Marianas Variety On-Line Edition

Bikini divers get costly airlift
Australian and American scuba divers are being evacuated from Bikini Atoll following the grounding of all of the national airline’s planes — the second time in as many months international ...(Full Story)

FSM’s Mori signs more bills into laws
Federated States of Micronesia President Manny Mori has signed more congressional acts into public laws:
• Public Law 15-10, to appropriate from the fiscal year ..(Full Story)

Fiji perplexed by Australia, New Zealand stance
Fiji’s military leader says while he is happy about the decision of the Pacific Islands Forum, he is equally disappointed with the attitudes of Australia and New Zealand...(Full Story)

Kiribati president re-elected
The president of Kiribati, Anote Tong, has been returned to power.Tong was one of four candidates in the election whose full results will be released later by the Chief Justice of .(Full Story)

Philippine Briefs
The Department of Finance says the government incurred a 40 billion pesos, or $909 million, budget deficit during the first nine months of this year.But it said the shortfall was smaller than the projected deficit ..(Full Story)