PAC - Pacific Islands Broadcasting Association articles from October 2004

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MPs outdo nobles on drug use punishment.
October 1, 2004... 01 OCTOBER 2004 NUKUA'LOFA (Pacnews) - Ten Parliamentarians in Tonga moved against a Bill that called for stiffer penalties, like death, against illicit drug offenders, resulting in the Bill's defeat this week. Votes were called for a...

Fiji Government minister resigns as a result of auditor's findings.
October 1, 2004... 01 OCTOBER 2004 SUVA (Pacnews) --- The fall-out from the release of the Auditor General's report in Fiji has claimed a Cabinet Minister and a senior civil servant. The Minister for Multi-ethnic Affairs, George Shiu Raj, resigned today...

Mayor accused of leading rapes on island.
October 1, 2004... 01 OCTOBER 2004 ADAMSTOWN (Pacnews) - The first complainant to give evidence in the Pitcairn Island sex abuse trials says she was raped four times by the current mayor, Steve Christian. 53-year-old Christian has pleaded not guilty to six...

Palm oil company eyes expansion to Solomon Island.
October 1, 2004... 01 OCTOBER 2004 KULIM (MALAYSIA) - Kulim Berhad, the Malaysian owners of Papua New Guinea's New Britain Palm Oil Ltd, could expand its operations to Solomon Islands by early next year, it was disclosed yesterday. Kulim Berhad managing...

Police arrest 150 after child pornography investigations.
October 1, 2004... 01 OCTOBER 2004 CANBERRA (Pacnews) - More arrests expected in massive Australian Internet pornography crack Australian Federal Police say the arrest of more than 150 people in relation to Internet child pornography should send a clear...

Women educated on adoption and the law.
October 1, 2004... 01 OCTOBER 2004 HONIARA (Pacnews) - Women in Solomon Islands have been told that once they give away a child for adoption, its biological parents no longer have any rights over the child. Speaking at the National Women's Week in the...

Standoff in Nauru parliament continues.
October 1, 2004... 01 OCTOBER 2004 YAREN (Pacnews) - The Nauru Parliament appears to be in stalemate again. Radio Australia reports that Parliament sat three times yesterday but little progress was made. The Speaker insisted that the Health Minister, Dr...

Sope urges UN action on West Papua.
October 1, 2004... 01 OCTOBER 2004 NEW YORK (Pacnews) - Vanuatu's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Barak Sope, has called on the United Nations (UN) to quicken efforts in recognising West Papua's struggle for independence. In what was called "a passionate...

Tonga promise financial support for world aviation body despite collapse of flag carrier.
October 1, 2004... 01 OCTOBER 2004 MONTREAL (Pacnews) - Despite the collapse of Tonga's flag carrier, Royal Tonga Airlines (RTA) and its subsequent liquidation, and a wrangle over aviation policies in the island kingdom, immediate past RTA chairman, Prime...

Opposition to sponsor gaming machine Bill.
October 1, 2004... 01 OPCTOBER 2004 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - Opposition members of Papua New Guinea will introduce a new legislation, to ban the controversial horse racing machines in Papua New Guinea, in the November session of Parliament. Speaking to...

Russia approves new law to ratify Kyoto Protocol.
October 1, 2004... 01 OCTBOBER 2004 MOSCOW (Pacnews) - The Russian Government has approved a new law to ratify the Kyoto Protocol. The climate change treaty could now come into effect within months. The Russian Cabinet approval will now be debated in...

Fiji women rugby players hold national trials next week.
October 1, 2004... 01 OCTOBER 2004 SUVA (Pacnews) - Fiji women rugby players will conduct national trials in the coming weeks to select a national team that will go on a tour of South Africa early 2005. The Fiji tour will culminate in a test match against the...

SPECIAL PACNEWS REPORT: Pacific Island States have begun negotiations with the European Union on the establishment of a formal trade arrangement to be phased in from 01 January 2008. Negotiations were launched in Nadi, Fiji on10 September. In a two- part series, Senior PACNEWS Journalist, Makereta Komai spoke to Kaliopate Tavola, who has been elected as chief spokesperson for the Pacific region, on the way forward.
October 1, 2004... 01 OCTOBER 2004 NADI (Pacnews) - You have been endorsed as the principal spokesman for the Pacific ACP countries in the EPA negotiations with the EU. What will be your role? Tavola: In the negotiations, not everyone speaks so you select a...

Nauru in crisis after parliament sacked.
October 1, 2004... 01 OCTOBER 2004 MELBOURNE (Pacnews) --- Nauru President Ludwig Scotty has sacked the parliament and declared a state of emergency in a new constitutional crisis for the tiny Pacific island nation. Speaker Russell Kun told AAP he had been...

Pre-trial investigation begins in French nuclear veterans' case.
October 1, 2004... 01 OCTOBER 2004 PARIS (Pacnews) --- Pre-trial investigation has begun in metropolitan France on a court case filed by French nuclear tests veterans, mainly from French Polynesia, the French Nuclear Tests Veterans Association (AVEN) said in a...

Pacific Forum welcomes Russian decision on Kyoto Protocol.
October 1, 2004... 01 OCTOBER 2004 SUVA (Pacnews) - The Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat has welcomed the decision by the Russian Government to ratify the Kyoto Protocol on climate change. "The move by Russia will help to bring the Protocol into force,"...

Kiribati urges UN to support pollution treaty.
October 1, 2004... WELLINGTON, New Zealand (RNZI, Sept. 30) - The President of Kiribati, Anote Tong, made a plea for support at the United Nations in the face of rising sea levels and the coming hurricane season. The Associated Press reported leaders and...

Air Vanuatu takes over domestic carrier.
October 1, 2004... 01 OCTOBER 2004 PORT VILA (Pacnews) --- Air Vanuatu has taken ownership of its domestic airline, Vanair, strengthening its position in the region and reinforcing its commitment to growth in overseas visitor numbers to Vanuatu's outer islands....

National Judge awaits DPP ruling on misconduct.
October 4, 2004... 04 OCTOBER 2004 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - Papua New Guinea's National and Supreme Court Judge, Justice Mark Sevua has been referred to the Public Prosecutor for alleged misconduct in office. The Ombudsman Commission on Friday referred him...

U.S. army restricts access to Kwajalein missile base in Marshall Islands.
October 4, 2004... 04 OCTOBER 2004 MAJURO (Pacnews) ---The U.S. Army's missile testing range on the Marshall's island of Kwajalein is restricting access for Marshallese workers and other visitors to the base. The move is aimed at halting drinking problems...

Temaru assures public in televised address.
October 4, 2004... 04 OCTOBER 2004 PAPEETE (Pacnews) - French Polynesia's President Oscar Temaru has assured the nation of a secure future in a televised address at the weekend. At the same time, he accused his arch political rival of wanting to reverse the...

Tokelau's law commissioners given further legal training.
October 4, 2004... 04 OCTOBER 2004 APIA (Pacnews) - Three Tokelau law commissioners have received training for their roles in the administration of justice in their country. Officials say the workshops, held in Samoa, have been designed to give the...

Chamber of Commerce supports Pacific Blue.
October 4, 2004... 04 OCTOBER 2004 RAROTONGA (Pacnews) - Cook Islands' Chamber of Commerce has expressed its support for an application by Virgin Blue's regional arm - Pacific Blue, to fly into Rarotonga from Sydney via Christchurch. Chamber president,...

Australian election campaign enters final week.
October 4, 2004... 04 OCTOBER 2004 CANBERRA (Pacnews) --- With just five days to go in the Australian federal election campaign, Prime Minister, John Howard, says he thinks victory is his. Mr Howard's comments come as the leader of the opposition Labor...

Taiwan says US$40 million dollar deal not finalised.
October 4, 2004... 04 OCTOBER 2004 TAIPEI (Pacnews) --- Taiwan's foreign affairs ministry has not made any formal decision on a request from Marshall Islands for over US$40 million in aid to go into a United States-sponsored trust fund, a spokesman told the...

Niue MPs unhappy with lack of discussion on proposed MOU with New Zealand.
October 4, 2004... 04 OCTOBER 2004 ALOFI (Pacnews) --- Several senior Niue politicians are disappointed that the government had no position paper for a proposed memorandum of understanding (MOU) to be signed with New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark later this...

EU hails Russian government decision to ratify Kyoto Protocol.
October 4, 2004... 04 OCTOBER 2004 (Pacnews) --- The European Commission warmly welcomes the decision by the Government of Russia to submit to the Duma a proposal to ratify the Kyoto Protocol. Commission President, Romano Prodi, praised the Government's...

Young girls trading sex to buy food.
October 4, 2004... 04 OCTOBER 2004 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) --- Girls as young as 12 years old in Papua New Guinea (PNG) are selling their bodies to buy food, and they are doing it even in markets and street corners. National newspaper reports that some of...

Continental to fly direct Taiwan-Saipan flights.
October 4, 2004... 04 OCTOBER 2004 SAIPAN (Pacnews) --- Continental Airlines, the world's sixth largest carrier to offer non-stop services between Taipei and Saipan twice a week starting next month. The new service is aimed at increasing the number of...

China promises two vessels to Vanuatu.
October 4, 2004... 04 OCTOBER 2004 PORT VILA (Pacnews) --- The Chinese Government says it will donate two boats to Vanuatu next year to improve service delivery to the people. Port Vila based Chinese Ambassador Wu Zurong made the announcement to mark the...

US scientists conduct research on natural cure for HIV/AIDS.
October 4, 2004... 04 OCTOBER 2004 APIA (Pacnews) - Researchers at the University of California at Berkeley, USA say they believe that the bark of the Samoan Mamala tree contains a prostratin gene that could help create an anti HIV/AIDS drug. Scientists from...

Seabed legislation "evil", says submission.
October 4, 2004... 04 OCTOBER 2004 WELLINGTON (Pacnews) - New Zealand's proposed seabed and foreshore legislation is "evil", Hauraki's Maori Trust Board said in its submission to a selection committee today. The board made its submission on behalf of 12 iwi...

Corruption a major deterrent to growth: Potts.
October 4, 2004... 04 OCTOBER 2004 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - The World Bank has identified corruption as the single greatest obstacle to economical and social development in Papua New Guinea and other developing countries, says Australian High Commissioner to...

North Territory doubles jail terms for child porn.
October 4, 2004... 04 OCTOBER 2004 DARWIN (Pacnews) - People caught with child pornography in Australia's Northern Territory (NT) will face up to 10 years in jail - double the penalty for the rest of Australia - under tough new laws unveiled today. NT...

Fiji's Womens Crisis Centre calls for review of prostitution laws.
October 4, 2004... 04 OCTOBER 2004 SUVA (Pacnews) - The Womens' Crisis Centre in Fiji is calling for a review of the laws on prostitution. The centre's co-ordinator, Shameema Ali, says there's a victimisation of women who are prostitutes while the people...

NZ hosts biodiversity conference.
October 4, 2004... 04 OCTOBER 2004 WELLINGTON (Pacnews) - An international biodiversity meeting in New Zealand is hoping to find a way to catalogue the information held in museums and research institutes around the world. Pacific delegates will be among...

Reconciliation in Fiji - "a time for everything".
October 4, 2004... By Vasiti Ritova, PACNEWS SUVA, FIJI - The song was "Together, One Nation", sweetly sung by a thousand flag-waving children from various schools around the capital, Suva. The sermon was togetherness, urging the people of Fiji to bond...

Tonga's Legislative Assembly throws out referendum petition.
October 5, 2004... 05 OCTOBER 2004 NUKU'ALOFA (Pacnews) --- Fifteen members of Tonga's Legislative Assembly have voted against moves by the People's Representatives to hold a referendum to elect all members of the Legislative Assembly by popular votes. ...

O'Neill renews appeal for Government to abort Telikom sale.
October 5, 2004... 05 OCTOBER 2004 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) --- Papua New Guinea's Opposition Leader Peter O'Neill has renewed his call for government to abandon plans to sell Telikom to South African company Econet Wireless. Mr O'Neill, PNG Party leader Sir...

CNMI key stop in alien smuggling scheme.
October 5, 2004... 05 OCTOBER 2004 SAIPAN (Pacnews) --- Authorities have uncovered a syndicate that smuggles aliens to the United States involving the use of Saipan as a springboard to Guam and the mainland United States. The Saipan Tribune reports that...

Smoking ban at Niue airport.
October 5, 2004... 05 OCTOBER 2004 ALOFI (Pacnews) --- The Niue airport terminal is to become a smoke free zone. The government has placed a ban on smoking inside the terminal, near the bulk fuel depot and plane parking areas. Supporting the action is the...

Casualty rate from war higher for U.S. Pacific territories.
October 5, 2004... 05 OCTOBER 2004 HAGATNA (Pacnews) --- The Micronesia region's casualties in Iraq are nearly four times the number of sons and daughters other similar-sized communities on the mainland have lost in the continuing U.S. military operation. As...

NZ announces new high commissioner to Tonga.
October 5, 2004... 05 OCTOBER 2004 WELLINGTON (Pacnews) --- New Zealand has announced that career diplomat Michael McBryde is its new high commissioner to Tonga. "New Zealand and Tonga share a close and long-standing relationship," Mr Goff said. "Many...

Cook Islands ready to handle any outbreak of the so-called Titikaveka irritant.
October 5, 2004... 05 OCTOBER 2004 RAROTONGA (Pacnews) --- Government ministries in Cook Islands will be in a far better position to handle any outbreak of the irritant syndrome at Titikaveka this summer, says Tourism Corporation board chairman Don Beer Jr. ...

Greenpeace reveals Australian Government plot.
October 5, 2004... 05 OCTOBER 2004 SYDNEY (Pacnews) - International environment organisation, Greenpeace, has accused the Australian Government of trying to use taxpayers' money to silence the group by offering a AUD$36 million annual grant to an oil company if...

PM presents tax rebate cheque to Sony Pictures.
October 5, 2004... 05 OCTOBER 2004 SUVA (Pacnews) - A tax incentive introduced in 2002 for Fiji's potentially lucrative film industry has paid out its first cheque. Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase presented the FJD$3.75 million (USD$2.148m) cheque to the...

Taiwan funds used to fund national government projects.
October 5, 2004... 05 OCTOBER 2004 HONIARA (Pacnews) - A report from Solomon Islands reveals that most government projects used up a big bulk of the SBD$70 million (US$9.5 million) grant from the Republic of China (Taiwan). Of this amount, SIBC reports that...

Pitcairn postmaster admits sex charges.
October 5, 2004... 05 OCTOBER 2004 ADAMSTOWN (Pacnews) - The prosecution in the cases of seven Pitcairn men accused of a catalogue of sexual offences against young girls on the island scored a significant victory yesterday when one of the defendants changed his...

Fiji head teachers urged to work against social ills.
October 5, 2004... 05 OCTOBER 2004 SUVA (Pacnews) - Primary school teachers in Suva, Fiji have been encouraged to discuss sexual and reproductive health in class because children are becoming vulnerable targets in existing social and economic problems. ...

Fiji head teachers urged to work against social ills.
October 5, 2004... 05 OCTOBER 2004 SUVA (Pacnews) - Primary school teachers in Suva, Fiji have been encouraged to discuss sexual and reproductive health in class because children are becoming vulnerable targets in existing social and economic problems. ...

PNG to consider republic move.
October 5, 2004... 05 OCTOBER 2004 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) --- Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare has hinted that his ruling National Alliance Party (NAP) will consider whether Papua New Guinea should continue to have the Queen as its Head of...

Forum to provide election observer mission to Nauru.
October 5, 2004... 05 OCTOBER 2004 SUVA (Pacnews) --- Forum Secretary General, Greg Urwin has announced that the Pacific Islands Forum will send an Election Observer Mission to Nauru to monitor the country's national elections on 23 October. "Nauru's...

CNMI Governor pushes for inclusion of 'stateless' people as citizens.
October 5, 2004... 05 OCTOBER 2004 HAGATNA (Pacnews) --- Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Governor Juan Babauta is urging the so-called "stateless" persons in the CNMI to apply and get their U.S. passports now following the Ninth Circuit's recent ruling...

French Polynesian government maintains slim majority.
October 5, 2004... 05 OCTOBER 2004 PAPE'ETE (Pacnews) --- French Polynesia's ruling coalition, the Union for Democracy (UPLD) appears to have maintained its very slim majority, with the support of 28 Members of Parliament. This is despite the resignation of...

NZ Green MP criticise new U.S. finger printing policy.
October 5, 2004... 05 OCTOBER 2004 WELLINGTON (Pacnews) --- New Zealand's Green MP Keith Locke has questioned the United States' policy of fingerprinting and photographing airport arrivals after he was subjected to the procedure during a two-hour stopover. ...

Citizen Board chairman charged with corruption.
October 5, 2004... 05 OCTOBER 2004 HONIARA (Pacnews) --- A prominent Honiara citizen and former member of parliament, John Maetia Kaliuae has been charged by police for official corruption. The charges relate to allegations of passport scandals. SIBC reports...

Fiji's Malaysian embassy accredited to three other Asia nations.
October 5, 2004... 05 OCTOBER 2004 SUVA (Pacnews) - Fiji's High Commission in Malaysia is now also accredited to Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines. High Commissioner, Adi Samanunu Cakobau, is currently in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, to present her...

Authorities catch Australian pilot.
October 6, 2004... 06 OCTOBER 2004 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - Authorities in Bougainville yesterday arrested a foreign man who flew an aircraft into the country's airspace without permission. Andrew Reid, reported to be Australian, is now being questioned in...

President Temaru proposes a new airport for Austral Islands.
October 6, 2004... 06 OCTOBER 2004 PAPEETE (Pacnews) - French Polynesia's President Oscar Temaru has plans to build an international airport in Austral Islands in Southern Tahiti. In an interview with the La Depeche de Tahiti (LDT), a French daily, President...

Qarase to receive award for smoke bans.
October 6, 2004... 06 OCTOBER 2004 SUVA (Pacnews) - Fiji Prime Minister, Laisenia Qarase, will be receiving a special award next Monday to honour the Fiji Government's commitment to ratify the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. World Health...

Niue population a State secret.
October 6, 2004... 06 OCTOBER 2004 ALOFI (Pacnews) - Niue's population figure remains a state secret. The Statistics Office, which collated the results of a village head count in mid-September, said the preliminary figures were with the Minister. The...

Samoans to get dialysis treatment by 2005.
October 6, 2004... 06 OCTOBER 2004 APIA (Pacnews) - The Samoa Government says local dialysis treatment will be available in March 2005. By then, officials say, the Renal Dialysis Unit will have 12 dialysis machines; initially thought impossible for government...

Guam tourism up by 34 percent.
October 6, 2004... 06 OCTOBER 2004 HAGATNA (Pacnews) - The number of tourists visiting Guam increased by 34 percent during the fiscal year that just ended, according to preliminary figures released yesterday by the Guam Visitors Bureau. As of the end of...

Tuvaluan over-stayer who beat wife given further remand.
October 6, 2004... 06 OCTOBER 2004 WAITAKERE (Pacnews) - A Tuvaluan overstayer and kidney dialysis patient will not learn until 01 December if he will get a second discharge without conviction for beating his wife. Senee Niusila, 31, appeared in Waitakere...

No pilots for PNGDF aircraft.
October 6, 2004... 06 OCTOBER 2004 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - The Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF) has lost most of its experienced pilots to the private sector because of failure over the years to maintain the fixed wing aircraft and helicopters in the Air...

Police to give evidence in Pitcairn sex abuse trial.
October 6, 2004... 06 OCTOBER 2004 ADAMSTOWN (Pacnews) - Police are due to give evidence for the first time in the sex abuse trials on Pitcairn Island. The court will be shown a police video interview with the mayor of the island, Steve Christian. It is...

Visitor arrivals up, population down.
October 6, 2004... 06 OCTOBER 2004 RAROTONGA (Pacnews) - Visitor arrivals to the Cook Islands are growing as compared to the population. National statistics say that at least 44, 649 tourists visited the Cook Islands from January to July this year as compared...

Report highlights problems of urbanisation.
October 6, 2004... 06 OCTOBER 2004 MAJURO (Pacnews) - A government report highlighting problems of urbanisation in the Marshall Islands has revealed snapshots of small communities in the Northern Pacific nation. An example, the small urban community of...

Security concerns for the international soccer match between Solomon Islands and Australia.
October 6, 2004... 06 OCTOBER 2004 HONIARA (Pacnews) - Solomon Islands Police Commissioner, William Morrell says safety issues for the up coming football match between Australia and Solomon Islands is a concern. The soccer match on Saturday (09 Oct) is...

Flosse denies plans to file no confidence motion.
October 6, 2004... 06 OCTOBER 2004 PAPEETE (Pacnews) - French Polynesia's former President Gaston Flosse has denied accusations that he was planning to file a motion of no confidence against President Oscar Temaru. Speaking on local television, Mr Flosse...

"Stateless" citizens scram for passports after government notice.
October 6, 2004... 06 OCTOBER 2004 SAIPAN (Pacnews) - Scores of "stateless" people in the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas (CNMI) queued for new passports just a day after Governor Juan Babauta urged them to do so following the Ninth Circuit's recent ruling...

Papuan human rights activist decries province's isolation.
October 6, 2004... 06 OCTOBER 2004 JAYAPURA (Pacnews) - A human rights activist from the Indonesian province of West Papua says alleged abuses go unreported in the world media because foreign journalists cannot report from there. John Rumbiak of the...

Minister praises women for their important role.
October 6, 2004... 06 OCTOBER 2004 SUVA (Pacnews) - Women in Fiji were today recognised for their efforts in national reconciliation following the political upheavals of 1987 and 2000 in the country. At the same time, women in Fiji were encouraged to continue...

Water tanks to go to Mangaia.
October 6, 2004... 06 OCTOBER 2004 RAROTONGA (Pacnews) - Eighty water tanks are to be installed on Mangaia in the Cook Islands in an effort to improve the island's water crisis. The decision to install the tanks was made after an investigation into the...

Fiji's head of missions attend four consultations in Fiji.
October 6, 2004... 06 OCTOBER 2004 SUVA (Pacnews) --- Fiji's head of missions overseas will meet in the capital, Suva next week to map out new challenges and how best they can serve these interests overseas. "It will set benchmarks for delivery of the foreign...

Fourth suicide in Tonga for 2004.
October 6, 2004... 06 OCTOBER 2004 NUKUA'LOFA (Pacnews) - Tonga has recorded its fourth suicide case this year, with the death of a young man at Malapo on the main island, Tongatapu, last week. Deputy police commander, Taniela Faletau, said the four cases...

Kiribati police investigate assault attempt on Dr Tong.
October 7, 2004... 07 OCTOBER 2004 SUVA (Pacnews) --- Police in Kiribati are investigating a report of attempted assault on the life of a prominent opposition member of parliament and brother of the president. A senior officer at the police headquarters in...

Pacific parliamentarians to discuss impact of HIV/AIDS in the region.
October 7, 2004... 07 OCTOBER 2004 SUVA (Pacnews) - Parliamentarians from around the Pacific will meet in Suva, Fiji next week to reinforce their commitment to the fight against the rising tide of HIV/AIDS in the region. They are being challenged to join the...

Gate crashing pilot gets a licence suspension.
October 7, 2004... 07 OCTOBER 2004 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - Civil Aviation officials in Papua New Guinea have suspended the licence of the Australian pilot who breached regulations when he illegally flew an aircraft over a no-go zone and landed it in Bougainville...

Australian man charged after record child porn haul.
October 7, 2004... 07 OCTOBER 2004 PERTH (Pacnews) - An Australian court has been told a 36-year-old man is likely to plead guilty to possessing what is believed to be one of the largest collections of child pornography ever uncovered by police. Raymond John...

Media workshop to highlight foreshore and seabed issue.
October 7, 2004... 07 OCTOBER 2004 AUCKLAND (Pacnews) - New Zealand-based Pacific journalists will discuss the Maori seabed and foreshore issue at a workshop during their annual conference this weekend. The workshop will feature a guest speaker who will speak...

Niue creates a special art and culture portfolio.
October 7, 2004... 07 OCTOBER 2004 ALOFI (Pacnews) - The Niue Government has created a special department that will try and salvage what's left of the island nation's art and culture. The Department of Taoga will establish a cultural bridge incorporating...

O'Neill asked to resign.
October 7, 2004... 07 OCTOBER 2004 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - The Leader of the People's National Congress Party in Papua New Guinea, Peter O'Neill has been asked to surrender the party's leadership, amidst possible perjury charges. Founding party leader and...

Fiji and PNG national carriers attract low ratings in airline services.
October 7, 2004... 07 OCTOBER 2004 SUVA (Pacnews) --- Fiji and Papua New Guinea's national airlines, Air Pacific and Air Niugini, have been given three star ratings by Skytrax, the world's leading airline and airport research company. Skytrax, based in...