Index: April 1, 2004


Cover

Cover Story


Big Screen Debut

A Rotuman Actress Shines In ‘The Land Has Eyes’

Catastrophe Insurance

How it can help cushion the financial blow of regional disasters

Features


Business
A New Spotlight On Bugs

Keeping the islands pest-free

Business
Air Fare Cuts Likely To Change Visitor Flows

Fiji, Vanuatu to gain most

Business
China Reaches For PNG's Nickel

US$65m Ramu Mine deal

Business
Pacific Towns Feel Population Pressure

Planners, councillors, economists debate issue

Business
PNG's Weak On Plant Piracy

It could mean loss of knowledge and revenue

Business
Turning Tradition Into Profits

NGO-Managed Micro-Loans Support Women’s Enterprises

Environment
Biodiversity On the Regional Radar



Marshall Islands
A New Tack

Coupling Tradition And High Tech

Marshall Islands
Better Times Coming?

Funding Is Boosted, But Major Problems Remain

Marshall Islands
Shutting Down The ‘Baby Industry’

Majuro, U.S. Agencies Launch Crackdown

Northern Marianas
Reality Check: A $100 Million Deficit

Panel Forms To Tackle Problems

Politics
Bougainville's Itch For Independence

Some secessionists want it now

Politics
Fiddler Leaders Stifle Development

PM Natapei fights for survival

Politics
Kanaks Can't Change Status Quo

RPCR likely to remain as head of government

Politics
On a Fast Track to Freedom

Full Self-Rule Near

Politics
PNG Courts Clear Singirok Of Sedition

'I wanted to prevent a major criminal act'

Politics
‘No Basis For Allegations’

Bribe Charges Cloud ROC-Kiribati Ties

Telecommunications
Cooks Hook Up With GSM

Response pleases GM Phil Henderson

Telecommunications
Fiji, Cooks Explore PLC Possibility

Technology that can be adopted

Telecommunications
South African Firm Tipped To Win Telikom Bid

PNG/Fiji joint venture dumped

Tonga
Balancing Rights Of The Public And The Media

Tonga Defends Its New Newspaper Licensing Law

Tonga
Press Ban Hurts Tongans

Government ‘Reacting In Fear’ To Free Press

Trade
PICTA, PACER and EPAS: Where Are We Going?

Are we prepared for serious adjustments?

Viewpoint
Netting Ideas For Fisheries Management

Unique attributes need recognition

Youth
Giving Our Youth A Sense Of Direction

FSM sets the ball rolling

Departments


Air & Sea
 

Business Briefs
 

Business Briefs
 

Can you ID?
 

Clark's Pacific Hallucinations
 

Government Briefs
 

Letters
 

Marianas’ Natural High
 Rota Is A Gem Waiting To Be Discovered

Pacific Notes
 

People Briefs
 

Plotting A New Course
 What Is A Three Letter Word For Change?

PM Archives
 

Political Briefs
 

Sovereignty Undermined
 The Devil Is In The Fine Print

Stuff We Like
 

We Say 1
 

We Say 2
 

We Say 3
 

Whispers
 

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