Pacific Waves for Friday 1 August 2014

3:07 PM.Fiji campaigning in full swing; also in Fiji, youth beef up the Sodelpa party's campaign; West Papuan participation in economic development still low; Guam about to extradite a Russian cyber crime… Read more Audio

3:06 PM.Campaigning is in full swing for the Fiji elections, the first since the military led coup of 2006. Audio

3:04 PM.Economic development in West Papua still somewhat lacking in participation by indigenous people, says local journalist. Audio

3:02 PM.A journalist in the Solomon Islands says the creation of a new trade union this week could start a fresh chapter for workers' rights in the country. Audio

5:05 AM.Plans for an International Labour Organisation mission to Fiji welcomed; Also in Fiji, youth are beef up the Sodelpa party's campaign; Guam about to extradite a Russian cyber crime suspect; PNG PM… Read more Audio

5:04 AM.A Fiji election candidate, Attar Singh, welcomes an International Labour Organisation mission to Fiji, but is disappointed it will be after September's elections. Audio

5:03 AM.Fiji's Sodelpa party is beefing up its campaign by recruiting young volunteers to go house to house and gain voters. Audio

5:02 AM.A federal judge on Guam has denied a motion to discharge a Russian cyber-crime suspect who says he was kidnapped by the US government while on holiday and brought to the island. Audio