Dateline Pacific for 28 February 2020

A United Nations report says drug trafficking through the Pacific Islands is of increasing concern; the neglected PNG town of Daru could be wiped out by the covid 19 coronavirus if it arrives there, the mayor says; a Samoan man, who prosecutors say was trafficked to New Zealand and used as a slave, has described being ordered to beat his cousin; the Bougainville Government remains confident it will manage to change the constitution in time for President John Momis to contest this year's election; Fiji's Fisheries Ministry is looking at how to dispose of more than 200 kilogrammes of fish it confiscated during last year's four month harvest ban.