PAC - Pacific Islands Broadcasting Association articles from June 2004

PAC - Pacific Islands Broadcasting Association archives from June 2004

Terrorist attack in PNG possible: NZ.
June 1, 2004... 01 JUNE 2004 AUCKLAND (Pacnews) --- A terrorist attack in Papua New Guinea (PNG) could not be ruled out, the New Zealand government said yesterday (31 May) as it warned of ongoing crime and violence in the South Pacific nation. An upgraded...

Fiji seeks assistance from Commonwealth on 2006 election.
June 1, 2004... 01 JUNE 2004 SUVA (Pacnews) --- Two years before the next general election in Fiji, the government has sought the assistance of the Commonwealth Secretariat to help prepare new electoral rolls. Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase submitted his...

Pacific Island Countries take step to implement migratory fish stocks convention.
June 1, 2004... 01 JUNE 2004 TARAWA (Pacnews) --- Over the next two months, teams of consultants will be visiting Pacific Island Countries to work on the design of a project to assist Pacific Island Countries to implement the Convention On The Conservation And...

World Anglican head to visit Church of Melanesia.
June 1, 2004... 01 JUNE 2004 HONIARA (Pacnews) --- The world head of the Anglican Church, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the Most Reverend Right Honourable Doctor Rowan Williams will visit Solomon Islands next month, Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation...

First parliament session.
June 1, 2004... 01 JUNE 2004 NUKU'ALOFA (Pacnews) --- Members of Tonga's Legislative Assembly met yesterday (31 May) despite a recent boycott by the people's representatives. Tonga Broadcasting Corporation (TBC) reports that 26 out of 30 members of the...

New Caledonia's Congress to decide on government size.
June 1, 2004... 01 JUNE 2004 NOUMEA (Pacnews) --- New Caledonia's Congress (parliament) was to meet today to decide on the size of the French Territory's government, to be elected next week. Oceania Flash reports that the new congress stems from last...

Violence against women and children seen as urgent human rights issue.
June 1, 2004... 01 JUNE 2004 SUVA (Pacnews) --- Violence against women and children, freedom of movement and expression, and crisis of leadership and governance are seen as some of the most urgent human rights problems facing Pacific Island countries today....

Skate endorsed for prime minister's job.
June 1, 2004... 01 JUNE 2004 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) --- Papua New Guinea's People's National Congress (PNC) Caucus has unanimously resolved to support the candidacy of its founder, Bill Skate to contest the position of prime minister should the no-confidence...

Media black-out in Wallis.
June 1, 2004... 01 JUNE 2004 MATA'UTU (Pacnews) ---An 11 day strike by media workers in the French territory of Wallis has resulted in a media black out on the island. Five unions within RFO-Wallis are demanding that the salaries and working conditions of...

Cook Islands Broadcasting requests assistance for media standard guidelines.
June 1, 2004... 01 JUNE 2004 RAROTONGA (Pacnews) --- The Cook Islands Broadcasting Corporation board is requesting assistance from New Zealand over the drafting of guidelines for media standards. A member of the newly-created board, Florence Syme Buchanan,...

Human rights issues must include the human rights of people with disabilities.
June 1, 2004... 01 JUNE 2004 SUVA (Pacnews) --- A plea to consider the human rights of people with disabilities was made at a regional consultation on human rights in Suva today. President of the Fiji Disabled People's Association, Seta Macanawai drew...

World Cup Oceania qualifiers: Australia's Socceroos thrash Tahiti 9-0.
June 1, 2004... 01 JUNE 2004 ADELAIDE (Pacnews) --- Australia's national team, the Socceroos, has left no chance to French Polynesia's team at Adelaide's Hindmarsh Stadium when they inflicted a stinging 9-0 to the French Polynesian team. The score-line dashed...

Swiss study maps gun routes to PNG.
June 2, 2004... 01 JUNE 2004 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) --- Guns produced in illicit factories in the Philippines and ex-military weapons from Vietnam have been found in Papua New Guinea (PNG), the Post Courier newspaper reports. This is the finding by two...

Electoral Commission warning on foreign involvement.
June 2, 2004... 01 JUNE 2004 PORT VILA (Pacnews) --- The Chairman of the Electoral Commission, Sethy Regenvanu, has warned against possible involvement of foreign governments in the funding of elections scheduled for this year, Port Vila Presse reports. ...

Last asylum seeker leaves Manus Island.
June 2, 2004... 01 JUNE 2004 MANUS ISLAND (Pacnews) --- The last asylum seeker to be held by Australia on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea (PNG) has arrived in Melbourne under a new visa. The federal government had detained 25 year-old Aladdin Sisalem, on...

Census sees slowdown in population growth.
June 2, 2004... 01 JUNE 2004 SAIPAN (Pacnews) --- The Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas (CNMI) now has a population of about 78,252, and it is not likely to increase significantly in the next four decades, the Saipan Tribune reports. By 2010, the US...

Fiji to focus on the prevention of sea dumping for National Environment Week.
June 2, 2004... 01 JUNE 2004 SUVA (Pacnews) --- The theme "Sea Dumping - Stop Right Now" has been chosen for this year's National Environment Week in an effort to raise awareness of the adaptation measures the community must take in order to prevent...

Top rating television shows on hold.
June 2, 2004... 01 JUNE 2004 ALOFI (Pacnews) ---- Residents of Niue have been without top-rated television programmes TV One News, New Zealand soap Shortland Street and live rugby since the Broadcasting Corporation of Niue (BCN) lost its main antennae, mast...

PM defends government move to oust speaker.
June 2, 2004... 02 JUNE 2004 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) --- Papua New Guinea's prime minister has defended his government's move to oust former political ally, Bill Skate, from his role as speaker of parliament, Radio Australia reports. Sir Michael Somare...

NZ foreign minister on good will visit to Pacific.
June 2, 2004... 02 JUNE 2004 WELLINGTON (Pacnews) --- New Zealand Foreign Minister Phil Goff will lead a delegation of members of parliament, non government organisation representatives, academics, media, business people and officials on a week-long visit to...

Green sea turtles under watch as populations decrease.
June 2, 2004... 02 JUNE 2004 SAIPAN (Pacnews) --- Green sea turtles are currently being monitored around the Northern Mariana islands of Anatahan, Farallon de Medinilla, Saipan, Tinian, Aguijan and Rota as populations continue to decrease worldwide. The...

Murder probe debased by rumour, coroner told.
June 2, 2004... 02 JUNE 2004 BURNT PINE (Pacnews) --- An investigation into the first ever murder on Norfolk Island two years ago has been hindered by rumour and innuendo, an inquest heard here Monday (31 May), AFP reports. Canberra coroner Ron Cahill, who...

Taiwan renews agriculture agreement with Solomons.
June 2, 2004... 02 JUNE 2004 HONIARA (Pacnews) --- Solomon Islands Minister for Agriculture and Livestock, Paul Maenu'u and the Taiwan Ambassador, Antonio Chen have signed an agricultural agreement for a SBD$7 million (US$939,732) dollar package to improve...

Fiji and China to sign Bilateral Quarantine Agreement.
June 2, 2004... 02 JUNE 2004 SUVA (Pacnews) --- Fiji will sign a Bilateral Quarantine Agreement (BQA) with China. Fiji's Minister for Fisheries and Forests, Konisi Yabaki explained that the agreement covers quarantine areas relating to border security...

Giant corporations hinder market access for women's business.
June 2, 2004... NADI, FIJI - Competition for the market has become unbearable for women and small-time farmers in the Commonwealth because of the presence of major businesses and the benefits they are offered under international trade agreements. The...

Government to consist of 11 members.
June 2, 2004... 02 JUNE 2004 NOUMEA (Pacnews) --- New Caledonia's Government, which congress will elect next week, is to consist of 11 members. The decision was made yesterday (01 June) at a congress (parliament) meeting in the capital of Noumea, RFO...

Australian foreign affairs minister visit to discuss law and order.
June 2, 2004... 02 JUNE 2004 CANBERRA (Pacnews) --- Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Downer will make a brief visit to Port Moresby on Friday (04 June) to discuss Papua New Guinea's (PNG) law and order problems with his PNG counterpart Sir Rabbie...

NZ to consult with public over protocol on genetically modified organisms.
June 2, 2004... 02 JUNE 2004 WELLINGTON (Pacnews) --- The New Zealand Government will consult publicly on whether New Zealand should ratify the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, New Zealand Foreign Minister Phil Goff and Environment Minister Marian Hobbs...

Guam could set precedent for Pacific Island countries seeking radiation exposure compensation.
June 2, 2004... 02 JUNE 2004 HAGATNA (Pacnews) --- Guam can set a precedent for neighbouring Pacific islands that have experienced the effects of radiation fallout resulting from nuclear tests, if the US Congress agrees to include the territory in the...

Samoa to establish paid posts for women to serve as links to village communities.
June 2, 2004... 02 JUNE 2004 APIA (Pacnews) --- Samoa is planning to establish women representatives of the government at village level, with the aim of strengthening community links. According to Radio New Zealand International, currently village mayors...

Maladina new national planning minister.
June 2, 2004... 02 JUNE 2004 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) --- Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare has appointed Moses Maladina as national planning minister and six others as vice-ministers to help fend off a possible no-confidence vote against the government. Mr...

Air NZ to buy 10 new Boeings.
June 2, 2004... 02 JUNE 2004 WELLINGTON (Pacnews) --- Air New Zealand announced today that it is buying 10 new long-haul aircraft from Boeing, NZPA reports. The airline said it had signed agreements to buy eight new Boeing 777-200 ER and two Boeing 7E7...

Marshall Islands cracks down on Chinese overstayers.
June 2, 2004... 02 JUNE 2004 MAJURO (Pacnews) --- The Marshall Islands Immigration Department is clamping down on Chinese nationals who have violated their 30-day visitor visas. Radio New Zealand International (RNZI) says the problem seems to be a result...

HIV/AIDS poses national security threat to Fiji.
June 2, 2004... 02 JUNE 2004 SUVA (Pacnews) --- HIV/AIDS poses a national security threat in Fiji since the first four cases of HIV infection were reported in 1989, the Minister for Health Solomoni Naivalu said today. He made the comment as he presented...

New security presence at Honiara airport.
June 2, 2004... 02 JUNE 2004 HONIARA (Pacnews) --- Eleven Royal Solomon Islands Police officers from the newly formed Protection and Guarding Unit will soon be providing a security presence at the Honiara International and Domestic terminals. Solomon...

Church altar set on fire.
June 3, 2004... 03 JUNE 2004 HONIARA (Pacnews) --- An alleged arsonist is being questioned by Malaita police in connection to a fire which caused extensive damage to the altar and furnishings of Christ the King Cathedral at Fiu on the island. Solomon Islands...

Directive from acting GG unconstitutional: parliament clerk.
June 3, 2004... 03 JUNE 2004 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) --- Papua New Guinea's acting Governor General Jeffrey Nape has directed Parliament Clerk Ano Pala to stop all payments for contracts and consultancy works. At the same time, he instructed Mr Pala that...

Economic reform and sustainable development to dominate Foreign Economic Ministers meeting.
June 3, 2004... 03 JUNE 2004 ROTORUA (Pacnews) --- Progress toward economic reform and sustainable development will dominate the eighth annual Forum Economic Ministers Meeting in Rotorua, New Zealand next week, including a report from Transparency...

Pacific nations told to define sea boundaries.
June 3, 2004... 03 JUNE 2004 WELLINGTON (Pacnews) --- A New Zealand analyst says Pacific Islands need to legally define the co-ordinates of their sea boundaries. Peter Cozens of the Centre for Strategic Studies in Wellington says Pacific states aren't...

Thousands of pilgrims celebrate Pentecost.
June 3, 2004... 03 JUNE 2004 NOUMEA (Pacnews) --- Thousands of Catholic pilgrims gathered at the weekend in Tene, for an important religious event on the New Caledonian calendar. The pilgrimage of Tene, north of New Caledonia's main island, is...

Hawaiian music category added to Grammys.
June 3, 2004... 03 JUNE 2004 HONOLULU (Pacnews) --- The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) has announced the addition of a Hawaiian music category to the prestigious Grammy Awards. The new category, Best Hawaiian Music Album, will be...

Vanuatu beats New Zealand 4-2.
June 3, 2004... 03 JUNE 2004 ADELAIDE (Pacnews) --- New Zealand faced an embarrassing defeat at the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) Nations Cup and World Cup qualifying tournament in Adelaide last night (02 June) losing 2-4 to Vanuatu. TVNZ reports...

Unlicensed "airlines" selling tickets in Tonga.
June 3, 2004... 03 JUNE 2004 NUKU'ALOFA (Pacnews) --- Tonga may have a new domestic air service operating by 09 June, but it is unsure how or when a new service can become operational. It's a question that worried tourist operators, stranded local people...

France sends police reinforcements to French Polynesia.
June 3, 2004... 03 JUNE 2004 PARIS (Pacnews) --- France has sent 300 police to back up law enforcement troops in French Polynesia, where the situation remains fluid following general elections held on 23 May. Earlier this week, two squadrons of 75 men each...

Courts, British American Tobacco and Fiji Sugar Corporation win worst company awards.
June 3, 2004... 03 JUNE 2004 SUVA (Pacnews) --- Major homewares multi-national corporation Courts , British American Tobacco and Fiji Sugar Corporation have taken out the 2003 draunisalato award for worst companies in Fiji. The three companies were amongst...

Report criticises landowner groups.
June 3, 2004... 03 JUNE 2004 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) --- An independent government report has lashed out at landowner companies from timber projects, saying they lacked accountability and representation, squandered royalties and collaborated with loggers, a...

Former Fijian police chief interrogated for coup related offences.
June 3, 2004... 03 JUNE 2004 SUVA (Pacnews) --- Police investigators in Fiji have interrogated their former chief, Isikia Savua, who is now based in New York, for his alleged involvement in the illegal takeover of the Fijian government in May 2000. Mr...

PACNEWS SPECIAL REPORT Seventh Commonwealth Women's Affairs Ministers Meeting (7WAMM) and Civil Society Preparatory Meeting Commonwealth women ministers adopt Denarau Commitment.
June 3, 2004... NADI, FIJI --- The 7th Commonwealth Women Affairs Ministers Meeting (WAMM) has come to an end with the endorsement of a Plan of Action. The Fiji meeting has allowed Commonwealth member states an opportunity to take stock of how far they...

U.S told to lead by example in disarming nuclear programmes, advocate says.
June 3, 2004... 03 JUNE 2004 HAGTNA (Pacnews) --- Washington does not have any moral authority to tell other countries to freeze their nuclear programme unless the United States itself moves toward nuclear disarmament, a U.S. based anti-nuke advocate said. ...

Armed robbers seize cash in Tonga gas station raids.
June 3, 2004... 03 JUNE 2004 NUKU'ALOFA (Pacnews) --- Masked men armed with rifles seized over $3,000 pa'anga (US$1,500) last night in two armed hold-ups of gas stations on Tongatapu. The men travelling in a car with tinted windows car robbed the Poutaha...

30-days notice to remove all tobacco advertising in Vanuatu.
June 3, 2004... 03 JUNE 2004 PORT VILA (Pacnews) --- Health authorities in Vanuatu have issued a 30-day notice to all advertising outlets to remove all cigarette advertisements from their premises, calendars and banners. Vanuatu's acting director of public...

Transport issue casts doubt over arts festival attendance in Palau.
June 3, 2004... 03 JUNE 2004 KOROR (Pacnews) --- The countdown to the 9th Pacific Festival of Arts in July is well underway, but there is evidence it may be one rocky ride for many participants hoping to reach the event on time. Organisers expect some...

Individuals' rights to religion are being violated in Samoa.
June 3, 2004... 03 JUNE 2004 SUVA (Pacnews) --- Individuals' rights to religion are being violated in Samoa, says the president of the non government organisation Mapusaga o Aiga of Samoa. Speaking at the Pacific Islands Human Rights Consultation in Suva...

PACNEWS SPECIAL REPORT Seventh Commonwealth Women's Affairs Ministers Meeting (7WAMM) and Civil Society Preparatory Meeting CSO's partnership participation at the 7WAMM to be used by other Commonwealth related meeting.
June 3, 2004... NADI, FIJI --- One of the achievements for the just concluded 7th Commonwealth Women's Affairs Ministers Meeting (7WAMM) was the opportunity given to women's civil society groups from around the Commonwealth to hold a parallel meeting with...

French Polynesia Assembly elects it first pro-independence president.
June 4, 2004... 04 JUNE 2004 PAPEETE (Pacnews) --- The French Polynesia Assembly yesterday (03 June) elected its first pro-independence president, Antony Geros, who defeated a surprise candidate of Gaston Flosse's outgoing government by one vote. ...

PNG rejects call to give Australians immunity.
June 4, 2004... 04 JUNE 2004 CANBERRA (Pacnews) --- Demands that Australian police be immune from prosecution while helping to restore law and order in Papua New Guinea (PNG) have been described as a slur on the country's legal system, Sydney Morning Herald...

"Custom" used to cover up violation of human rights, NGO coordinator.
June 4, 2004... 03 JUNE 2004 SUVA (Pacnews) --- In the 23 years of independence in Vanuatu, there has been only three women in parliament at different times. And the coordinator of Vanuatu's Women's Centre, Merilyn Tahi, blames Christianity and custom for...

Palau urges Australia to cut greenhouse emissions.
June 4, 2004... 04 JUNE 2004 KOROR (Pacnews) --- The Pacific Island nation of Palau has urged Australia to do more to cut its greenhouse gas emissions. Radio Australia reports there are fears some low-lying islands could be devastated by climate change....

President to lobby on nuclear test compensation in Washington.
June 4, 2004... 04 JUNE 2004 MAJURO (Pacnews) --- Marshall Islands President Kessai Note will lobby US officials on the issue of nuclear test compensation during a trip to Washington next week, Radio New Zealand International reports. Officials in Majuro...

US urged to help remove mustard gas bombs.
June 4, 2004... 04 JUNE 2004 HONIARA (Pacnews) --- Solomon Islands Prime Minister Sir Allan Kemakeza has revealed that US President George W Bush has agreed to look into the issue of mustard gas found in the Russell Islands, Central Province. The mustard...

Suva foreshore to launch National Environment Week.
June 4, 2004... 04 JUNE 2004 SUVA (Pacnews) --- Fiji's Department of Environment will oversee a host of activities to launch National Environment Week in Suva tomorrow (05 June) - including a clean up around the Suva foreshore, and the planting of palm trees...

Internal Security Minister to push gun ban.
June 4, 2004... 04 JUNE 2004 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) --- Papua New Guinea's Internal Security Minister Bire Kimisopa is to present a plan for a total ban on guns before a proposed national gun summit which will take place later this year. He said yesterday...

Teen birth and child death rates down, school dropouts rising.
June 4, 2004... 04 JUNE 2004 HONOLULU (Pacnews) --- Hawaii ranks 20th among the states in child well-being, a slight improvement over last year's 22nd-place ranking but lower than in previous years, a report released today has found. The "2004 Kids Count" data...

Court order gags information on offshore banking licence.
June 4, 2004... 04 JUNE 2004 RAROTONGA (Pacnews) --- An announcement by the Financial Supervisory Commission on bank licence applications has been slapped with an injunction. The injunction has been taken out by one of the offshore banking companies in Cook...

Inquiry closed but investigation still open on Norfolk murder.
June 4, 2004... 04 JUNE 2004 BURNT PINE (Pacnews) --- The coronial inquiry into the death of Janelle Patton on Norfolk Island in 2002 was closed yesterday (03 June), but the murder investigation, like the inquest's findings, remains open for now. A report from...

PM opens first national eye clinic.
June 4, 2004... 04 JUNE 2004 PORT VILA (Pacnews) --- Vanuatu's prime minister launched the opening of the country's first state-of-the-art eye clinic last week. The clinic was built by an Australian Rotary Club with assistance from the local community, Vanuatu...

History told from indigenous perspective.
June 4, 2004... 04 JUNE 2004 SAIPAN (Pacnews) --- Twelve exhibit panels now stand in various historic sites on Saipan in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) bearing narratives of World War II, as told from the perspective of the Chamorro...

Marshalls wants more than words of support for nuclear compensation.
June 7, 2004... 07 JUNE 2004 MAJURO (Pacnews) --- The Marshall Islands has called for more than words from the Pacific community to support its claims for compensation from exposure to US nuclear tests in the 1950s, AFP reports. The appeal from Marshall...

Australia and PNG tentatively agree over immunity impasse.
June 7, 2004... 07 JUNE 2004 PORT MOREBSY (Pacnews) --- Australia and Papua New Guinea (PNG) have reached a tentative agreement which may allow the long delayed deployment of Australian police and officials to PNG. The foreign ministers of both countries met...

RAMSI military component will not be used to arrest murder suspect.
June 7, 2004... 07 JUNE 2004 HONIARA (Pacnews) --- The military component of Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI) will not be used to arrest the prime suspect in the murder of former commissioner of police, because it would only disrupt the...

CNMI receives $1.7 million in grants.
June 7, 2004... 07 JUNE 2004 SAIPAN (Pacnews) --- Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas (CNMI) Governor Juan N. Babauta and Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Interior David B. Cohen signed three different grants for the CNMI totaling US$1.7 million on Friday...

Record number of people moving from mainland to Hawaii.
June 7, 2004... 07 JUNE 2004 HONOLULU (Pacnews) --- The "brain drain" of the 1990s may be turning into a brain gain as more people moved from the mainland to Hawaii last year than in more than a decade, according to recently released estimates by the US Census...

Solomon Islands draws two all in soccer qualifier.
June 7, 2004... 07 JUNE 2004 ADELAIDE (Pacnews) --- Solomon Islands has knocked New Zealand out of the 2006 Soccer World Cup qualifying after a two all draw with Australia in the South Australian capital, Adelaide. Radio Australia reports that Commins...

PM challenged to answer bribe charges in US court.
June 7, 2004... 07 JUNE 2004 DILI (Pacnews) --- A US oil company challenged East Timorese Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri yesterday (06 June) to appear in a US court to respond to allegations that he accepted a multi-million dollar bribe from a rival firm. ...

Democracy fails Vanuatu: chief.
June 7, 2004... 07 JUNE 2004 PORT VILA (Pacnews) --- Chief Lui Numani from the Nikoletan Council of Chiefs on Tanna in Vanuatu has called on chiefs to join together in the development of a new system of governance based on traditional Melanesian values and...

Speaker says territory won't leave French Republic.
June 7, 2004... 07 JUNE 2004 PAPEETE (Pacnews) --- The new speaker in the French Polynesian assembly says there's no question of the territory leaving the French republic. Antony Geros says his Union for Democracy Party was elected on the basis of ongoing...

Guadalcanal rememberd during WWII ceremonies.
June 7, 2004... 07 JUNE 2004 WASHINGTON (Pacnews) --- The Guadalcanal campaign during World War Two has been remembered on a US$195 million war memorial structure in Washington DC. Two former US presidents, George Bush Senior and Bill Clinton were among...

Woman leader calls for "renewal of spirit" to abate youth concerns.
June 7, 2004... 07 JUNE 2004 ALOFI (Pacnews) --- A female leader of Niue has called for a "renewal of the spirit" to help abate fears surrounding concerns over depopulation and life in general on the tiny Pacific atoll. Violet Faitala, president of the...

Claim and counter claim over alleged destruction of government records.
June 7, 2004... 07 JUNE 2004 PAPEETE (Pacnews) --- Witnesses are reporting that workers for the outgoing leader of French Polynesia are burning up secret presidential files. Radio New Zealand International reports that President Gaston Flosse has also...

Police Commissioner orders scam inquiry.
June 7, 2004... 07 JUNE 2004 SUVA (Pacnews) - Fiji's police commissioner, Andrew Hughes, has ordered an inquiry into an agriculture ministry scam to continue, despite interference from senior police officers on the junior officer in charge of investigations....

Solomons to receive NZ$33 million for education.
June 7, 2004... 07 JUNE 2004 WELLINGTON (Pacnews) --- New Zealand, the European Union (EU) and Solomon Islands have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that will provide up to NZ$33 million (US$20.711 million) over three years to ensure children in the...

Government deliberates site of new hospital.
June 7, 2004... 07 JUNE 2004 ALOFI (Pacnews) --- The Niue government is deliberating over the site of a new cottage hospital to replace the Lord Liverpool hospital at Tufukia, demolished by Cyclone Heta in January. Officials say there are two areas under...

New notes for Solomons.
June 7, 2004... 07 JUNE 2004 HONIARA (Pacnews) --- Newly modified five dollar denomination notes of Solomon Islands currency have gone into circulation for the first time this week. Central Bank of Solomon Islands says this is part of an going project by...

Launch of Commonwealth Vision Awards.
June 7, 2004... 07 JUNE 2004 LONDON (Pacnews) --- The prestigious Commonwealth Vision Awards has entered its fourth year with the launch of the 2004 competition on the theme: "Education - creating opportunity, realising potential". The Commonwealth Vision...