to vacate them immediately. The warning comes from public service permanent secretary, Ishmael Avui, after...

Advisory committee waits word from USP Suva.
January 5, 2007... 05 JANUARY 2007 RAROTONGA (Pacnews) - Cook Islands is waiting for information from the University of the South Pacific (USP) in Suva about the return of students this year, Cook Islands Television reports Cook Islands advisory committee to the...

Hawaiian canoes to voyage from Hawaii to Micronesia.
January 5, 2007... 05 JANUARY 2006 HONOLULU (Pacnews) --- Two Hawaiian outrigger canoes leave this weekend on the first leg of an epic voyage from Hawaii to Micronesia. The double hull canoe "Maisu," launched late last month, and its more famous sister canoe,...

Police identify man who allegedly died in military custody.
January 5, 2007... 05 JANUARY 2007 SUVA (Pacnews) - Police have identified the 44 year old man, who is alleged to have died in military custody early this morning. A well placed police source confirmed to PACNEWS that Nimilote Verebasaga of Nakaulevu in...

Ousted PM question Bainimarama's appointment.
January 5, 2007... 05 JANUARY 2007 SUVA (Pacnews) --- Ousted Fijian prime minister, Laisenia Qarase is against the presidents decision to appoint Commodore Bainimarama as the interim prime minister. He told Radio Legend that Fiji was going into dictatorial...

Dyson sceptical over Bainimarama as PM.
January 5, 2007... 05 JANUARY 2007 WELLINGTON (Pacnews) - The swearing in of Fiji's military chief as interim prime minister does little to inspire confidence that democracy will return there, New Zealand duty minister Ruth Dyson said today, STUFF NZ reports. ...

Ex-militants warn government.
January 5, 2007... 05 JANUARY 2007 HONIARA (Pacnews) - Group of former Guadalcanal militants in the Solomon Islands has warned of another ethnic tension and has threatened to attack Guadalcanal MPs in the government if the issue of their bona-fide demands is not...

Keelty defends Pacific police commissioners.
January 5, 2007... 05 JANUARY 2007 CANBERRA (Pacnews) - The Australian Federal Police (AFP) Commissioner has defended the actions of the two Australian-born Pacific police commissioners, ABC reports. The Solomon Islands Commissioner, Shane Castles, and Fiji's...

PNG PM to appear before Moti inquiry.
January 8, 2007... 08 JANUARY 2007 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) --- Papua New Guineas prime minister, Sir Michael Somare is to appear before the Defence Board of Inquiry tomorrow (09 Jan), national broadcaster, NBC reports. This comes as the inquiry continues its...

Army replies to UN.
January 8, 2007... 08 JANUARY 2007 SUVA (Pacnews) - Foreign countries and world agencies calling for the reinstatement of the democratically elected government in Fiji dont know the situation, Fiji Times reports. Military spokesman Major Neumi Leweni made the...

Immigration crackdown planned.
January 8, 2007... 08 JANUARY 2007 RAROTONGA (Pacnews) - Cook Islands immigration authorities are reported to be preparing a crackdown on people working in the country illegally. Radio Cook Islands reports a list of foreigners working without proper...

Pacific eyes power change in U.S. Congress.
January 8, 2007... 07 JANUARY 2007 WASHINGTON (Pacnews) - Residents of U.S. territories in the Pacific will watch with interest as the Democrats take the reigns of power on Capitol Hill for the first time in more than a decade. Radio Australia reports the...

French Polynesia, New Caledonia implement minimum wage hike.
January 8, 2007... 08 JANUARY 2007 PAPEETE(Pacnews) - French Polynesia's new government has put in place an increased new minimum wage, that came into effect on 01 January 2007. At its first cabinet meeting, the new executive, headed by President, Gaston...

Digicel challenges Solomon Telekom.
January 8, 2007... 08 JANUARY 2007 APIA (Pacnews) --- Caribbean mobile operator, Digicel has urged Solomon Telekom not to block competition in the mobile telecommunications industry following a legal action to prevent Digicel from providing any telecommunication...

Fiji to mend diplomatic ties with allies in the wake of the military takeover.
January 8, 2007... 08 JANUARY 2007 SUVA (Pacnews) - Fijis interim foreign affairs minister Ratu Epeli Nailatikau says the priority now for the country is to normalise diplomatic relations with its allies in the region including Australia and New Zealand. ...

Howard blamed for Pacific's political woes.
January 8, 2007... 08 JANUARY 2007 CANBERRA (Pacnews) - The South Pacific has become an arc of instability under John Howard's leadership, Labor claims, The Australian reports. Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd yesterday scoffed at the Prime Minister's plans to...

Ban on media.
January 8, 2007... 08 JANUARY 2007 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - The Papua New Guinea (PNG) media has been barred from reporting the PNG Defence Force board of inquiry into the Julian Moti affair, The National reports. The inquiry ruled last Friday (05 Jan) the...

Governor hopitalised for kidney operation.
January 8, 2007... 08 JANUARY 2007 PAGOPAGO (Pacnews) - American Samoa Governor Togiola Tulafono is undergoing medical treatment in Honolulu for a kidney stone, Radio New Zealand International reports. Last week, the Governor was admitted to the LBJ hospital...

Ex-PM Qarase queries interim appointments.
January 8, 2007... 08 JANUARY 2007 SUVA (Pacnews) - Deposed Fijian prime minister Laisenia Qarase says the appointments in the new interim administration confirm that there were shadowy figures behind the overthrow of his government last month. Mr Qarase...

Hawaii think tank assesses Solomon Islands row with Australia.
January 8, 2007... 08 JANUARY 2007 HONOLULU (Pacnews) - A think tank in Hawaii says the ongoing row of Solomon Islands with Australia is being directed by personal ego rather than in the interest of Solomon Islands, Radio New Zealand International reports. ...

Government serious on militants demands.
January 8, 2007... 08 JANUARY 2007 HONIARA (Pacnews) - The Grand Coalition for Change Government in the Solomon Islands has already taken steps to addressing the bona-fide demands of the indigenous people of Guadalcanal. Chairman to Caucus, Nelson Ne'e made...

Inquiry legally proper.
January 8, 2007... 08 JANUARY 2007 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - The Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF) board of inquiry was convened because Cabinet was not satisfied with the findings of the armys own investigations into Julian Motis clandestine escape. ...

Tourism New Caledonia launches campaign for more NZ Australia tourists.
January 8, 2007... 08 JANUARY 2007 NOUMEA (Pacnews) - Tourism New Caledonia has launched a campaign to lure visitors from New Zealand and Australia with a two for one sale, Radio New Zealand International reports. About seven-thousand New Zealanders visit New...

Cook Islands to hold second by-election following September general election.
January 8, 2007... 08 JANUARY 2007 RAROTONGA (Pacnews) - Nominations for the Titikaveka by-election to be held in the Cook Islands on February 7th will close tomorrow. Radio New Zealand International reports that the by-election was the result of a High...

Military environmental studies to begin soon on Guam and CNMI.
January 8, 2007... Reports from Marianas Variety. 08 JANUARY 2007 SAIPAN (Pacnews) - In late January or early February, the U.S. Navy will announce the start of the environmental studies on Guam and in the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas (CNMI)...

Solomons to hosts MSG foreign ministers meeting.
January 10, 2007... 10 JANUARY 2007 HONIARA (Pacnews) - Solomon Islands will host a special session of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) foreign ministers meeting in Honiara on Friday (12 Jan). The meeting will discuss the situation in Fiji, according to a...

Tikotikoca is new police chief.
January 10, 2007... 10 JANUARY 2007 SUVA (Pacnews) The head of security at the Solomon Islands Gold Ridge mine, Romanu Tikotikoca has accepted the offer by the Fijian interim government to be the countrys new police commissioner. Mr Tikotikoca, who is on a...

Deposed PM pleased NZ won't recognise Fiji's new interim cabinet.
January 10, 2007... 10 JANUARY 2007 SUVA (Pacnews) - Fiji's ousted prime minister, Laisenia Qarase says he's pleased that the New Zealand Government will not recognise the Pacific nation's new interim cabinet. Seven more cabinet members were sworn-in on...

Bakis appoint as Police commissioner gazetted.
January 10, 2007... 10 JANUARY 2007 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - The appointment of Papua New Guineas new police Commissioner Gari Baki by the National Executive Council (NEC) has been formalised, national broadcaster, NBC reports. This was confirmed in court...

Guadalcanal leader urges government to address reconciliation.
January 10, 2007... 10 JANUARY 2007 HONIARA (Pacnews) - A North Guadalcanal leader, Father Benedict Garimane urges the government to address reconciliation and rehabilitation between people involved in the social unrest on Guadalcanal. He said the government...

American Samoa government performing well financially.
January 10, 2007... 10 JANUARY 2007 PAGOPAGO (Pacnews) - The American Samoan acting governor Ipulasi Sunia said in his State of the Territory Address that the governments performance in the last fiscal year was positive. The chief executive must deliver an...

Minimum-Wage Bill Stirs Controversy in Pacific Islands.
January 10, 2007... Democrats Aim Raise for Northern Marianas but Not Samoa. Reports from the Washington Post. 10 JANUARY 2007 SUVA (Pacnews)- After years of protection from the likes of Tom DeLay and Jack Abramoff, employers on the Northern Mariana...

DFAT refuses to help Fiji corruption probe.
January 10, 2007... 10 JANUARY 2007 CANBERRA (Pacnews) - Australia has indicated it is not willing to assist Fiji's military leaders in identifying individuals who they say are corrupt, ABC reports. Military commander and interim Prime Minister Frank...

Somare express optimism PNG would make progress.
January 10, 2007... 10 JANUARY 2007 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews)- Papua New Guinea (PNG)s Prime minister Sir Michael Somare has expressed optimism PNG would make progress despite concerns this years elections could be riddled with problems and throw the country into...

Fijians refuse to leave without their million-dollar pay cheques.
January 10, 2007... 10 JANUARY 2007 BUKA (Pacnews) - Fijians remaining in Tonu have refused to leave the shores of Bougainville or Papua New Guinea without the US$1 million promised them by U-Vistract principal Noah Musingku, The National reports. They are...