Index: March 1, 2004


Cover

Cover Story


Civil Disobedience Plan In Advanced Stage

Boycott, petition, referendum mooted

Deepening Economic Woes Predicted

Unbudgeted, excessive spending stifling growth

Heading For Trouble?

Could winds of change become a storm in Tonga?

New Era Unfolds

Australia’s Pacific Policy Is Grounded In Reality

Publisher Hopes For A Change of Heart

Fonua fights 20% foreign ownership limit

Royal Rebel Calls For Reform

He insists he's not lone voice in the Royal Family

‘A Very High Priority For Us’

Australia’s John Howard On The Pacific Islands

Features


Aviation
Regional Airlines Face Cut Price War

ASPA sees knife at their throats

Business
Boom And Bust of Cooks' New Industry

But optimism still for fishing business

Business
New Owner For Madang Mill

But growers retain 40%

Business
PNG's Promising New Industry

Tapping a $multimillion natural products market

Environment
Keeping Our Pacific Ocean Healthy



Fiji
Fiji Sugar Turns Sour

Time Has Run Out For Country’s Sugar Industry

Fiji
Poaching Takes Its Toll

Fiji Rugby Schools Dilemma Part Of Bigger Problem

Marshall Islands
America’s Radioactive Relations

U.S. Bails Out Iraq, But Islanders Ask ‘What About Us?’

Ocean Forum
Bleak Vision For Oceania's Future

Strict conservation rules needed

Ocean Forum
Sea Of Indicators

SPREP's Takesy's ocean wealth list

Ocean Forum
Where To From Now?

'To move forward, you need innovative ideas'

Papua New Guinea
A Palestine Man's PNG Plight

New Zealand is his hope

Papua New Guinea
Aust Police Deployment Put On Hold

Immunity provision creating a stir

Papua New Guinea
PNG Fortunes Turn For Better

More improvements expected

Politics
Flosse Fries Foreign Rice

And he loses out on regional role

Politics
Frankly, Who Really Runs Fiji?

Qarase, Chaudhry or Frank Bainimarama?

Regional Security
Election Showdown Raises Tensions

Taiwan President Risks Isolation To Win Second Term

Telecommunications
Is ‘Big Deal’ Going Down?

$67M Fiber Optic Plan In The Works

Tourism
Cruising To A Share of Sea Holiday Trade

Pacific ports are safer and varied

Trade
A EU-Style Club For The Pacific?

An emerging vision for the Pacific

Trade
Pacific Ports Warned

Comply with anti-terrorism rules, or else

Women
Gender Equality: Realty or Myth?

Have Pacific women made real progress?

Departments


A Man Who's Worth Celebrating On Women's Day
 

A New Face, A New Perspective
 Samantha Magick Joins As Managing Editor

Air and Sea
 

Business Briefs
 

Business Briefs
 

Can You ID?
 

Drop The Jargon, Spread The Word
 NGOs need to make it simple

Fiji Air War
 Low-Budget Carriers Threaten National Airline

Government Briefs
 

Letters
 

Letters To The Editor
 

Pacific Notes
 

People Briefs
 

PM Archives
 

Political Briefs
 

Tufi's Treasure Trove
 Mystery World At A PNG Outpost

Urwin's Top Priority As New Forum S-G
 To counter perceptions about the region

We Say 1
 

We Say 2
 

We Say 3
 

Whispers
 

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