Regional News December 2008

NZ Envoy Arrives Home Following Expulsion
New Zealand Acting High Commissioner to Fiji, Caroline McDonald, has arrived in Auckland following her expulsion from Fiji by the interim government. According to Fijilive, on arrival at Auckland Airport yesterday afternoon, 'McDonald told NZ media that she was extremely disappointed at her axing' and 'that her expulsion was an "arbitrary and unwarranted action by the Fiji Interim Government"'. According to Fiji Times Online, Ms. McDonald left Fiji's... more
Fiji Expels Another NZ Envoy
Fiji has expelled acting New Zealand High Commissioner to Fiji, Caroline McDonald, following a tense standoff regarding the refusal of a student visa to the son of the President's private secretary. In the continuing saga of the tense relations between Fiji and New Zealand, Fiji has once again expelled another New Zealand envoy, following the much publicized expulsion of Michael Green, New Zealand's High Commissioner to Fiji, last year. According to Fijilive, the... more
Fiji Minister Claims Phones Tapped by Australia and NZ
Fiji's interim Communications Minister, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, has made claims that Australian and New Zealand authorities are tapping the phone lines in Fiji. Earlier in the week, according to Fiji times Online, Mr. Sayed-Khaiyum had made statements regarding the travel bans imposed on Fiji by the two countries, saying that the interim Government does not mind travel bans "as long as it is not against innocent victims of this country like business people that... more
ADB to Help Nauru Preserve and Grow Capital for Development through Nauru Trust Fund
MANILA, PHILIPPINES - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is providing a technical assistance grant that will help the Government of Nauru establish a Nauru Trust Fund to accumulate, preserve, grow, and mobilize capital for development. The grant will also help Nauru improve its public financial management systems. The ADB technical assistance grant worth $225,000 is its first direct grant to Nauru since the island nation settled its debt arrears with... more
Fiji Firm Buys BP Oil's Pacific Operations
Local Fiji firm, Fijian Holdings Limited (FHL), has bought BP South-West Pacific for $190 million. According to Fiji Times Online, FHL chairman, Isoa Kaloumaira, 'announced that historic deal after signing the sales and purchase agreement in Suva' on Thursday, making it the 'largest investment FHL has undertaken in its 24-year life'. Mr. Kaloumira stated that the "newly acquired BP SWP business includes 67 retail outlets and related operations in Fiji,... more
Pacific Tuna Commission Gives a Glimmer of Hope for the World's Favourite Fish
Deportation of NZ Reporter from Fiji Draws Criticism
ADB to Help Tuvalu Strengthen Public Financial Management and Good Governance
ADB Approves $400M Multi-Tranche Financing Facility for Papua New Guinea
Tuna Meeting a Failed Compromise
Fiji Faces Suspension from Forum
Japan and ADB Promote Regional Trade Integration
Update: Tidal Wave Disaster in PNG Spreading
The Climate Crisis Waits for No One
ADB Commences Future Carbon Fund
Tide Causes Destruction in Parts of PNG
Forum Ministerial Contact Group Returns to Fiji
Giant Fruits Surprise Fiji Farmer
Lower Remittance Fees Help the Poor
Male Babies Killed to Stop Tribal Fighting
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UNESCO: the hundredth anniversary of the death of Ludwik Zamenhof, the creator of Esperanto
By MARTIN SCHÄFFER Germany
Laparoscopic (Key-Hole) surgery arrives at Gizo in time for Easter
By DR GARY MCKAY Australia
Book launch - 'Redeeming Moti
By DR SUSAN MERRELL Australia

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