Public servants’ strike looms in Solomons (TVNZ)
Public servants will walk off the job in the Solomon Islands on Friday, amid a damaging strike by telco workers which has hit emergency services and businesses hard.
News and Views from Other Islands (The Block Island Times)
Island schools vulnerable in earthquake KODIAK ISLAND, ALASKA — The collapse of schools in China’s earthquake and a $4 million veto by Gov. Sarah Palin has Kodiak officials worried, the Kodiak Daily Mirror reports.
Spam attack shut downs Marshall Islands email service (ZDNet)
Marshall Islands National Telecommunications Authority is reporting that a sustained spamming attack during the past 24 hours managed to cause a successful Denial of Service attack on the email services of the islands only Internet Service Provider. More info on the attack : More…
Public servants to strike in Solomons (AAP via Yahoo!7 News)
Public servants will walk off the job in the Solomon Islands on Friday, amid a damaging strike by telco workers.
Philippine troops seal off island to search for rebels: military (TODAYonline)
File photo shows army troops being deployed on the southern Philippines island of Mindanao. The Philippine military sealed off a tiny island Monday to hunt for rebels after clashes on a nearby resort isle left 17 people dead, a military spokesman said.
Solomons PM to face no confidence vote (AAP via Yahoo!7 News)
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Derek Sikua will face his first vote of no confidence in next month’s parliamentary sitting, just six months into the top job.
Philippines: Troops, Police Battle Fleeing Communist Rebels, At Least 17 Killed, Army Says (Sin Chew Jit Poh)
MANILA, PHILIPPINES: Philippine troops, backed by helicopter gunships, are pursuing communist rebels who attacked a town hall and two police stations in the south, sparking two days of sporadic battles that have killed 17 people, the army said Monday (30 June).
Philippines: Bad Loan Ratio Hits Post-Asian Crisis Low (Sin Chew Jit Poh)
MANILA, PHILIPPINES: Philippine commercial banks’ bad loans fell to 5.21% in June.
Pacific Islands hit by high food prices (The Manila Times)
WELLINGTON: While leaders from around the world argued about how to blunt the impact of soaring food prices in Rome earlier this month, Pacific Islanders were wondering how they would feed their families.
Philippine Builders Slide on Prospects of Higher Inflation (Bloomberg.com)
July 1 (Bloomberg) — Megaworld Corp. fell, leading a slide among Philippine builders on concern borrowing costs will rise as inflation accelerates, damping spending on homes.
