Runoff Election Under Way In American Samoa
Voters to determine who will be governor, Lt. governor

Sablan First Elected CNMI Delegate To U.S. House
Vows to foster better relations with U.S. federal government

Strike At Sheraton, Papeete, Closes Hotel
Closure puts 130 employees out of work

Qarase Suit Against Fiji Coup Scheduled Next Year
Challenge to high court ruling clearing 2006 coup

Guam Lawmakers Oppose Marianas Marine Sanctuary
Huge ‘marine monument’ proposed by President Bush

Fiji Shipping Company Lowers Rates
Bligh Water Shipping cites falling fuel costs

Former CNMI Telecom Chairman Pleads Guilty
Fitzgerald stole $88,000 from government commission

Skyairworld Anxious To Serve Solomon Islands
Waiting for agreement with government, Anuha landowners

PNG Projects Stalled By Cement Shortage
Increased demand as PNG developments surge

Tonga $49,000 Grant Supports Performing Arts
Princess Salote guest of honor at ceremony

PNG Landowners Threaten To Stop Lae Port Project
The $192 million expansion on hold

Guam Authorities Seize Nightclub Assets
Club 7 Deuce allegedly front for drug ring

Earthquakes Hit Near Vanuatu
Two quakes, 5.7 and 5.1, within three hours

PNG Landowners Seek To Stop Morobe Mine
Demands for cash compensation

• Japan Government OKs Import Of Whale Meat
  BBC News

• Vulnerable Island Nations At Mercy Of World’s Polluters
  Holly M. Barker

• Freedom Of Press Takes Big Step Back In Samoa
  Savea Sano Malifa, Publisher, Samoa Observer

• Media Tread Lightly In Repressive Pacific
  Alex Kirby

• Democracy, Homogeneity Compatible In Fiji
  Jone R Baledrokadroka

• Crossed Namele Leaves Shadow Vanuatu Elections
  Dr. Wendy Stenberg-Tendys

• Tackling Corruption, Transforming Lives
  United Nations Development Program
• Asian Development Outlook 2008 Update
  (Go to Part III, Economic Trends, "Regional Summaries," page 136 to see the report’s section on Pacific islands.)

• Fiji People’s Charter for Change, Peace and Progress [Draft]
  National Council for Building a Better Fiji

• Possible Impacts Of ‘Federalization’ In CNMI
  U.S. Government Accountability Office

• State of Reef Ecosystems In U.S. and Pacific FAS: 2008 
  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

 FEATURES [more features]

• Vanuatu’s Lovely Lelepa Island

• Solomons’ Makira Province, Land Of Bananas

• Vanuatu Dig Reveals Ancient Taiwan Origin

• Globe-Trotting Surfers Discover Solomon Islands

• Fiji Chief Dedicated To Preserving Language, Culture

 THE CONTEMPORARY PACIFIC
 VOLUME 20, NO. 2, FALL 2008

 Selected Items from the Current Issue 

• About the Artist

 Political Reviews

• The Region in Review: International Issues and Events, 2007

 Melanesia in Review: Issues and Events, 2007 

• Fiji
• New Caledonia
• Solomon Islands
• Vanuatu

PACIFIC JOURNALISM REVIEW
 VOL. 13(2), September 2007

• Theme: Pacific Media And Digital Democracy
• Abstracts For Current Issue
• Who Let The Blogs Out? Media And Free Speech In Post-Coup Fiji
  By Sophie Foster
• Women's Media: Challenging The Status Quo
  By Sharon Baghwan Rolls
• Review: Pou Kōrero: A Journalists’ Guide To Māori And Current Affairs, By Carol Archie
• Link to Journal Homepage

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