Marianas Variety On-Line Edition

Majuro resident: Thank you USDA Rural Development
Hirobo Obeketang, a resident of Majuro Atoll in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, thought he and his family would have to live with his mother indefinitely....(Full Story)

Former Tonga police minister charged with sedition
Police in Tonga have charged former police minister and Tongatapu number three people’s representative to the Legislative Assembly, Clive Edwards, ...(Full Story)

A. Samoa senator backs pay raise for governor
A call by American Samoa Sen. Alo Paul Stevenson to raise the salaries of the governor and lt. governor is being supported by his colleagues, Radio New Zealand International reports....(Full Story)

PNG Central Bank: Watch poll spending
The Papua New Guinea Central Bank fears heavy spending by the government leading up to the elections could push up the exchange rate and inflation...(Full Story)

Visit to Fiji not priority for NZ’s Peters
New Zealand ‘s Foreign Minister Winston Peters is not certain if he is on the list of people banned from entering Fiji.
Peters said he had seen media ..(Full Story)

Air Tahiti, Air Rarotonga open regional route
French Polynesia’s Air Tahiti and Cook Islands’ Air Rarotonga have jointly announced the launch of a new regional route between the two countries...(Full Story)

Conman staying at luxury hotel
Australian conman Peter Foster, who was sentenced to two months imprisonment in Vanuatu after a saga in which he tried to escape by leaping from a window...(Full Story)