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Samoa's landline phone company and its cellular phone company are heading to court in an interconnection dispute which includes over two million US dollars worth of income. The dispute surfaced...

The Solomon Islands Prime Minister Sir Allen Kemakeza has confirmed there is some concern in the Government over the hold Accountant-General, Colin Davis, has on the country's purse strings. Mr...

A report from Solomon Islands says the Accountant-General, Colin Davis, is being warned that his appointment may not be renewed when his contract ends in June. The warning has been...

Tuu'u Anasi Leota was sworn in yesterday as a Samoan cabinet minister, filling a vacancy created by the death of Justice Minister Seumanu Aita Ah Wa last month. Tuu'u becomes...

The first members of an Australian contingent of police and government officials to be sent to Papua New Guinea will begin work as advisors in Port Moresby this week. The...

The Samoa prime minister, Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, says male scholarship students who fail through neglect of their studies should prepare to be houseboys. Tuilaepa says they should be prepared…

Papua New Guinea teachers are jubilant they have finally got airline tickets and holiday leave entitlements. The National reports that 261 teachers in National Capital District and Central Province…

Samoa's prime minister says the heads of government bodies need to speak up for funds, otherwise they will be ignored by Treasury. Tuilaepa Sailele says if the head of a...

Fiji's Auditor General has criticised government ministries for continuing to ignore rules and procedures that ensure proper accounting of finances, despite previous audit reports. The comments were…

Australia says top-level talks which finished Thursday night between senior Australian officials and their Papua New Guinea counterparts were productive. The talks, to identify ways Australia can help…

The Papua New Guinea government says it will cut spending by 30 million US dollars amid severe budget problems. The acting finance minister, Sinai Brown, says there has been a...

The Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer says Papua New Guinea could become a failed state, exploited by criminals and possibly terrorists if Australia withdrew all of its 200 million US...

Papua New Guinea's Finance and Treasury Minister Bart Philemon says a supplementary budget will not be introduced into parliament. Mr Philemon says he will inform Parliament on the necessary…

Papua New Guinea's finance and treasury minister, Bart Philemon, says reports of increases in personal taxes by local media are false. Mr Philemon says there's a need for a reduction...

The Australian prime minister, John Howard, has warned of a frontal assault on corruption in Solomon Islands in the next phase of the Australian-led intervention. A gun amnesty ended last...

The Solomon Islands treasury secretary, Shadrach Fanega, says spending for some overseas travel by government workers is more than 800 percent over budget. He says attending the Forum in Auckland...

Papua New Guinea's Treasurer, Bart Philemon, has told MPs Parliament is unlikely to get more money despite reports its electricity could be cut unless an electricity bill of 34 thousand...

The Papua New Guinea government will ask the Asian Development Bank to release a 35 million US dollar economic rescue package next week. The Treasury Minister, Bart Philemon says the...

A report by the Papua New Guinea Auditor General has revealed the Government paid over 225 thousand US dollars of Treasury Secretary Koiari Tarata's medical bill in Australia in late...

A strike by four public sector unions in New Caledonia has hit the territory's administration in Noumea. The unlimited strike, which began on Tuesday in a dispute over pension entitlements,...

Samoa's Minister of Finance, Misa Telefoni, has praised staff at the Treasury and the office of the Chief Accountant for processing the country's accounts in record time. Misa said by...

The US Treasury Department has recommended cutting Nauru from the US financial system because it has not acted to curb money laundering. The recommendation comes despite Nauru's finance minister…

The newly appointed head of the finance ministry in Solomon Islands, Shadrach Fanega, has criticised the government's inability to manage its daily financial obligations. He has blamed groups and…

The Bougainville Resistance Force has threatened to pull out of the gun disposal programme on the island unless the Papua New Guinea Government pays them two point 15 million US...

The Bougainville Resistance Force has threatened to pull out of the gun disposal programme on the island unless the Papua New Guinea Government pays them two point 15 million US...