Pacific responds to asylum plans
Social forums like Sharptalk hosted in PNG have exploded with comments, mostly negative.
Infrastructure indecision
Melanesian governments showed again how difficult it can be to move from strategy to implementation as furore arose around two major projects. In PNG,a USD 40…
Caledonia debt cancelled
As rancour enveloped the anti-independence movement, the French government made a surprise announcement that it would write off a USD 385 million debt, accumulated in the 1970s…
MSG trade mission
Papua New Guinea has led a trade mission to their Melanesian neighbours Solomon Islands to explore investment opportunities there. PNG companies in Solomon Islands account for about SID148 million worth…
Solomons amendment ire
Transparency Solomon Islands is raising questions concerning recent rushed amendments to the Financial Institutions Act, which it claims will effectively allow logging companies to run their own banks. This…
‘Tens of billions’ from seabed mining
The Cook Islands government is seriously considering mining its ‘tens of billions of dollars’ of seabed resources. Mark Brown, Cooks Islands’ Finance Minister has held talks with some of…