Index: May 1, 2003


Cover

Cover Story


Long-Term Instability

Increasing Poverty and Ethnic Tensions Cloud Fiji's Future

Vanuatu: Too Little Beef in the Economy



Features


Aviation
Air Niugini Beset With Problems

Pressure for profit mounts

Aviation
AirCalin Wants More Japanese Business

Now it has increased flights to Osaka

Aviation
Logan Appu Has Big Plans For Royal Tongan

But are they viable?

Briefs
Business



Briefs
Government



Briefs
People



Business
American Samoa's Tuna Cannery Worries

Untangling tangled nets

Business
Ramu Sugar, Cattle Trade Doing Well

New export markets tapped

Business
River Kayaking In Madang

A touch of paradise, but better

Business
Tapping Opportunities In New Wired Economies

A quick way forward for Fiji and region

Cover Report
And...A New Party Is Born On Ambae

The focus: Stimulating growth in rural areas

Cover Report
Copra Producers Wallow In Strife

Political interference to be blamed

Cover Report
Evergreen Venture Churns Out Profits

Owners have big plans for the future

Cover Report
Molisa Faces Income Tax Questions

Should it or should it not be imposed?

Cover Report
The Good News: Vanuatu Beef Beefing Up Exports

It's just cracked Australia's organic market

Cover Report
Tourism Down, But There Are Positive Trends

Virgin Blue may come to the rescue

Environment
Gliding Beneath The Waves



Features
Mixed War Reaction in the Pacific

Not Shock, Not Awe - Mostly Consternation

Features
Tauese: a Samoan Man in Full

He Loved To Tell Jokes and Count Votes

Fiji
Getting Things Under Control

Fiji Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase Takes Stock

Fiji
Larry Thomas

Fiji's Playwright-Filmmaker Gives Life to Untold Stories

Fisheries
$210 Million Deal Gives U.S. Fishing Rights

But Fear of Over-Fishing Rises In Region

Fisheries
Tangled Nets and Heaps of Stones

The Future of the Tuna Canneries In American Samoa

Politics
Goff Plays True Diplomat

NZ Foreign Minister's Pacific Tour

Politics
Qarase And Chaudhry Back Talking Again

What's happening between Qarase and army chief

Politics
Soponga Confident Of Election Win

Tuvalu's PM wants cash for atoll economies

Politics
Sudden End To Tito's Reign, But He's Fighting Back

Council of State runs Kiribati

Politics
Unhappy Islanders Leaving The Hapi Isles

Dissatisfaction with government policies tops list

Departments


Business & Politics
 

Cow Flap And A Privy Council
 Preserving the Eyes and Ears of the Governed

Is Compact Two Fair?
 Negotiations Leave Islanders Irked

Letters
 

Letters To The Editor
 

Pacific Notes
 

Saipan Camp and the Tallest Building in Apia
 

Silent Running
 Kayaking Offers Palau Visitors Another Way To Explore

Social Re-Engineering
 Maturity Is Not Always Learned In Classrooms

Stuff We Like
 

Twists And Turns In The Forum Secretary-General Race
 

We Say
 

We Say
 

We Say
 

Whispers
 

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