Pacific Waves for Tuesday 21 April 2015

3:05 PM.PNG poultry industry welcomes ban of Australian chickens; Northern Marianas medical marijuana bill gains traction; Vanuatu threatens to deport anti GMO group; Bougainville Police say they have new… Read more Audio

3:04 PM.Operators in the poultry industry in Papua New Guinea are welcoming a Government ban on all raw poultry products imported from Australia. Audio

3:03 PM.The author of a bill that proposes to legalise marijuana for medical use in the CNMI says the majority of feedback from public hearings has been supportive. Audio

3:02 PM.The Vanuatu government has confirmed that it threatened the New Caledonian NGO Stop GMO Pacific with deportation if it continued to spread what the government is calling unneccesary propaganda about… Read more Audio

5:05 AM.Bougainville Police say they have new leads in a search for 19 escaped prisoners ; New Cook Islands opposition leader highlights his plans; Disaster authorities in Vanuatu look forward to government… Read more Audio

5:04 AM.Police in Papua New Guinea's autonomous Bougainville region say they have new leads in a man hunt for 19 prisoners who broke out of the Buka police cells between three and four am on Sunday during a… Read more Audio

5:03 AM.The newly-appointed leader of the opposition Cook Islands Democratic Party, William Heather, highlights what his main pursuits will be as party leader. Audio