PAC - Pacific Islands Broadcasting Association articles from June 2006

PAC - Pacific Islands Broadcasting Association archives from June 2006

ACP countries to request extra funding from Europe.
June 1, 2006... 01 JUNE 2006 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - Ministers from the Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) grouping are preparing to push ahead with demands for additional funding from Europe. ACP ministers meeting in the Papua New Guinea capital, Port...

Pacific nations have opportunity to end whaling.
June 1, 2006... 01 JUNE 2006 CANBERRA (Pacnews) - Greenpeace has urged Pacific Island nations to vote for whale conservation at the upcoming International Whaling Commission (IWC),as Environment Minister Ian Campbell travelled to the Pacific in a bid to secure...

Malaita outer islanders reportedly facing food shortage.
June 1, 2006... 01 JUNE 2006 HONIARA (Pacnews) - Solomon Islands Malaita province is reportedly facing food shortage. The people of Ontong Java are reportedly in desperate need for relief food supplies. Community leader, Gabriel Kemaiki said the...

Government budget gives top priority to health and education.
June 1, 2006... 01 JUNE 2006 APIA (Pacnews) - Samoa's ruling Human Rights Protection Partys new financial year budget after this years election has given more money to improve education and health. In the proposed total expenditure of about US$200 million...

'Akilisi Pohiva is yet to be arrested.
June 1, 2006... 01 JUNE 2006 NUKUALOFA (Pacnews) - Two warrants of arrest have been put out for Tonga's pro democracy leader, Akilisi Pohiva. Radio and Television Tonga reports that Mr Pohiva is wanted for failing to obey court orders. Mr Pohiva...

Pacific states join UN on AIDS review.
June 1, 2006... 01 JUNE 2006 NEWYORK (Pacnews) - A poor turnout by Pacific Islands countries at the United Nations (UN) could seriously affect future efforts to combat AIDS in the region. Thats the message from founder of the Pacific Islands AIDS...

ACP resources reportedly stretched to the limit.
June 1, 2006... 01 JUNE 2006 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - The 83rd Session of the ACP Council of Ministers underway in Papua New Guinea has been told that the resources of the group's secretariat have been stretched to the limit. The ACP Secretary General's...

Niue faces water shortage after fire.
June 1, 2006... 01 JUNE 2006 ALOFI (Pacnews) - The Pacific atoll nation of Niue is down to its last day or two of water after a fire at the sole power station knocked out the country's electricity generators, Nine TV news reports. A spokesman from Niue...

Princess Pilolevu to open 2006 Tonga Legislative Assembly.
June 1, 2006... 01 JUNE 2006 NUKUALOFA (Pacnews) - Tonga's King Taufaahau Tupou IV will not open the 2006 session of the Tonga Legislative Assembly today (01 June). Sateki Ahio, the deputy secretary of the Palace Office confirmed that the King would...

Rebel troop leader wants East Timor's PM sacked.
June 1, 2006... 01 JUNE 2006 DILI (Pacnews) - The leader of rebel troops in East Timor is rejecting an agreement designed to end days of violence in the nation and is demanding the sacking of the country's prime minister, Radio Australia reports. Major...

Japanese scientific whaling unlawful says top legal experts.
June 1, 2006... 01 JUNE 2006 PARIS (Pacnews) - An international panel of independent legal experts convened in Paris has found that Japanese scientific whaling is unlawful under international law, and contravenes key international conventions. A dramatic...

Political instability adds to AIDS problem in the Pacific.
June 1, 2006... 01 JUNE 2006 NEWYORK (Pacnews) - Potential for political instability has held back Pacific Island governments from attending UNGASS+5, says the Fiji office of UNAIDS Pacific. No one seems to know what is happening, says Pacific Programme...

Solomon Islands approves PNG flights.
June 1, 2006... 01 JUNE 2006 HONIARA (Pacnews) - The government of Solomon Islands has given approval for Papua New Guinea (PNG) airlines to use Honiara as the transit point to fly to other Pacific Island countries. Solomon Island Foreign Minister Patteson...

Nouma wharf remains tense after brawl.
June 1, 2006... 01 JUNE 2006 NOUMEA (Pacnews) - Cargo operations at New Caledonias main wharf are still heavily disrupted after violent confrontations on Wednesday (31 May) between strikers from the Union of Kanak and Exploited Workers (USTKE) and non-striking...

Tonga seeks EU help for earthquake recovery.
June 1, 2006... 01 JUNE 2006 NUKUALOFA (Pacnews) - Tonga is seeking funds from the European Union to rehabilitate earthquake-damaged infrastructure in Ha'apai and other regions, utilising an EU emergency allocation; and has also changed the focus of its...

UK-based firm eyeing CNMI's undersea minerals.
June 1, 2006... By Agnes Donato from Saipan Tribune 01 JUNE SAIPAN 2006(Pacnews)- A British company has expressed interest in exploring and ultimately extracting minerals from undersea lands within 200 miles around the Northern Marianas and it is for this...

Tough negotiations between Pacific nations and the EU.
June 2, 2006... 02 JUNE 2006 PORT MORESBY(Pacnews) - Tough negotiations are underway in the Papua New Guinea capital, Port Moresby between Pacific Island Ministers and European Union Delegates over future trade agreements. Pacific island countries, want...

Fiji's Labour leader qualifies as opposition leader.
June 2, 2006... 02 JUNE 2006 SUVA(Pacnews) - An Australian law professor has advised Fiji's Labour Party leader Mahendra Chaudhry that he's qualified to continue as opposition leader, Radio Australia reports. The advice from Professor George Williams at...

Princess Pilolevu Tuita opens the Legislative Assembly.
June 2, 2006... 02 JUNE 2006 NUKUALOFA (Pacnews) - Tonga's Princess Regent, HRH Pilolevu Tuita opened the island kingdom's parliament session yesterday amidst protests from pro-democracy supporters. Radio and TV Tonga reported that her speech was briefly...

Marshalls delegation to visit China.
June 2, 2006... 02 JUNE 2006 MAJURO (Pacnews) - A high-level delegation of Marshall Islands parliamentarians is heading for Beijing next week, in a visit that is stirring the China-Taiwan rivalry for political recognition in the Pacific region. The trip...

Vanuatu supports Australia's anti-whaling stance.
June 2, 2006... 02 JUNE 2006 PORT VILLA (Pacnews) - Australia's environment minister, Ian Campbell, has met Vanuatu's prime minister to discuss the issue of whale conservation, Radio Australia reports. The Pacific nation is not a member of the...

Musingku on terror campaign.
June 2, 2006... 02 JUNE 2006 BUKA (Pacnews) - Bougainville's self proclaimed king and failed money scheme operator Noah Musingku has returned to his base camp in Tonu, South Bougainville, threatening villagers. After fleeing the area following threats of...

Fiji has new opposition leader.
June 2, 2006... 02 JUNE 2006 SUVA (Pacnews) - The controversial question of who is Fiji's opposition leader has been put to rest today with the appointment of United Peoples Party (UPP) leader, Mick Beddoes. The formal announcement was made by Government...

Japan provides seawater desalination plant to Tuvalu.
June 2, 2006... 02 JUNE 2006 SUVA (Pacnews) - Japan is to provide a new seawater desalination plant to Tuvalu, to help ease the chronic water shortage on the island. The agreement was signed in Suva today between Japanese Ambassador in Fiji, Masashi...

Water rationed in Niue.
June 2, 2006... 02 JUNE 2006 ALOFI (Pacnews) - A New Zealand Hercules aircraft carrying a five tonne generator and other equipment needed to relieve Niue's on-going power crisis, is expected on the tiny Pacific atoll today. The new generator will become...

Remittances raises Tonga's standard of living.
June 2, 2006... 02 JUNE 2006 NUKUALOFA (Pacnews) - Remittances and other contributions from Tongans overseas have helped raised the standard of living and boosted the country's economy. Tonga ranks highest in the world in terms of the contribution its...

Pacific lawmakers to meet in Saipan.
June 2, 2006... 02 JUNE 2006 SAIPAN (Pacnews) - Thirty four lawmakers and other officials from Micronesian islands and Hawaii are scheduled to arrive on Saipan this weekend ahead of the Association of Pacific Island Associations (APIL) 25th general assembly on...

New patrol boats for Solomon Islands.
June 2, 2006... 02 JUNE 2006 HONIARA (Pacnews) - The Australian Federal Police will donate three powerful patrol boats to Solomon Islands. The three 13-metre vessels, worth over AUD$2 million (US$1.4 million), are in the final stages of construction and...

Repatriation of Tuvaluan in Nauru starts later this month.
June 2, 2006... 02 JUNE 2006 FUNAFUTI (Pacnews) - The repatriation of Tuvaluan working and living in Nauru will be done at the end of this month. Tuvalus High Commissioner to Fiji Seve Paeniu confirmed to PACNEWS the Tuvaluan government will go ahead with...

Close to one thousand people march in Suva in protest over the movie Davinci code.
June 2, 2006... 02 JUNE 2006 SUVA (Pacnews) - Close to one thousand Methodist Church and Catholic followers marched through the streets of the capital of Suva today in protest over the screening of the controversial movie, The Da Vinci Code in Fiji. The...

French Polynesia threatens to boycott France-Oceania summit.
June 2, 2006... 02 JUNE 2006 PAPEETE(Pacnews) - French Polynesia's Vice-President Jacqui Drollet has threatened to withdraw from the scheduled France-Oceania summit to be held in Paris on 26 June, Oceania Flash reports. Drollet, who is currently in Paris...

NZ foreign minister to visit Vanuatu and Cook Islands.
June 2, 2006... 02 JUNE 2006 WELLINGTON (Pacnews) - The New Zealand foreign minister, Winston Peters, hopes a group of new MPs he will take to Vanuatu and the Cook Islands next week will get a better understanding of the problems faced by politicians in those...

Cult leader on run in PNG after police clashes.
June 2, 2006... 02 JUNE 2006 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - A cargo cult leader known as "Black Jesus" is on the run in Papua New Guinea after police clashed with his warriors and arrested 30 flower girls allegedly exploited by him for sex. Police and prison...

500m offered to Pacific ACP states.
June 5, 2006... 05 JUNE 2006 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - The European Commission (EC) has proposed that Pacific ACP states have access to 500 million (US$650 million) in development assistance funds under the 10th European Development Fund (EDF). But the...

New speaker appointed for Fiji's parliament.
June 5, 2006... 05 JUNE 2006SUVA (Pacnews) - It was a historic day in Fiji's parliament today as the government and the opposition agreed on the nominations forwarded by the government for Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Fiji...

Samoa weighs up possible loss of LCD status.
June 5, 2006... 05 JUNE 2006 APIA (Pacnews) - The Samoan Government is considering the cost of future international borrowing and debt servicing when it moves away from the group of least developed countries (LDCs) in the year 2010. Finance Minister, Niko...

Local airlines negotiate to lease aircraft.
June 5, 2006... 05 JUNE 2006 HONIARA (Pacnews) - Solomon Airlines is currently negotiating with an overseas airline operator to lease its aircraft to do international flights to various destinations in the region, Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation...

EU backs poverty fight.
June 5, 2006... 05 JUNE 2006 PORTY MORESBY (Pacnews) - The European Union has assured the 79 delegates from the African, Caribbean and Pacific nations of the unions full support to eradicate poverty in their regions. Co-president of the European Union Hans...

Major partnership to help manage local resources in the Pacific.
June 5, 2006... 05 JUNE 2006 SUVA (Pacnews) - The New Zealand Government's Aid and Development Agency (NZAID) and the Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme (GEF SGP) has announced a major environment and development-funding programme to help...

[euro]500m offered to Pacific ACP states.
June 5, 2006... 05 JUNE 2006 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - The European Commission (EC) has proposed that Pacific ACP states have access to 500 million (US$650 million) in development assistance funds under the 10th European Development Fund (EDF). But the...

PACNEWS DIGEST: Major partnership to help manage local resources in the Pacific.
June 5, 2006... 05 JUNE 2006 SUVA (Pacnews) -The New Zealand Government's Aid and Development Agency (NZAID) and the Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme (GEF SGP) has announced a major environment and development-funding programme to help...

Pacific Islands reel from rising fuel costs.
June 6, 2006... 06 JUNE 2006 SAIPAN (Pacnews) - Pacific lawmakers say the continuing rise in fuel cost is affecting their islands transportation, power supply and ability to pay for basic food supplies such as rice, Marianas Variety reports. Over 30...

Tuvalu pays after MP's bill runner.
June 6, 2006... 06 JUNE 2006 FUNAFUTI (Pacnews) -The tiny Pacific nation of Tuvalu has paid most of an Auckland hospital bill for one of its politicians after a terse diplomatic exchange with New Zealand, Stuff NZ reports. A member of the Tuvalu parliament...

Overseas Pacific islanders - important future investors.
June 6, 2006... 05 JUNE 2006 NUKUALOFA (Pacnews) - Key people from Pacific Island Forum countries, met in Vava'u last week to look at how to develop more competitive strategies for investment in Pacific Islands, Matangi Tonga reports. They were reminded...

International shipping companies give up on Nouma wharf.
June 6, 2006... 06 JUNE 2006 NOUMEA (Pacnews) - A large capacity cargo container vessel, the multinational company Maersk's Asia Decimo, has finally given up unloading operations and left Nouma harbour at the weekend, saying security conditions were not met....

An appeal to the people of Fiji to support the multiparty government.
June 6, 2006... 06 JUNE 2006 SUVA (Pacnews) - A plea to all citizens of Fiji to rally behind the new multi-party government. I appeal to you all to give your strong support to this new representative form of government, said President Ratu Josefa Iloilo,...

PNG cops to help Solomon Islands probes.
June 6, 2006... 06 JUNE 2006 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - Papua New Guinea (PNG) has sent four senior forensic police officers to Solomon Islands to help with investigations into the 18 April unrest, where buildings were burnt down. Also this year the Bomana...

Pacific Games Council reveals names of sports to be featured in 2009 Games.
June 6, 2006... 06 JUNE 2006 RARATONGA (Pacnews) - The Pacific Games Council has named the sports that will be played in the 2009 Pacific Mini Games in the Cook Islands, Saipan Tribune reports. According to Northern Marianas Amateur Sports Association...

Government to introduce computerised passport system.
June 6, 2006... 06 JUNE 2006 HONIARA (Pacnews) - Solomon Islands will soon issue new computerized electronic passports in conformity to international standard and requirement, Solomon Islands Star reports. Minister for Immigration Francis Billy Hilly said...

Palau ready to deploy more soldiers to Solomon Island and East Timor.
June 6, 2006... 06 JUNE 2006 KOROR (Pacnews) - Palau is ready to deploy more of its officer to East Timor or Solomon Islands to assist Australia in its peace building efforts in the two troubled Pacific nations, Mariana Variety reports. President Tommy...

Wife of prominent Fijian leader under investigation for child abuse.
June 6, 2006... 06 JUNE 2006 SUVA (Pacnews) - Police in Fiji are investigating a high profile child abuse case involving the wife of a prominent government leader. A highly placed source within police confirmed to PACNEWS that a report was lodged at the...

Tonga parliament deferred after a court challenge on its legality.
June 6, 2006... 06 JUNE 2006 NUKUALOFA (Pacnews) - Tonga's parliament has been deferred to next Monday (12 June) when the court will rule on the legality of the opening of parliament by Princess Regent, HRH Pilolevu Tuita. Seven Peoples Representatives...

Minister rates Solomons, PNG worst in women MPs.
June 6, 2006... 06 JUNE 2006 HONIARA (Pacnews) - Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea rank among the worst in the region in women representation in Parliament, PNGs only woman politician Dame Carol Kidu told an international forum in Honiara. She said in...

New Zealand pledged more assistance to Vanuatu.
June 6, 2006... 06 JUNE 2006 PORT VILLA (Pacnews) - New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters has announced that it will continue to play its part in assisting Vanuatu towards a secure and prosperous future. Mr Peters made the comments in Port...

Nauru detention fear for Afghan asylum seekers.
June 6, 2006... 06 JUNE 2006 YAREN(Pacnews) - Concerns are held for the welfare of a family of three Afghan asylum seekers, including a nine-year-old boy, being kept by immigration officials at an undisclosed location in Queensland, The Age reports. ...

President allay fears in downsizing the military strength.
June 7, 2006... 07 JUNE 2006 SUVA (Pacnews) - Fiji's president who also holds the ceremonial post of commander in chief of the islands military has moved fast to allay fears that its size will be reduced in half, a move if it happens may see up to 1700...

East Honiara Mp to apply for fresh bail on Thursday.
June 7, 2006... 07 JUNE 2006 HONIARA (Pacnews) - Lawyer acting for Charles Dausabea has filed a fresh bail application to the Solomon Islands Magistrates Court yesterday. The fresh bail application will be heard on Thursday, Solomon Islands Broadcasting...

RAMSI acknowledge Tonga contribution.
June 7, 2006... 07 JUNE 2006 NUKUALOFA (Pacnews) - Regional Assistance Missions to the Solomon Islands (RAMSI) Special Coordinator James Batley has thanked the Kingdom of Tonga for its strong commitment to helping a neighbour, Solomon Islands Broadcasting...

Supervisor of Election to quit.
June 7, 2006... 07 JUNE 2006 SUVA (Pacnews) - With Fiji's election over, Supervisor of Election Semesa Karavaki is seriously thinking of moving again, Islands Business magazine reports. Theres no incentive here. Theres nothing to hold people so when other...

Most 'Pacific Solution' children sent back.
June 7, 2006... 07 JUNE 2006 YAREN(Pacnews) - More than half of the unaccompanied children sent to Nauru under the Pacific Solution returned to Afghanistan, raising fresh concerns about the fairness of offshore processing, The Age reports. New figures...

Peters opens new High Commission office in Vanuatu.
June 7, 2006... 07 JUNE 2006 PORT VILLA (Pacnews) - New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters has opened his country's new chancery in Port Vila. The premises include enlarged offices for NZAID, the government's international development agency, which...

Samoa cinema operator to appeal ban on Da Vinci Code screenings.
June 7, 2006... 07 JUNE 2006 APIA (Pacnews) - The film censor board in Samoa will today hear an appeal from the owner of the Magik cinema after the governments principal censor banned public screening of the Da Vinci Code film two weeks ago. The...

Whooping cough killed 16 people.
June 7, 2006... 07 JUNE 2006 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - Four more children have died in a whooping cough outbreak in East Sepik province, putting the death toll at 16, but authorities fear the figure could be higher as they have not received reports from other...

Preparations for the repatriation of Tuvaluans on Nauru in final stages.
June 7, 2006... 07 JUNE 2006 FUNAFUTI (Pacnews) - A party has left Tuvalu for Nauru to prepare a large group of Tuvaluans living there to return home, Radio New Zealand International reports. Prime Minister, Maatia Toafa said a boat from Tuvalu is expected...

Solomon Islands remains a post-conflict society.
June 7, 2006... 07 JUNE 2006 HONIARA (Pacnews) - For all that has been achieved over the past three years in Solomon Islands, the country remains a post-conflict society, says James Batley, the regional co-ordinator of the Regional Assistance Mission in...

French overseas central bank half-hearted on French Pacific.
June 7, 2006... 07 JUNE 2006 PARIS (Pacnews) - The France Institut dEmission dOutre-Mer (IEOM) the de facto reserve bank for French Pacific countries and territories, during its monitoring board meeting in Paris has scrutinised accounts for New Caledonia,...

Pacific law makers to develop regional fuel plan.
June 7, 2006... 07 JUNE 2006 SAIPAN (Pacnews) - Pacific lawmakers yesterday agreed to work together in developing a regional fuel plan to address the steadily rising oil prices that are crippling their economies and making life harder for islanders. The...

Fiji is a member of new United Nations peace Building commission.
June 7, 2006... 07 JUNE 2006 SUVA (Pacnews) - Fiji has been elected as a member of the newly established United Nations Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) for a two year term. The election was held on 16 May 2006 at the United Nations General Assembly in New...

Electoral Commission chairman denies interference.
June 8, 2006... 08 JUNE 2006 SUVA (Pacnews) - Chair of Fiji's Electoral Commission Graham Everett Leung has dismissed claims he interfered with the work of counting officials in the recent Fiji's general election, Islands Business reports. Mr Leung...

Caution urged as Tokelau seeks second referendum in less than 4 months.
June 8, 2006... 07 JUNE 2006 TOKELAU (Pacnews) - A New Zealand-based Tokelauan community leader, Tione Vulu says Tokelauan leaders should not rush into another referendum on self-determination, Radio New Zealand International reports. While Tokelaus...

Tonga to improve its statistical processes.
June 8, 2006... 08 JUNE 2006 NUKUALOFA (Pacnews) - Tonga has begun participating in the International Monetary Fund's General Data Dissemination System (GDDS), marking an important step forward in the development of the country's statistical system. ...

Sending police to Vanuatu bizarre.
June 8, 2006... 08 MAY 2006 PORT VILLA (Pacnews) - New Zealand's National Party says Foreign Minister Winston Peters' suggestion that police could be sent to Vanuatu to help train the local force is bizarre, Stuff NZ reports. Mr Peters, who is visiting...

Japan denies Greenpeace claims of using aid to secure votes.
June 8, 2006... 06 JUNE 2006 SUVA (Pacnews) - Japan has refuted claims by environmental lobby group, Greenpeace that it uses aid to lobby island in the Pacific region to secure votes in the upcoming International Whaling Commission(IWC) next week in the...

Government moves to curb high cost of living.
June 8, 2006... 08 JUNE 2006 SUVA (Pacnews) - New Caledonia has announced a series of measures aimed at reducing a perceived soaring cost of living and a shrinking of the population's purchasing power, a situation that had sparked a mass demonstration in...

FSM supports US stance on Iran's nuclear programme.
June 8, 2006... 08 JUNE 2006 POHNPEI (Pacnews) - President Joseph Urusemal says his government joined the international community in urging Iran to fully and verifiably suspend uranium enrichment activities. A recent report by the International Atomic...

Pitcairn Island sex accused remanded.
June 8, 2006... 08 JUNE 2006 ADAMSTOWN (Pacnews) - Two men from the remote Pitcairn Island have appeared in a New Zealand court on sex charges, some dating back as far as 1975. The men, now living in New Zealand, fronted up at Pitcairn Magistrates Court,...

Fish park plan.
June 8, 2006... 08 JUNE 2006 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - Cabinet has approved the establishment of Papua New Guineas first marine industrial park to be located in Madang an initiative fish experts say could turn PNG into the tuna capital of the world. It is...

Air services with Vanuatu to improve.
June 8, 2006... 08 JUNE 2006 PORT VILLA(Pacnews) - Airlines will be able to fly between New Zealand and Vanuatu up to four times a week following improvements made to the bilateral air services agreement between the two countries, New Zealand foreign Minister...

Fiji economy to perform better in 2006-RBF.
June 8, 2006... 08 JUNE 2006 SUVA (Pacnews) - The Fiji economy is projected to grow by 2.7 percent in 2006 and encouragingly, growth is expected to be relatively more broad-based than it was last year, says the Reserve Bank of Fiji (RBF) According to the...

Court in Samoa rejects village decision to banish matai.
June 8, 2006... 08 JUNE 2006 APIA (Pacnews) - A Lands and Titles court ruling in Samoa has rejected a village council decision to banish one of their matais who was a former Member of Parliament in the past five years, Radio New Zealand International reports....

Da Vinci Code movie arrives in Cook Islands.
June 8, 2006... 08 JUNE 2006 RARATONGA (Pacnews) - The controversial murder mystery thriller movie, The Da Vinci Code is set to screen at Rarotonga's Empire Theatre this month. The movie was released worldwide on 18 May but it was already causing a stir...

Government rejected genetically modified farming technology.
June 8, 2006... 08 JUNE 2006 HONIARA (Pacnews) - Solomon Islands has strongly opposed any introduction of genetically modified farming technology into the country. The policy to discourage genetically modified farming techniques was outlined in the...

Three more Fijians killed in Iraq.
June 9, 2006... 09 JUNE 2006 SUVA (Pacnews) - Another three Fijian security guards died in Baghdad last night after a roadside bomb exploded as their convoy was transporting goods to another location, Fiji Village News reported. The three men were part of...

East Honiara MP refused bail and returns to custody.
June 9, 2006... 09 JUNE 2006 HONIARA (Pacnews) - An associate of detained East Honiara MP Charles Dausabea is allegedly attempting to offer a US$ 2,000 bribe to persuade a crown witness to remove evidences against the MP. This was revealed during the bail...