Marianas Variety On-Line Edition

Samoa bans commercial logging
Commercial logging of remaining native forests in Samoa has been banned. The ministry of natural resources and environment in a public notice has reminded local logging companies that the...(Full Story)

S. Korean energy giant in bid to buy struggling Marshalls electric company
South Korean energy giant SK Networks is making a bid to buy a controlling interest in the struggling Marshalls Energy Company, with a high-powered delegation from the Asian company arriving...(Full Story)

NZ gov’t slams Fiji chiefs on democracy
The New Zealand government has accused Fiji’s Great Council of Chiefs of adopting a “whimsical attitude to democracy.”
Duty Minister Jim Anderton said New Zealand remains opposed..(Full Story)

Pacific alert issued on international conman
A Pacific wide alert has been issued for international conman Peter Foster who has not been seen in Fiji for two days and may have fled several days earlier to the Pacific island of..(Full Story)

Disability bill put on hold in Cooks
People living with disability in the Cook Islands have been hit by news that a proposed draft disability bill will not be ready by June as planned...(Full Story)

PNG police commissioner’s post reconsidered
Papua New Guinea’s cabinet may be reconsidering its decision to appoint Gari Baki as commissioner of police as tension and split among police personnel emerge following the dramatic arrest of..(Full Story)