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TODAY'S PACIFIC
NEWS
Wednesday, November 19,
2008
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
subsidized commission
Skyairworld Anxious To Serve Solomon Islands
Waiting for agreement with government,
landowners on Anuha
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
NEWS LINKS
Japan Government OKs
Import Of Whale Meat
BBC News
COMMENTARY [more commentary]
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
ANALYSIS [more analysis]
Mary Lyn Fonua
Taiwan’s 2008 Legislative Elections: Pain And Gain
Denny Roy, East-West Center
GAO Releases Report On
U.S. Funding To Vanuatu
U.S. Government Accountability Office
REPORTS [more
reports]
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]
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
Political Reviews
Melanesia in Review: Issues and Events, 2007
PACIFIC
JOURNALISM REVIEW,
VOL. 13(2), September 2007
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