PAC - Pacific Islands Broadcasting Association articles from July 2006

PAC - Pacific Islands Broadcasting Association archives from July 2006

Former military spokesman cannot be extradited.
July 3, 2006... 03 JUNE 2006 SUVA (Pacnews) - Attempts by the Fiji military to extradite its former military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Filipo Tarakinikini back to Fiji has suffered another set back. This was after revelations were made that United...

Concerns at Doha Round trade talks.
July 3, 2006... 03 JULY 2006 WELLINGTON (Pacnews) - New Zealands Trade Minister, Phil Goff says the Doha Round trade talks are at risk of failure with major players unable to reach agreement on key issues. Mr Goff was speaking from Geneva where he had...

Strike threat evaporates.
July 3, 2006... 03 JULY 2006 NUKUALOFA (Pacnews) - Threats of a nationwide strike in Tonga have ended in oblivion on when Tonga's Prime Minister answered a letter of petition from a loose-knit group of protestors, says Matangi Tonga. In the month-old...

Millennium funds pay out first installment.
July 3, 2006... 03 JULY 2006 PORT VILA (Pacnews) - Vanuatu has received US$1.1 million from the American Government sponsored Millennium Challenge Fund for its infrastructure projects which begin next year. The money is the first installment of a US$69...

Nasty road smash in gold mine ceremony.
July 3, 2006... 03 JULY 2006 HONIARA (Pacnews) - A major road accident has occurred after a ceremony between the landowners and administrators of the troubled Goldridge mine in Solomon Islands. One man is believed to have died and another 20 people are...

Labour Party without nominees in Senate.
July 3, 2006... 03 JULY 2006 SUVA (Pacnews) - There will not be any Fiji Labour Party nominees in Senate when the Upper House sits today, reports the Fiji Times. Fijis Secretary to Parliament Mary Chapman, speaking from Perth, Australia, yesterday...

MP denies link to Bougainville hit men.
July 3, 2006... 03 JULY 2006 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - Papua New Guinea's mining minister Sam Akoitai has denied having a hand in the alleged plot to assassinate Bougainville President Joseph Kabui, reports Post Courier newspaper. Mr Akoitai is demanding...

Tax refund payouts hit snag.
July 3, 2006... 03 JULY 2006 HAGATNA (Pacnews) - The payment of tax refunds in Guam has become synonymous with borrowing on the bond market, the territory's Pacific Daily News newspaper reports. Several times since 1994, administrations have been unable to...

Control over air traffic company erupts.
July 3, 2006... 03 JULY 2006 SUVA (Pacnews) - A dispute has erupted within Fiji's air traffic controlling company with its sacked managing director disputing his termination arguing that the legally constituted board of the company is still in existence. ...

Philippino power offers generators.
July 3, 2006... 03 JULY 2006 SAIPAN (Pacnews) - The Commonwealth Utilities Corporation (CUC) has received offers of free power generators from a Philippine government agency and a private company based in the country. Acting CUC executive director Tony...

Threat over oil and gas projects shut down.
July 3, 2006... 03 JULY 2006 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - Traditional landowners are threatening to shut the oil and gas projects in Papua New Guinea's southern highlands over the referral of Governor Hami Yawari by the Ombudsman Commission. Executive officer...

PM wants Australian police chief to go.
July 3, 2006... 03 JULY 2006 HONIARA (Pacnews) - Solomon Islands' police chief, Shane Castle, will be the first to go if the new Solomon Islands Prime Minister Mannaseh Sogavare has his way, Islands Business magazine is reporting in its July edition. The...

Territory denies report on drugs war.
July 3, 2006... 03 JULY 2006 PAGOPAGO (Pacnews) - An American Samoan government agency is defending its recent report that the territory is losing the war on drugs. The Police commander, Va'a Sunia, has called the report "appalling and atrocious." ...

Nitijela to probe Chamber criticism on China trip.
July 3, 2006... 03 JULY 2006 MAJURO (Pacnews) - A newly-formed committee of the Marshall Islands Parliament has initiated an investigation of the local chamber of commerce over dissenting comments made about a trip to China by several senators. "It is...

Dissident Labour MP claims majority support.
July 3, 2006... 03 JULY 2006 SUVA (Pacnews) - More than half of the Fiji Labour Party members in parliament have written a letter showing opposition to their leader Mahendra Chaudhry who is overseas, Fijilive.com reports. Fiji's opposition Leader Mick...

More than 800 civil servants retire in Tonga.
July 4, 2006... 04 JULY 2006 NUKUALOFA (Pacnews) - A total of 815 Tongan civil servants retired on Friday (30 June), in a mass redundancy that has cost the government some TOP$22 million (US$10.6 million) in cash pay-out, Matangi Tonga reports. Finance...

Niue expects to host Forum summit next year.
July 4, 2006... 04 JULY 2006 WELLINGTON (Pacnews) - Niue's leader, Young Vivian says the island is likely to host next years Pacific Islands Forum summit. The small island nation was to host the annual summit of Pacific leaders in 2004 but Cyclone Heta in...

Four Fiji soldiers sent home from Solomon Islands.
July 4, 2006... 04 JULY 2006 HONIARA (Pacnews) - Four Fiji soldiers working under the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI) were sent home last week. A senior RAMSI official confirmed to PACNEWS that the soldiers were repatriated. ...

PIAF attributes anniversary to HIV positive.
July 4, 2006... 04 JULY 2006 RAROTONGA (Pacnews) - The reported number of HIV cases in the Pacific Islands has doubled every five years since 1985, according to the Rarotonga based Pacific Islands AIDS Foundation (PIAF). PIAF said while much of the Pacific...

Processed timber imports threatened.
July 4, 2006... 04 JULY 2006 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - Papua New Guinea stands to lose K20 million (US$6.6 million) if Australia carries out Senator Eric Abetz's reported move to ban timber imports from the country. Executive officer of Forest Industry...

Australia getting tough on neighbours.
July 4, 2006... 04 JULY 2006 HONIARA (Pacnews) - Australia is to get tough with its neighbours by telling them our troops and police are not there to prop up shoddy governments, reports The Adelaide Advertiser. Treasurer Peter Costello will deliver the...

Former Fiji soldiers in Bougainville attempt to get out.
July 4, 2006... 04 JULY 2006 SUVA (Pacnews) - Five former Fijian soldiers who went to Papua New Guinea to train locals on the use of high-powered weapons are looking for the safest exit from the area. This is after they were left high and dry by failed...

Pacific countries encouraged to have internal mobility.
July 4, 2006... 04 JULY 2006 WELLINGTON (Pacnews) - Pacific Islands countries are being urged to consider establishing labour schemes among themselves, even as they push for greater access to New Zealand and Australia. A number of authorities on the...

Manus Governor urges government not to close asylum facility.
July 4, 2006... 04 JULY 2006 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - Manus Governor Dr Jacob Jumogot does not want the government to close down the temporary asylum facilities at the Lombrum naval base in Manus province. He said the closure plans were based on old...

Samoa to patrol Cook Islands waters.
July 4, 2006... 04 JULY 2006 WELLINGTON (Pacnews) - Samoa's cabinet has approved the assignment of its patrol boat, the MV Nafanuas to patrol the Cook Islands Exclusive Economic Zone for a period of two weeks, while the Cooks Patrol Boat Te Kukupa undergoes a...

New Zealand wants more Pacific nations to join WTO.
July 4, 2006... 04 JULY 2006 WELLINGTON (Pacnews) - New Zealand's agriculture and fisheries minister, Jim Anderton has stressed the need for more Pacific Island nations to join the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Currently, Fiji, Papua New Guinea and...

Support for Pacific states not indefinite: Costello.
July 4, 2006... 04 JULY 2006 HONIARA (Pacnews) - Terrorism and organised crime could flourish on Australia's doorstep, triggering an exodus of the displaced, if Pacific nations are allowed to collapse. Australian Treasurer, Peter Costello warned yesterday...

Tongans celebrate Kings 88th birthday.
July 4, 2006... 04 JULY 2006 NUKUALOFA (Pacnews) - Thousands of people in Tonga converged in the Tongan capital, Nukualofa today to celebrate the 88th birthday of the kingdoms ailing monarch, King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV. Radio and TV Tonga reported that...

Somare urges Treasurer to decide on future with NA.
July 4, 2006... 04 JULY 2006 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - Pressure is mounting within Papua New Guineas National Alliance (NA) to remove Lae MP and Treasurer Bart Philemon from the party. Member of Parliament, Arthur Somare told the National that if Mr...

Samoa's renal dialysis unit will need more public funds.
July 4, 2006... 04 JULY 2006 APIA (Pacnews) - The General Manager of Samoas Kidney Foundation, Penny Matautia says extra financial contribution will be needed from the public to run the renal dialysis unit because of the huge demand. A fundraising drive...

USP campus will cost around $5m.
July 4, 2006... 04 JULY 2006 RAROTONGA (Pacnews) - The new University of the South Pacific campus to be built in Rarotonga will cost around NZD$5million (US$3 million). This was revealed by the regional universitys vice-chancellor Professor Anthony Tarr...

Pacific countries lack political will to implement FEMM decisions.
July 4, 2006... 04 JULY 2006 HONIARA (Pacnews) - Some Pacific countries have failed to implement the decisions of Forum Economic Ministers Meeting (FEMM) in the last ten years, said Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat's deputy secretary general, Iosefa Maiava....

Solomons PM supports creation of a Pacific Islands Custom Service.
July 4, 2006... 04 JULY 2006 HONIARA (Pacnews) -- Solomon Islands supports the establishment of a new Pacific Islands Customs Service (PICS). Speaking at the official opening of the Forum Economic Ministers Meeting (FEMM) in Honiara, Prime Minister...

Australia hesitant to open its labour market to Pacific Islanders.
July 4, 2006... 04 JULY 2006 HONIARA (Pacnews) - One of the major reasons Australia will not allow Pacific Islanders into its labour market is because it wants to protect the jobs for its own people, explained Treasurer, Peter Costello. Labour mobility...

Concern at sacking of PNG treasurer.
July 6, 2006... 06 JULY 2006 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - The Australian Government is concerned that the sacking of Papua New Guinea treasurer Bart Philemon by Prime Minister Michael Somare will set back the country's modest economic recovery, The Australian...

Talk in Solomon Islands that the new Government might switch allegiance to China.
July 6, 2006... 06 JULY 2006 HONIARA (Pacnews) - There is a rumoured split within the Solomon Islands Government over whether to switch diplomatic allegiance to China. A highly-placed government source has told Radio New Zealand International that the two...

Four Fiji Labour Party MP face dismissal.
July 6, 2006... 06 JULY 2006 SUVA (Pacnews) - At least four Fiji Labour party members face dismissal and the loss of their parliamentary seats over their objections to the party's nominations to Senate. Labour Lawyer Rajendra Chaudhry says Poseci Bune,...

147 civil servants laid off.
July 6, 2006... 06 JULY 2006 SAIPAN (Pacnews) - Northern Marianas Governor Benigno Fitial says he has approved the early termination of the employment contracts of at least 147 limited term employees to help reduce the personnel cost of the cash-strapped...

Concern over services as Tonga makes redundant over 800 civil servants.
July 6, 2006... 06 JULY 2006 NUKUALOFA (Pacnews) - There is concern in Tonga over how services will be maintained after more than 800 civil servants were laid off last week. Dr Aivi Polika of the Public Servants Association says they are worried about the...

Samoan policeman under house arrest after taking journalist into RAMSI base.
July 6, 2006... 06 JULY 2006 HONIARA (Pacnews) - A Samoan police officer serving with the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI) has been placed under house arrest for allowing a Samoan journalist into the military and police compound of the...

Repatriation of Kiribati and Tuvalu workers begin.
July 6, 2006... 06 JULY 2006 SUVA (Pacnews) - About 1,500 people who have lived or worked on the island of Nauru for a generation, are heading back to their original homes on Kiribati and Tuvalu over the next few weeks. The repatriation effort, costing...

O'Neill slams reshuffle.
July 6, 2006... 06 JULY 2006 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) Papua New Guineas opposition has described the cabinet reshuffle as nothing more than a self-serving political window dressing. Opposition leader Peter ONeill said in a statement yesterday the cosmetic...

Samoa police commissioner shocked by house arrest of officer serving with RAMSI.
July 6, 2006... 06 JULY 2006 APIA (Pacnews) - Samoa's Police Commissioner says he was shocked to learn that a Samoan police officer had been placed under house arrest in Solomon Islands. The arrested officer is the Commander of the Samoan police...

Solomon Islands and EU sign fisheries agreement.
July 6, 2006... 06 JULY 2006 HONIARA (Pacnews) - Solomon Islands Foreign Minister, Patteson Oti has signed the new Fisheries Partnership Agreement with the European Union (EU) in Brussels. The Austrian Ambassador to the European Union, signed on behalf of...

Samoan chiefs intervene to curb gang violence.
July 6, 2006... 06 JULY 2006 ANCHORAGE, ALASKA (Pacnews) - The small Polynesian community in the Alaskan city of Anchorage is taking steps toward curbing the gang violence that has bubbled to the surface in recent years, Associated Press reports. Samoan...

Peters welcomes UN praise for Tokelau process.
July 6, 2006... 06 JULY 2006 WELLINGTON (Pacnews) - New Zealands foreign minister, Winston Peters has welcomed a United Nations (UN) resolution commending the transparent and professional way in which New Zealand handed Tokelau's referendum on self-government....

Former Solomon Islands MP backs switching allegiance from Taiwan to China.
July 6, 2006... 06 JULY 2006 HONIARA (Pacnews) - A former MP for Solomon Islands, Alfred Sasako, says the country should take up diplomatic ties with China. His comments come amid rumours that two partners in the coalition government are split over...

PNG to resume beef exports to Fiji.
July 6, 2006... 06 JULY 2006 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - Papua New Guinea is to resume beef exports to Fiji after the two countries fell into a trade war last year. The issue was resolved after Fiji made changes to its animal importation legislation in May....

Palau to send police officers to Palau.
July 6, 2006... 06 JULY 2006 KOROR (Pacnews) - Vice President and Justice Minister Elias Camsek Chin says Palau is getting ready to send two police officers to East Timor. Mr Chin said Palau is ready and willing to deploy officers to help the peacekeeping...

New Caledonia's domestic airline renews ageing fleet.
July 6, 2006... 06 JULY 2006 NOUMEA (Pacnews) - New Caledonias domestic airline Air Caldonie (AirCal) has last week taken delivery of the first new generation ATR series 500 aircraft aimed at rejuvenating its ageing fleet. The plane is part of an order...

Fiji garment makers sceptical of Australia offer on SPARTECA.
July 7, 2006... 07 JULY 2006 SUVA (Pacnews) - The Australian Government has offered to vary the rules of origin under SPARTECA but only if certain conditions are fulfilled, Fiji Times reports. Fiji garment operators have vigorously lobbied for a long time...

Canadian firm eyes methanol plant in PNG.
July 7, 2006... 07 JULY 2006 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - Methanex Corporation of Canada, one of the worlds largest methanol producing companies, has shown interest in the possible development of a methanol plant in the country. A high-powered delegation led...

Young people represent NZ at first Pacific Youth Festival.
July 7, 2006... 07 JULY 2006 WELLINGTON (Pacnews) - Sixteen young people from across New Zealand will represent the country at the first Pacific Youth Festival to be held in Tahiti from 17-22 July. The festival will bring young people and non governmental...

Philemon wants NAP to release him.
July 7, 2006... 07 JULY 2006 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - Sacked Papua New Guinea Treasurer Bart Philemon will ask the National Alliance Party (NAP) next week to release him so he can form his own political party. Speaking from Honiara where he has been...

Official announcement of the royal deaths.
July 7, 2006... 07 JULY 2006 NUKUALOFA (Pacnews) - Tonga's former prime minister, Baron Vaea has officially announced the death of Prince Tu'ipelehake and his wife, Princess Kaimana Tuku'aho. They died last evening from a road accident at Menlo Park, San...

NZ expresses deep sadness over death of royal couple.
July 7, 2006... 07 JULY 2006 WELLINGTON (Pacnews) - New Zealand's foreign minister, Winston Peters has expressed his deep sadness over the death of Tonga's Prince Tu'ipelehake and his wife Princess Kaimana in a car accident in the United States. Prince...

Sugar ship stranded in Milne Bay waters.
July 7, 2006... 07 JULY 2006 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - An Asian sugar ship carrying containers full of Australian sugar en-route for China has been stranded on Milne Bay waters since Saturday (01 July). The ordeal happened where the vessel Zhi Qiang, loaded...

Vanuatu likely to graduate to developing state in 2013.
July 7, 2006... 07 JULY 2006 PORT VILA (Pacnews) - A recent meeting of the United Nations least developed countries (LDCs) in West Africa has endorsed Vanuatus graduation to a developing state. Vanuatu was likely to graduate from the LDC status in the next...

Campaigner promises pro-democracy push will continue in Tonga despite Princes death.
July 7, 2006... 06 JULY 2006 NUKUALOFA (Pacnews) - Pro-democracy campaigners in Tonga say the movement for political reform will go on despite the death of Prince Tuipelehake. The Kings nephew - who worked with commoners towards democratic reform - was...

Chaudhry admits signs of FLP split.
July 7, 2006... 07 JULY 2006 SUVA (Pacnews) - Fiji Labour Party leader Mahendra Chaudhry says there are signs of a split within the party. At a press conference in Suva, Mr Chaudhry said members who broke partys rules would be disciplined. However,...

Cook Islands opposition still counting on support of two government ministers for motion.
July 7, 2006... 07 JULY 2006 RAROTONGA (Pacnews) - Cook Islands opposition says it has the support of two government ministers in its planned motion of no-confidence in Prime Minister Jim Marurai. However, with the new budget to be tabled in parliament,...

Condolences for untimely death of Prince Tu'ipelehake.
July 7, 2006... 07 JULY 2006 NUKUALOFA (Pacnews) - New Zealand's Pacific Island Affairs Minister Phil Goff, joined with Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters today in expressing his condolences and those of the Government for the tragic loss of Prince...

UN re-positioning itself in the Pacific.
July 10, 2006... 10 JULY 2006 SUVA (Pacnews) - The United Nations is repositioning its status in the Pacific with 14 UN agencies working together to achieve a common goal. UN resident coordinator in the Pacific Richard Dictus said these would help the UN...

Teen pleaded not guilty in crash that killed Tongan prince, princess.
July 10, 2006... 10 JULY 2006 REDWOOD CITY (Pacnews) - A teenager charged with killing two members of the Tongan royal family and their driver after slamming into their car, pleaded not guilty to last week's vehicular manslaughter, Mercury news reports. ...

U.S. Navy adjusts Pacific exercises to protect whales.
July 10, 2006... 10 JULY 2006 CANBERRA (Pacnews) - Conservationists say the Pacific Ocean's whales and smaller marine mammals will be better protected during military training exercises, Radio Australia reports. That is because the U.S. Navy has agreed to...

PM welcome Labour MP to join his party.
July 10, 2006... 10 JULY 2006 SUVA (Pacnews) - Fiji Labour Party (FLP) dissidents are welcome to join the ruling Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua Party(SDL), says Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase, Fiji Times reports. He said although it would be a sad day for...

25 thousand teachers told to stop work.
July 10, 2006... 10 JULY 2006 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - The Papua New Guinea Teachers Association (PNGTA) had advised its 25,000 members nationwide to stop work indefinitely from today, National reports. The associations national management committee met at...

Samoa electoral commission to look into eligibility of MPs.
July 10, 2006... 10 JULY 2006 APIA(Pacnews) - Samoa's electoral commission is to look into the issue of eligibility for members of parliament as a result of a ruling party MP and associate minister for revenues criminal conviction in the past 15 years. The...

Pitcairn six appeal to Privy Council.
July 10, 2006... 10 JULY 2006 LONDON (Pacnews) - Six men who were found guilty of sexually abusing women and girls on Pitcairn Island will today challenge their convictions in London, The Australian reports. The men have taken their case to the Privy...

Government urged to cut spending and reduce public service.
July 10, 2006... 10 JULY 2006 MAJURO (Pacnews) - A government official in the Marshall Islands has urged the government to tighten its economic belt, Radio New Zealand International reports. The governments chief secretary, Robert Muller says elected...

Flexible electric rate to replace fuel surcharge.
July 10, 2006... 10 JULY 2006 SAIPAN (Pacnews) - The newly proposed power rates in the Commonwealth of Northern Marianas (CNMI) will eradicate the fuel surcharge to replace it with the more flexible fuel electric rate which may vary from month to month...

UN says political stability is important for the Pacific.
July 11, 2006... 10 JUNE 2006 SUVA (Pacnews) - The United Nations (UN) resident representative in the Pacific says the foundation of stability in the region depends on how people are involved in the decision making process in their country. Richard Dictus...

Sir Rabbie promises 'zero-tolerance' for corruption.
July 11, 2006... 10 JULY 2006 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - Newly appointed Papua New Guinea's Treasurer Sir Rabbie Namaliu has given notice to public servants he will not tolerate corruption involving public funds, Post Courier reports. "I have a policy of...

NZ opposition backs Peters' possible Forum job.
July 11, 2006... 10 JULY 2006 WELLINGTON (Pacnews) - The New Zealand opposition National Party says it is in favour of a possible candidacy of the foreign minister, Winston Peters for the post of secretary-general of the Pacific Islands Forum Radio New Zealand...

Prince Tu'ipelehake leaves Tongans a legacy of Talanoa.
July 11, 2006... 10 JULY 2006 NUKUALOFA (Pacnews) - The death of Prince Tu'ipelehake is a setback for the National Committee on Political Reform (NCPR) in Tonga, Matangi Tonga reports. The formation of the NCPR often referred to as the "Tu'ipelehake...

Kabui plot investigated.
July 11, 2006... 10 JULY 2006 BUKA (Pacnews) - Chiefs on Bougainville have been assigned to investigate the alleged assassination plot against President Joseph Kabui, Post Courier reports. This was after a nine-member committee comprising the chiefs from...

AIDS alert for promiscuous Pacific.
July 11, 2006... 11 JULY 2006 SUVA (Pacnews) - The Pacific is ripe for an HIV epidemic like the one Africa is now fighting unless governments face up to the sexual promiscuity of their peoples, international health agencies say, Sydney Morning Herald reports....

Royal funeral set for 21 July.
July 11, 2006... 11 JULY 2006 NUKUALOFA (Pacnews) - Funerals for the late Prince Tu'ipelehake and Princess Kaimana will be held in Tonga on Friday 21 July. Chief Secretary to Cabinet 'Eseta Fusitu'a said following the arrival in Tonga of their bodies on 20...

Power outages worsen.
July 11, 2006... 11 JULY 2006 SAIPAN (Pacnews) - The power outages now in effect on Saipan may soon be extended after the Commonwealth f the Northern Marianas (CNMI) government advised the Commonwealth Utilities Corp (CUC) that it cannot afford to continue...

Vanuatu set to appoint local as new Police Commissioner.
July 11, 2006... 11 JULY 2006 PORT VILA(Pacnews) - Vanuatu's Police Service Commission is set to appoint a ni-Vanuatu (Vanuatu-born) to the post of Police Commissioner, vacant since 2002, Radio New Zealand International reports. Three senior ni-Vanuatu...

Samoa police concerned by rise in sex crimes.
July 11, 2006... 11 JULY 2006 APIA (Pacnews) - The ministry of police in Samoa has raised concerns over an increase in the number of sexual crimes, Radio New Zealand International reports. Assistant police commissioner and spokesman, Papalii Lio said most...

Protestors close Vanuatu's consulate office in Noumea.
July 11, 2006... 11 JULY 2006 PORT VILA (Pacnews)-Protests from disgruntled kava importers forced the closure of Vanuatus consulate office in Noumea yesterday. Vanuatu Daily Post journalist, Lora Lini told PACNEWS that protestors are not happy with...

Solomon maintains diplomatic relations with Taiwan.
July 11, 2006... 11 JULY 2006 HONIARA(Pacnews) - Solomon Islands foreign affairs minister Patteson Oti says the Grand Coalition for Change government recognises the Republic of China or Taiwan as its diplomatic ally. The Foreign Minister's comments follows...

Teachers in PNG continue their strike.
July 11, 2006... 11 JULY 2006 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - Hundreds of teachers in Papua New Guineas national capital district are continuing their indefinite strike today. National broadcaster, NBC reported that students, who started their second term holiday...