Page 4 - IB MAR 2019

March 2019 Vol. 45 No. 3 Solomons election preview p5
MARCH 2019 FJD $4.35
Pacific mourns NZ victims p21
Pacific states join tax blacklist p25
Samoa’s social media problem p26
www.islandsbusiness.com
CONTENTS
Solomons Oil spill
A murky mix of vested interests
Australia ............................................................AU$6.00 Hawaii .................................................................US$6.00 New Zealand ..................................................NZ$6.00 Solomon Islands .......................................SL$20.00
Cook Islands ...................................................NZ$6.00 Kiribati.................................................................AU$6.00 Niue .......................................................................NZ$6.00 Tonga ......................................................................P10.00
Palau ....................................................................US$6.00
Marshall Islands ..........................................US$6.00
Federated States of Micronesia .......US$6.00
Tuvalu ..................................................................AU$6.00
Papua New Guinea .......................................K10.00
French Polynesia ..........................................CPF500
Fiji Islands ...........................................................F$4.35 New Caledonia ...............................................CPF500 Samoa ....................................................................T10.00 Vanuatu ..............................................................Vatu500
Nauru ...................................................................AU$6.00
Cover photo: UNESCO

21 Pacific mourns

6-7 We Say 22-23 Advancing regional integration

8-9 Whispers 24 Vinod Patel leads the way

10 Political Brief - FIJI 25 Pacific states join tax blacklist

11 Political Brief - PNG 26 Samoa grapples with social media

12-13 Political Brief - PACIFIC 27 Doing development differently

14 A murky mix of vested interests 28 Nakao’s timely reminder

in Solomons 30 Business Intelligence- PNG
16 Australia: Vanuatu’s partner of
31-33 Business Intelligence- Pacific
choice?
35 The cancer killing Pacific women
18 Uproar at World Rugby proposal
36-38 Indepth: Former FFA boss James
20 Fiji bond market challenges
Movick
22 The long road to Dubai

4 Islands Business, March 2019