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BULA! VAKAVITI - THE FIJIAN WAY Submitted by admin on Mon, 06/05/2000 - 00:00
Why should the Brits be allowed to wash their hands and meanwhile moralize about playing the game? FOCUS page from the Papua New Guinea Post-Courier
PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (June 4, 2000 - Post-Courier/PINA Nius Online) -Someone once said - I imagine it must have been Bill Shakespeare - the evil men do lives after them, or something like that. Well, in the case of Fiji, up with your hand Mr. Blair, because Britain was certainly responsible for this one. She didn t even conquer or settle the Fijian islands. They were handed over to the British Queen by the King of Fiji, Cakobau, for safekeeping!
KAVA DRINKERS IN FIJI BEWARE Submitted by admin on Thu, 10/12/2000 - 00:00
SUVA, Fiji Islands (October 11, 2000 - FM96/PINA Nius Online) -Fiji Land Transport Authority officials are getting legal advice on whether people should be fined if they are driving while grog doped from drinking too much yaqona (kava).
The authority s Media Manager, Ratu Eroni Volavola, says Land Transport traffic laws state that people could be fined up to F$ 2,000 (US$ 899) if they are incapable of driving or driving under the influence of an intoxicating liquor or drug.
Ratu Eroni says if yaqona is classified as a drug by lawyers then the authority will clamp down on both drivers and pedestrians.
BOUGAINVILLE HARDLINERS GRAB POLICE VEHICLE Submitted by admin on Fri, 12/29/2000 - 00:00
By Jack Metta
PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (December 28, 2000 - The National/PINA Nius Online) -Bougainville police chief Joe Bemu has been directed by his superiors to seek help from Bougainvillean leaders to recover a police vehicle commandeered at gunpoint by rebel hardliners in Arawa during Christmas.
Islands Regional Police Commander Assistant Commissioner Matthew Minok said the vehicle was allegedly commandeered by a rebel commander in Arawa, known to police. The man is notorious for four other carjackings in the past, Mr. Minok said. His latest acquisition is Arawa s only police vehicle - a Toyota open back Land Cruiser driven by a lone policeman at the time of the hold-up.
DELAYS, COMPETITION THREATEN PAPUA NEW GUINEA GAS PROJECT Submitted by admin on Wed, 08/09/2000 - 00:00
PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (August 7, 2000 - Papua New Guinea Post-Courier/PINA Nius Online) -A failure by the State and the proponents of the K 1 billion (US$ 384,000,000) PNG Gas project to conclude the negotiations on gas agreements quickly could cost the project dearly, sources warned.
This, combined with the threat of the Timor pipeline, should be of concern to all parties, the sources said.
The Gas Agreement forms the basis for project proponents to make a decision whether to adopt the front-end engineering design (FEED) phase.