PAC - Pacific Islands Broadcasting Association articles from March 2006

PAC - Pacific Islands Broadcasting Association archives from March 2006

Vanuatu prime minister reshuffles cabinet.
March 1, 2006... 01 MARCH 2006 PORT VILA (Pacnews) - Vanuatu's Prime Minister Ham Lini has dumped two ministers, including former leader Barak Sope, Radio New Zealand International reports. Mr Lini says the changes were made after he learned Mr Sope was...

Australia's opposition spokesman for Pacific affairs to retire.
March 1, 2006... 01 MARCH 2006 CANBERRA (Pacnews) - Australia's opposition spokesman for Pacific affairs, Bob Sercombe has been unable to hold on to his own seat in parliament, and will retire from politics at the next election. Mr Sercombe was forced to...

FJ$6billion (US$3.46-billion) bank for Fiji resource owners.
March 1, 2006... 01 MARCH 2006 SUVA (Pacnews) - The Office of International Treasury Control (OITC) has given land and resource owners in Fiji FJ$6billion (US$3.46 billion) to set up a bank, the Fiji Times newspaper reports. The OITC has joined partners...

Fresh volcanic eruption on PNGs Manam Island.
March 1, 2006... 01 MARCH 2006 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - Hundreds of people have been told to leave a remote island on Papua New Guinea's north coast after its volcano began erupting again, spewing out ash and rocks. Manam Island volcano erupted over a three...

ADB funds renewable energy in Fiji.
March 1, 2006... 01 MARCH 2006 SUVA (Pacnews) - Asian Development Bank (ADB) will help prepare a renewable power sector development project for Fiji through a US$650,000 technical assistance (TA) grant. Power in the Fiji is currently supplied by the Fiji...

Greenpeace hails Fiji court ruling on illegal fishing.
March 1, 2006... 01 MARCH 2006 SUVA (Pacnews) - Pacific Island countries need to push for stronger monitoring, compliance and surveillance systems to ensure that locals do not cahoot with foreign vessels to fish illegally in their Economic Exclusive Zone (EEZ)....

Drug trafficking through NZ worries UN.
March 1, 2006... 01 MARCH 2006 WELLINGTON (Pacnews) - Trafficking of ecstasy, cocaine and crystal methamphetamine through New Zealand is causing the United Nations serious concern, an annual report into narcotic use worldwide has revealed. The UN's...

Papua travel ban halts abuse scrutiny: envoy.
March 1, 2006... 01 MARCH 2006 JAYAPURA (Pacnews) - The Indonesian Government is preventing human rights observers from monitoring the situation in Papua amid worrying reports of abuses in the troubled province, says the United Nations' special envoy on the...

Tinian, Fitial want to see military economy on island.
March 1, 2006... 01 MARCH 2006 SAIPAN (Pacnews) - Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Governor Benigno Fitial and Tinian officials are hoping that the U.S. military will include the island in its expansion plans. Fitial, who met with the commander of the...

New kava toxicology report to help lift Europe ban.
March 1, 2006... 01 MARCH 2006 SUVA (Pacnews) - Kava producing countries in the Pacific will incur an accumulated loss of US$1.2-billion in revenue by the end of 2006 due to the kava ban imposed by European countries. On a positive note the Pacific...

May general election for Fiji.
March 1, 2006... 01 MARCH 2006 SUVA (Pacnews) - Fiji's Prime Minister, Laisenia Qarase has announced that the country will go to the polls from 6-13 May. The official announcement follows a proclamation by the Acting President Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi that...

PNG has highest sexual infections.
March 1, 2006... 01 MARCH 2006 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - Papua New Guinea has the highest sexually transmitted infections (STI) cases in the Asia Pacific region and therefore the chances of its people getting infected with HIV is high, Post Courier reports. ...

Vanuatu PM not concerned about opposition moves following re-shuffle.
March 1, 2006... 01 MARCH 2006 PORT VILA (Pacnews) - Vanuatu Prime Minister, Ham Lini says he is not concerned about opposition moves against him following yesterdays cabinet reshuffle. Mr Lini dropped the agriculture minister, Barak Sope, from the...

Many young women in Fiji have turned to prostitution, report says.
March 2, 2006... 02 MARCH 2006 SUVA (Pacnews) - Most young women in Fiji have turned to prostitution because they couldn't study or find jobs, a new report says. The report, Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children: A Situational Analysis, was launched...

50 overseas observers to monitor election.
March 2, 2006... 02 MARCH 2006 HONIARA (Pacnews) - A total of 50 international election observers are expected in the Solomon Islands to observe and monitor the 05 April polls. In a circular issued yesterday by the Election Observer Coordination Team,...

Papua mine becomes a focus for discontent.
March 2, 2006... 02 MARCH 2006 MELBOURNE (Pacnews) - A shootout between tribesman armed with bows and arrows and guards who stopped them sifting through tailings from the giant Freeport gold and copper mine in the Indonesian province of Papua has grown into a...

Seven more garment factories expected close this year.
March 2, 2006... 02 MARCH 2006 SAIPAN (Pacnews) - Seven of the 17 remaining garment factories on Saipan may close by the end of 2006, while the rest will continue to reduce their workforce as the local industry finds it harder to compete under liberalized trade...

Northwest opposes Guam open skies.
March 2, 2006... 02 MARCH 2006 HAGATHNA (Pacnews) - Northwest Airlines has opposed Guams open skies petition, arguing that the granting of Guams request would be contrary to the public interest because it would impede ongoing efforts to negotiate reciprocal...

Republic supporter pushes for 'God save the Queen'.
March 2, 2006... 02 MARCH 2006 MELBOURNE (Pacnews) - Australias Immigration Minister Amanda Vanstone has joined the debate to have God Save the Queen played at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. This is despite Senator Vanstone personally being against...

Fiji needs our market more, says Tiensten.
March 2, 2006... 02 MARCH 2006 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - Papua New Guinea has nothing to lose in terms of trade with Fiji, Trade and Industry Minister Paul Tiensten said yesterday. On the whole, it must be pointed out that the country has nothing to lose in...

VP threatens to discipline Molisa.
March 2, 2006... 02 MARCH 2006 PORT VILA (Pacnews) - Vanuaaku Pati (VP) national executives have denied any knowledge to form an alternative government to be led by party member, Sela Molisa. VP President Edward Natapei called an urgent executive meeting...

PM marks 10 years in office.
March 2, 2006... 02 MARCH 2006 CANBERRA (Pacnews) - Australia's Prime Minister, John Howard, says he has tried to maintain a connection with the Australian people during his decade in power. Mr Howard was the main speaker at a dinner last night to celebrate...

Kiribati concerned with moves by China to meet with Rabi representatives.
March 2, 2006... 02 MARCH 2006 SUVA (Pacnews) - In rejecting a motion concerning payment of pension to elderly Banaba islanders now living overseas, has the Kiribati Government re-opened old wounds of secession. Many people like former president Teburoro...

Community leaders challenges intervention mission.
March 2, 2006... 02 MARCH 2006 HONIARA (Pacnews) - An East Kwaio community leader on Malaita, George Tafoa has challenged the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI) to fulfil the promise it made to catch the big fish. To us the big fish are...

Fiji joins the Year of the Turtle campaign.
March 2, 2006... 02 MARCH 2006 SUVA (Pacnews) - A renewed effort to protect endangered sea turtles will be launched in Fiji today. This coincides with similar events around the region to mark the 2006 Pacific Year of the Sea Turtle (YOST) declared by the...

Guam neglects its disabled: Report.
March 2, 2006... 02 MARCH 2006 HAGATHNA (Pacnews) - The government of Guam has been doing a poor job helping people with disabilities to train for and to find work, according to the latest report by the U.S. Department of Education. People with...

Police to look into bank financers.
March 3, 2006... 03 MARCH 2006 SUVA (Pacnews) - The Fiji government has asked police to investigate the background of a treasury body that wants to set up a FJ$6billion (US$3.46 billion) bank for Fijian resource owners, Fiji Times reports. Fiji's Minister...

France and Australia to help Pacific states combat illegal fishing.
March 3, 2006... 03 FEBRUARY 2006 CANBERRA (Pacnews) - Australia and France have signed a joint declaration to co-operate on combating illegal fishing in the Pacific region. The declaration was signed in Canberra yesterday between Frances Minster for...

Tonga government pushes for urgent ministry restructuring.
March 3, 2006... 03 MARCH 2006 NUKUALOFA (Pacnews) - Major changes to the structure of the Tongan Government have been pushed through after two weeks of consideration in order to meet yesterdays deadline for the submission of reports on new model that will cut...

Guam asks for more work visas.
March 3, 2006... 03 MARCH 2006 HAGATHNA (Pacnews) - The government of Guam is asking the U.S. to issue more work visas for the territory to be able to tap more teachers as well as health and construction professionals. The need for more work visas for Guam...

Somare resigns.
March 3, 2006... 03 MARCH 2006 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - Papua New Guineas national planning minister Arthur Somare has resigned following his referral to the Public Prosecutor for alleged misconduct in office, The National newspaper reports. He tendered...

Samoan minister Hans Keil could replace Tavola as EPA chief negotiator.
March 3, 2006... 03 MARCH 2006 APIA (Pacnews) - Hans Joachim Keil believes the economic partnership agreement (EPA) negotiations between the Pacific islands countries and the European Union will continue unhindered by the impending retirement of the region's...

UN wants probe in Fiji mercenary claims.
March 3, 2006... 03 MARCH 2006 SUVA (Pacnews) - The United Nations is officially asking Fiji and Papua New Guinea to allow a team to come in and investigate the presence of former Fiji soldiers in the PNG province of Bougainville. A member of the U.N....

Pitcairn Islanders now appeal to Privy Council.
March 3, 2006... 03 MARCH 2006 PITCAIRN (Pacnews) - Six Pitcairn Islanders convicted in 2004 of sexually abusing women and underage girls on the Island have lost their appeal today. The Pitcairn Court of Appeal, sitting in the High Court in Auckland under...

New Caledonia will request new Forum associate member status.
March 3, 2006... 03 MARCH 2006 NOUMEA (Pacnews) - New Caledonia will initiate steps to officially request the Pacific Islands Forum to be an associate member of the regional organisation. The decision was made after seeking approval from French foreign...

Air Niugini monopoly to end.
March 3, 2006... 03 MARCH 2006 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - Air Niuginis monopoly on overseas travel is set to end as early as next year as new airlines plan entering Papua New Guineas airspace. Air Brunei is likely to be one of the new entrants to fly...

Australia supports Fijis elections.
March 3, 2006... 03 MARCH 2006 CANBERRA (Pacnews) - Australia has welcomed the announcement of Fiji's election and has repeated the call for Fiji's military to stay out of politics. Foreign Minister Alexander Downer says Australia will provide just under...

Fijis reserve Bank unaware of plans to set up new landowners bank in Fiji.
March 3, 2006... 03 MARCH 2006 SUVA (Pacnews) - Fijis Reserve Bank has not received a formal application for a banking licence from Viti Landowners and Resource Association (VLRA) and the Office of the International Treasury Control (OITC). This has been...

Chemical Clean up enhances performance of Commonwealth Games Solomons Triathlon team.
March 3, 2006... 03 MARCH 2006 BRISBANE (Pacnews) - Swimming in a pool, riding a racing bike and competing in proper running shoes were all but a dream less than a year ago for three young Solomon Islanders. But Wilfred Bosa, Stanley Ofasisili and Marcus...

MSG meets in Vanuatu.
March 6, 2006... 06 MARCH 2006 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - A special meeting of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) is scheduled to be held in Port Vila, Vanuatu from the 13-15 March. Security issues in the Pacific is one of the main issues to be discussed...

UK to close its diplomatic mission in Tonga at the end of the month.
March 6, 2006... 06 MARCH 2006 NUKUALOFA (Pacnews) - For the last time in Tonga, the Union Jack was lowered for good on Thursday (02 Feb) last week as the British High Commission prepares to wind down diplomatic services at the end of the month, Matangi Tonga...

Seven tourists seek refugee protection in CNMI.
March 6, 2006... 06 MARCH 2006 SAIPAN (Pacnews) - Seven Chinese nationals, who came to Saipan as tourists are seeking refugee protection in the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas (CNMI), citing fear of persecution in their home country, Marianas Variety...

Top Pacific General calls more deployments inevitable.
March 6, 2006... 06 MARCH 2006 HAGATHNA (Pacnews) - Commander of the U.S. Army Pacific, Lieutenant. Gen. John M. Brown, said an increase in deployments for Army Reserve and National Guard troops from Guam and the region is inevitable in the ongoing Global War...

Paris allocates New Caledonia another half a billion over five years.
March 6, 2006... 06 MARCH 2006 NOUMEA (Pacnews) - The French overseas territories minister, Francois Baroin says development funding for New Caledonia is being increased and will see the French government allocate US$500 million over the next five years, Radio...

PNG's deputy PM facing funds probe.
March 6, 2006... 06 MARCH 2006 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - Papua New Guinea's deputy prime minister has become the third Cabinet member in a week to face investigation by prosecutors over alleged misuse of public funds. Moi Avei, the Minister of Petroleum and...

France sends strong regional integration signals to its Pacific dependencies.
March 6, 2006... 06 MARCH 2006 NOUMEA (Pacnews) - Visiting French minister for overseas territories Franois Baroin has sent a strong regional integration message to New Caledonia. Minister Baroin devoted a major part of his speech at the territorial...

La Nina developing in the Pacific Ocean.
March 6, 2006... 06 MARCH 2006 MELBOURNE (Pacnews) - The World Meteorological Organisation is warning a La Nina, phenomenon is developing in the sea off the western coast of South America. Under the La Nina effect, sea-surface temperature in the central...

U.S company signs Vanuatu deal for manganese exports.
March 6, 2006... 06 MARCH 2006 PORT VILA (Pacnews) - A U.S. company has become the first mining company to sign a contract with the Vanuatu government to remove and export piles of manganese which were left by a French company. The firm packed up and left...

Nationwide ban on kava possible.
March 6, 2006... 06 MARCH 2006 DARWIN (Pacnews) - The Australian Government will consider a nationwide ban on imports of kava to stop abuse of the drug in remote Aboriginal communities. Indigenous Affairs Minister Mal Brough said a ban was one potential...

Police Commissioner tells Fiji landowners not to get hypnotized by promise of money.
March 6, 2006... 06 MARCH 2006 SUVA (Pacnews) ---Fijis Commissioner of Police, Andrew Hughes has urged members of the public in Fiji not to blindly accept and be hypnotized by people who come into the country and promise large sums of money. Commissioner...

Palau can borrow up to US$100 million from ADB.
March 6, 2006... 06 MARCH 2006 KOROR (Pacnews) - Palau can borrow up to US$100 million from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), according to Senate Floor Leader Alan Seid. Mr Seid, who is also chairman of the Senate Committee on Ways and Means and Financial...

Foreign vessel fined.
March 6, 2006... 06 MARCH 2006 HONIARA (Pacnews) - A shipping agent for a foreign fishing boat was fined last week after the vessels small-craft was caught transporting local girls from the vessel to Point Cruz Wharf. Customs Border and Enforcement...

Government urged to use locals to monitor elections.
March 6, 2006... 06 MARCH 2006 HONIARA (Pacnews) - Prominent Solomon Islander, John Roughan says the SBD$3.3 million (US$451,000) set aside to fund the 50 overseas election observers could be used to pay for locals to monitor the elections He said the...

Solomon Islands not a back door to PNG.
March 7, 2006... 07 MARCH 2006 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - Solomon Islands will not be used as a back door for Fijians to enter Papua New Guinea illegally. The assurance was given by the Solomon Islands High Commissioner-designate Bernard Bataanisa as he gave...

Tourists seeking refugee protection detained.
March 7, 2006... 07 MARCH 2006 SAIPAN (Pacnews) - Seven Chinese tourists seeking refugee protection in the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands (CNMI) were arrested and detained at the weekend by the Division of Immigration for overstaying on Saipan....

Blackouts over next two weeks due to fire.
March 7, 2006... 07 MARCH 2006 PAPEETE (Pacnews) - French Polynesias power company officials are calculating which areas of the island will receive limited electricity over at least the next two weeks as a result of a major fire that destroyed the downtown...

Tongan nobleman faces rape inquiry.
March 7, 2006... 07 MARCH 2006 NUKUALOFA (Pacnews) - Tongan nobleman Hon. Lasike appeared in the Nukualofa Magistrate's Court today charged with rape. Matangi Tonga reports Lasike was arrested and detained by the police last week for questioning. He...

Records show mental cases are on the rise.
March 7, 2006... 07 MARCH 2006 HONIARA (Pacnews) - The Solomon Islands is seeing an increase in the number of people seeking psychiatric help at its mental institution and authorities have attributed this to the abuse of illegal substances like marijuana. ...

Tokelau makes plans to control two destructive pests - mynah bird and crazy ants.
March 7, 2006... 07 MARCH 2006 TOKELAU (Pacnews) - A New Zealand academic says projects to control two different pests on Tokelau will start with developing awareness among the local population, Radio New Zealand International reports. Wellingtons Victoria...

Disappointing COVEC given the boot.
March 7, 2006... 07 MARCH 2006 SUVA(pacnews) - The Fiji Government has terminated the contract of Chinas National Overseas Engineering Corporation company (COVEC ) that was tasked with constructing the Kings Road in the province of Tailevu. The Fiji Times...

Tiensten should be disciplined: Chan.
March 7, 2006... 07 MARCH 2006 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - A Papua New Guinea Islands parliamentarian has called for disciplinary actions against Trade and Industry Minister Paul Tiensten, over the current trade war with Fiji. Namatanai MP Byron Chan had...

Record number of new HIV cases in NZ.
March 7, 2006... 07 MARCH 2006 WELLINGTON (Pacnews) - The number of New Zealanders diagnosed with HIV hit a record high last year. Figures released by the Aids Epidemiology Group at Otago University today show in 2005, 183 people were diagnosed with HIV,...

Health waste crisis.
March 7, 2006... 07 MARCH 2006 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - A health crisis is facing Papua New Guinea's largest hospital which has no place to dump its medical waste, hospital staff said yesterday. Disease control officers from the Port Moresby General...

Senior UN official says greater watchfulness will stop genocide in Papua.
March 7, 2006... 07 MARCH 2006 IRIYAN JAYA (Pacnews) - A senior United Nations official says greater monitoring of reported human rights abuses in the Indonesian province of Papua will help to prevent genocide. The Special Adviser to the Secretary General...

Fiji to be grilled by MSG countries.
March 7, 2006... 07 MARCH 2006 PORT VILA (Pacnews) - Fiji's political, trade and social relationship with Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) countries will come under scrutiny next week in an emergency session in Port Vila. The urgent session has been called...

Military Considers Court Martial against Jone Baledrokadroka.
March 7, 2006... 07 March 2006 SUVA (Pacnews) - The Fiji Military Forces may pursue a Court Martial against the Former Land Force Commander Colonel Jone Baledrokadroka on charges of alleged Insubordination and alleged Mutiny. Fiji militarys Director of...

Peters to visit Tonga, Samoa and Niue.
March 7, 2006... 07 FEBRUARY 2006 WELLINGTON (Pacnews) - New Zealand's Foreign Minister Winston Peters is to visit three Pacific countries next week ahead of the Pacific Forum mid-year. Mr Peters will visit Tonga, Samoa and Niue from 12-18 March. Tonga...

Waves wipe out atoll food gardens.
March 7, 2006... March 2006 PORT MORESBY(Pacnews) - More than 4,100 residents of the outer atolls of Bougainville are without food after their food gardens were engulfed by storm waves last week. Strong winds last weekend, washed out food gardens and...

Promoting Women Leadership.
March 8, 2006... 08 MARCH 2006 Suva (Pacnews) - More support and interventions are needed from Pacific Island communities to help increase the number of women in decision-making roles in the region, said Forum Secretary General, Mr Greg Urwin. This years...

NZ's Third World HIV baby shame.
March 8, 2006... 08 MARCH 2006 WELLINGTON (Pacnews) - The infection of New Zealand babies with HIV from their mothers puts the country on a par with the Third World, says an infectious diseases physician, New Zealand Herald reports. In the country's worst...

Guam touts gains in brown tree snake control.
March 8, 2006... 08 MARCH 2006 HAGATHNA (Pacnews) - The Guam Power Authority on Monday announced the release of its annual Brown Tree Snake Control report for fiscal year 2005, citing gains in its fight against the dreaded pest. According to GPA public...

Samoan police yet to charge man arrested over shooting of former cabinet minister.
March 8, 2006... 08 MARCH 2006 APIA (Pacnews) - Samoas police commissioner, Papalii Lorenese Neru, says they are yet to charge a man they have in custody after a shooting attack on a former cabinet minister. Radio New Zealand International reports that Vaai...

Fiji diplomat ready to take up Presidency post.
March 8, 2006... 08 MARCH 2006 SUVA (Pacnews) - Bau chief and diplomat Adi Samanunu Talakuli Cakobau is prepared to carry out the role of President if appointed by Fijis Great Council of Chiefs. Fiji Times reports. Adi Samanunu is Fiji's High Commissioner...

Vanuatu opposition offers Molisa PM's job if he defects.
March 8, 2006... 08 MARCH 2006 WELLINGTON (Pacnews) -The Vanuatu opposition has offered the prime minister's job to Sela Molisa if he abandons the government. The Vanuatu Daily Post reports that the move comes amid opposition attempts to topple the...

Election nominations close today.
March 8, 2006... 08 MARCH 2006 HONIARA (Pacnews) - Deadline for nominations of candidates contesting the 05 April elections in the Solomons will lapse at 4.30 this afternoon. The Electoral Office said yesterday it had been receiving nominations from every...

Poverty fuels Aids - Doctor.
March 8, 2006... 08 MARCH 2006 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - An inquiry by parliamentarians has found that poverty is a major factor fuelling the spread of HIV/AIDS in PAPUA NEW GUINEA. Chairman of the special Parliamentary Committee on HIV/AIDS Dr Banare Bun...

CNMI Government to cut work to 32 hours per week for civil servants.
March 8, 2006... 08 MARCH 2006 SAIPAN (Pacnews) - Governor Benigno Fitial says the administration will reduce the work hours of nonessential personnel by eight hours per week to ease the financial problems of the cash-strapped Commonwealth of the Northern...

Fiji President Ratu Josefa Iloilo has been re-appointed.
March 8, 2006... 08 MARCH 2006 SUVA (Pacnews) - Fiji's President Ratu Josefa Iloilo has been reappointed for another term in office by the Great Council of Chiefs (GCC). The announcement was made by GCC chairman Ratu Ovini Bokini at its meeting today. ...

Cook Islands mission in New Zealand cannot confirm or deny report head has been sacked.
March 8, 2006... 08 MARCH 2006 RAROTONGA (Pacnews) - The Cook Islands High Commission in Wellington can neither confirm nor deny a report the head of the mission has been sacked. The New Zealand Herald reports Dr Robert Woonton has been sacked for...

Forget Australia, NZ Prime Minister advises.
March 8, 2006... 08 MARCH 2006 WELLINGTON (Pacnews) - New Zealanders thinking about a move to Australia, think again, warns New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark. Because across the ditch you'll run into higher taxes, higher property prices, higher...

Australia assures France that it will attend France Oceania summit in June.
March 8, 2006... 08 MARCH 2006 NOUMEA (Pacnews) - The Australian Government will send a representative to the scheduled France-Oceania summit with Pacific Islands leaders to be held in Paris in June, French minister for overseas territories Franois Baroin told...

New Zealand ikely to send representative to China-Pacific summit in Fiji.
March 9, 2006... 09 MARCH 2006 WELLINGTON (Pacnews) - New Zealand is likely to send a ministerial representative to the controversial first China-Pacific summit in Fiji next month but it will not be as senior as the Prime Minister or Foreign Minister, NZ Herald...

Dr Woonton's removal confirmed.
March 9, 2006... 09 MARCH 2006 WELLINGTON (Pacnews) - Cook Islands foreign affairs minister, Wilkie Rasmussen has confirmed the sacking of its high commissioner in Wellington, Dr Robert Woonton. Speaking on Radio New Zealand International, Mr Rasmussen said...

Half a million dollars to remove derelict vessels from Fiji harbour.
March 9, 2006... 09 MARCH 2006 SUVA (Pacnews) - The cost of removing 50 derelict vessels from Suva Harbour could amount to FJD$500,000 (US$284,000), says the Fiji Ports Corporation. Captain Sai Buliruarua told the Fiji Times newspaper that the cost of...