Melanesian Spearhead Group

Type: Organization

Name: Melanesian Spearhead Group

First reported 1 hour ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

Lilo backing MSG trade

Gordon Darcy LiloHoniara – Solomon Islands Prime Minister, Gordon Darcy Lilo, says the way Australia approaches development of the region’s trade relationships is unfair and discriminatory.“We should be inviting each other to engage in a more fair partnership,” ... [Published Fiji Sun - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Melanesian Spearhead Group, Gordon Darcy Lilo, Australia, Honiara (Solomon Islands), Solomon Islands

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

Australia's approach to Pacific worries Solomons PM

Solomon Islands Prime Minister, Gordon Darcy Lilo, says Australia needs to take a more consensus-based approach to the Pacific region, focussing on real development needs.Mr Darcy Lilo told Radio Australia's Pacific Beat program he believes the way Australia ... [Published ABC Online - May 24 2013]

Entities: Australia, Hugo Swire, Melanesian Spearhead Group, Gordon Darcy Lilo

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Maru: PNG could lose billions under FTA deals

PAPUA New Guinea would lose K2 billion in annual income if the country agrees on the duty free arrangements with Australia and New Zealand.Trade Commerce and Industry Minister Richard Maru said this before he left the country for the Melanesian Spearhead ... [Published Papua New Guinea National - May 23 2013]

Entities: Melanesian Spearhead Group, Common Market, Papua New Guinea, Fiji

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

PNG?s Maru keen for a common market in MSG nations.

Papua New Guinea’s Trade Minister says he wants to see a common market established in the Melanesian Spearhead Group of nations before it is extended to the wider Pacific.Richard Maru says he is against PNG being part of the PACER Plus scheme, which is ... [Published Radio New Zealand International - May 21 2013]

Entities: Common Market, Papua New Guinea, Melanesian Spearhead Group

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 2 reports

Pacific Islands Forum

MSGâs growing gravitas in the coming years

‘....what a great organisation to forge such links with than the powerfully emerging Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG). Although New Zealand and Australia are not there yet with the MSG because of their long-standing commitment to the Pacific Islands Forum ... [Published Islands Business - May 21 2013]

Entities: Fiji, Melanesian Spearhead Group, Pacific Islands Forum, Hugo Swire

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 5 reports

PNG to decide on PACER Plus involvement

Papua New Guinea will soon decide on whether it will continue to be involved in PACER Plus trade negotiations which looks at a trading bloc with the Pacific and NZ and Australia.While speaking at the Melanesian Spearhead Group Trade Ministers meeting, ... [Published Fijivillage.com - May 21 2013]

Entities: Hugo Swire, Vijay Narayan, Melanesian Spearhead Group

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 4 reports

Exciting, untapped opportunities seen in the MSG region

By JYOTI PRATIBHA and RACHNA LALThe Fijian Government is convinced there are many other exciting opportunities that remain untapped within the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) region.This follows the successful Trade and Investment Mission to Papua New ... [Published Fiji Sun - May 21 2013]

Entities: Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Denarau Island

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

FLNKS Leaders Support West Papua Full Membership In MSG

The delegation of the West Papua National Coalition for Liberation (WPNCL) met with the Executive of the Front de Libération Nationale Kanak et Socialiste (FLNKS) in New Caledonia on April 11 and the incoming Chairman of Melanesian Spearhead Group Victor ... [Published Scoop - May 21 2013]

Entities: Melanesian Spearhead Group, Noumea (New Caledonia), Front de Libération Nationale, Leadership

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Single common market

ACTING Prime Minister and Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum has called on the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) trade ministers to work together for an integrated Pacific.He said the MSG was not just about trade for trade's sake but the vision for a ... [Published Fiji Times - May 20 2013]

Entities: Common Market, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, Melanesian Spearhead Group, Waiver

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 2 reports

PNG trade fair to be staged in Honiara

By ANCILLA WRAKUALEPAPUA New Guineas dominance in the neighbouring Solomon Islands market needs to be entranced by PNG through taking advantage of the Melanesian Spearhead Group or MSG free trade block opportunities, says Minister for Trade, Commerce ... [Published Post-Courier - May 20 2013]

Entities: Honiara (Solomon Islands), Solomon Islands, Melanesian Spearhead Group, Papua New Guinea, Fiji

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 2 reports

MSG must enhance Pacific well-being - Eafeare

The Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) vision should be geared towards securing a healthy, wealthy and prosperous region, says Papua New Guinea High Commissioner to Fiji, Peter Eafeare.Speaking at the MSG dinner hosted for the Eminent Persons Group in Suva, ... [Published Pacific Islands News Association - May 02 2013]

Entities: Melanesian Spearhead Group, Well-being, Fiji

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 5 reports

Be real, Sogavare tells Australia, NZ

Melanesian Spearhead Group members (from left) Kaliopate Tavola, Manasseh Sogavare of Solomon Islands, Roch Wamytan (FLNKS), Leonard Louma of PNG on their way to meet the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ratu Inoke Kubuabola yesterday. See report on Page ... [Published Fiji Sun - May 01 2013]

Entities: Manasseh Sogavare, Fiji, Kaliopate Tavola, Melanesian Spearhead Group

Quotes

"We should be inviting each other to engage in a more fair partnership."

Australia's approach to Pacific worries Solomons PM [Published ABC Online - May 24 2013]

"I think there's neutrality on this one and that's what we're going to focus our attention and efforts on."

Fiji wants greater MSG economic integration [Published ABC Radio Australia - May 21 2013]

"On top of this, in February last year, the Fijian Government approved the waiver of all immigration fees to facilitate the inward movement of persons under the MSG Skills Movement Scheme."

Single common market [Published Fiji Times - May 20 2013]

"In Fiji, we believe that trade and economic co-operation form the foundation for prosperity and growth in the region."

A vibrant grouping [Published Fiji Times - May 20 2013]

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Lilo backing MSG trade [Published Fiji Sun - 1 hour ago]
Australia's approach to Pacific worries Solomon... [Published ABC Online - May 24 2013]
Solomons PM sympathetic to PNG's complaints aga... [Published ABC Radio Australia - May 24 2013]
Maru: PNG could lose billions under FTA deals [Published Papua New Guinea National - May 23 2013]
Your views - Solomon Islands PM Lilo visits MSG... [Published Pacific Islands News Association - May 22 2013]
MSGâs growing gravitas in the coming years [Published Islands Business - May 21 2013]
PNG?s Maru keen for a common market in MSG nati... [Published Radio New Zealand International - May 21 2013]
Fiji wants greater MSG economic integration [Published ABC Radio Australia - May 21 2013]
PNG to decide on PACER Plus involvement [Published Fijivillage.com - May 21 2013]
TRADE BOOST [Published Fiji Sun - May 21 2013]
PNG likely to pull out of PACER Plus [Published Fiji Broadcasting Corporation - May 21 2013]
Job opportunities for nurses and teachers [Published Fiji Broadcasting Corporation - May 21 2013]
Exciting, untapped opportunities seen in the ... [Published Fiji Sun - May 21 2013]
MSG Trade Minister hear call for greater econom... [Published ABC Radio Australia - May 21 2013]
PNG officials consider leaving PACER Plus trade... [Published Radio New Zealand International - May 21 2013]
FLNKS Leaders Support West Papua Full Membershi... [Published Scoop - May 21 2013]
MSG solidarity has never been stronger: Fiji AG [Published Pacific Islands News Association - May 20 2013]
Single common market [Published Fiji Times - May 20 2013]
A vibrant grouping [Published Fiji Times - May 20 2013]
Pacific trade talks 'waste of time': PNG [Published ABC Online - May 20 2013]
PNG trade fair to be staged in Honiara [Published Post-Courier - May 20 2013]
MSG trade growing [Published Fiji Broadcasting Corporation - May 20 2013]
MSG Trade Ministers build links [Published Fiji Sun - May 20 2013]
PNG holds trade fair in Honiara [Published Pacific Islands News Association - May 20 2013]
New Vanuatu PM completes half of 100-day must d... [Published ABC Radio Australia - May 17 2013]
New Vanuatu PM looks to shake up foreign relations [Published ABC Online - May 16 2013]
MSG examining bid by West Papua for MSG members... [Published Radio New Zealand International - May 16 2013]
Officials prepare for next month?s MSG summit. [Published Radio New Zealand International - May 16 2013]
MSG officials to discuss options on West Papuan... [Published ABC Radio Australia - May 16 2013]
MSG and PNG Police sign MOU for secondment of p... [Published Pacific Islands News Association - May 15 2013]