Dateline Pacific evening edition for 31 January 2019

Worker restrictions put construction at risk on Guam; Fiji non-resident landowners remain in limbo; An economist says Papua New Guinea's economic statistics have been deliberately corrupted to paint a more positive picture of the economy; The MP for Lae in Papua New Guinea says coal looms as the best energy source for the city's immediate term future; A war of words has emerged between a Samoan MP and China's ambassador to Samoa over the flying of Chinese flags in the country.