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Jun 20, 2018
No compassionate leave for teachers
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By Anish Chand School teachers in Fiji have been informed of major changes in their contracts which has taken…
Jun 19, 2018
Bau chief files complaint against army, police…
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By Netani Rika RATU Epenisa Cakobau has lodged a complaint against police and the army for his arrest on Bau…
Jun 18, 2018
Gender training for FSM police
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By Netani Rika POHNPEI police recruits have been trained in the areas of gender, violence against women and…
Jun 18, 2018
NFP enquires about human rights
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By Netani Rika THE public has a right to know why commissioners have not been appointed to oversee the Fiji…
Jun 15, 2018
Rein in public sector wage increases, bank urges…
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A major bank in the Pacific region has recommended that Fiji put the brakes on civil servants wage increases…
Jun 13, 2018
Fiji assists with burial of Pastor and son
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By Nanise Volau THE Fijian Government has assisted the Suva-based Christian Mission Fellowship in the burial…
Jun 08, 2018
Respect traditional protocols, Rabuka urge
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By Netani Rika FORMER Prime Minister and Social Democratic Liberal Party (SODELPA), leader Major-General…
Jun 08, 2018
Tui Noco is home
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By Nanise Volau THE late Tui Noco Ratu Isoa Damudamu was hailed as a “visionary leader” who made a dream…
Jun 08, 2018
Rewa ready to farewell chief
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By Netani Rika THE Indo-Fijian community handed over the body of the Ratu na Tui Noco to his people late…
Jun 08, 2018
Bau chief row
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By Nanise Volau A MAJOR row erupted two days before the planned installation of the new Vunivalu of Bau.…
Jun 08, 2018
Fijian missionary and son died in plane crash in…
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By Usa Koto Confirmation that there were no survivors in a small passenger plane that crashed in a…
Jun 08, 2018
World Oceans Day - What it means for the Pacific
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from the Acting Director General of SPREP, Mr Stuart Chape World Oceans Day has been celebrated each year…
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June 14, 2018
ICE AGE
in 2018 June
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METHAMPHETAMINE has raised the red flag higher as more raids and discoveries take place in the hub of the Pacific. Border control agencies and police…
June 14, 2018
A win for Fiji Times
in 2018 June
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Fiji’s High Court in a landmark decision last month cleared the Fiji Times of sedition charges and declared its three newspaper executives free men.…
June 14, 2018
Power Sale Blackout
in 2018 June
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Critics decry ‘secrecy’ in sale of Fiji’s power utility Why the rush and secrecy behind the sale of Fiji’s power utility? This is the question on the…
June 14, 2018
‘Macron-ising’ the Pacific
in 2018 June
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As French President Emmanuel Macron visited Australia and New Caledonia in May, France consolidated its standing across the Pacific. President Macron…
June 14, 2018
Fiji’s going Green on Bonds
in 2018 June
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In October last year, Fiji made a historic series of firsts in the international financial markets. It became the first emerging economy, first…
June 14, 2018
Usp: lamenting what we have lost!
in 2018 June
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Congratulations to the University of the South Pacific on its 50th anniversary. Everyone who has been to USP should be proud of it.The University…
Jun 14, 2018
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NCD impacts insurance payout
BSP Life has stamped its mark as one of the Pacific’s leading life insurance supplier with a record payout of F$58.6…
Jun 14, 2018
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We Say - FFA continue to showcase and celebrate locally grown talent and expertise
By appointing from within the Pacific to provide able and inspirational leadership, agencies like the SPC and the FFA…
Jun 14, 2018
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We Say - Global Climate Finance
Relying on the much-touted global climate finance mechanisms provided for under the Global Environment Fund or the…
Jun 14, 2018
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So long Professor Bill
How he went was not in proportion to the huge impact he has left behind is one way of describing the quiet passing away…
May 09, 2018
Ceiling’s a barrier no more - Dr Hilda Heine - President of the Republic of Marshall Islands
in 2018 May
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President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Dr Hilda Heine is the first woman to head an independent Pacific Island state. Dr Heine’s journey…
May 09, 2018
Media freedom under attack
in 2018 May
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WITH the trial of three newspaper executives underway in Fiji in May on charges of sedition, the assault of a newspaper journalist in Papua New…
May 09, 2018
Tuvalu ain’t sinking
in 2018 May
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REMOTE island nations in the Pacific and Indian Oceans have for many years been considered extremely vulnerable to the effects of climate change and,…
May 09, 2018
Tuna Triumph! Independent ruling slams objections to PNA’s MSC re-certification
in 2018 May
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RELENTLESS tuna politics failed to deflate confidence within the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) camp following strong opposition from the…
May 09, 2018
Fiji defends cyclone forecasting capability
in 2018 May
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WEATHER forecasting is a huge challenge and at most times mixed with complications. The former Director of the Fiji Metrological Services, Rajendra…
April 09, 2018
Fiji is the Pacific’s top tourist destination still
in 2018 April
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FIJI is still the number one tourist destination in the Pacific region attracting a little over 840,000 visitors last year with a total estimated…
April 09, 2018
Terrifying TC Gita
in 2018 April
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FEBRUARY 12, 2018 will undoubtedly recalls a frightening and dangerous day for the people of Ono-i-Lau in Fiji’s southern Lau Islands. The damaging…
April 09, 2018
Fish with a story
in 2018 April
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Sandwiched between the Philippines and the Federated States of Micronesia, rising from the deep blue Pacific Ocean, sit the 200 or so limestone and…
April 09, 2018
May or October Poll?
in 2018 April
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THE burning question from April 2018 to October 2018 will be: when will Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama dissolve parliament to pave the way for the…
April 09, 2018
Hydrogen bomb test at Kiritimati
in 2018 April
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FOLLOWING three nuclear tests on Malden Island in 1957, the UK military relocated the testing site to Christmas Island (today known as Kiritimati).…
April 06, 2018
Late reaction to a killer quake
in 2018 April
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ON the morning of 26 February, a 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck the highlands of Papua New Guinea. The epicenter, according to seismology reports,…
March 07, 2018
Saluting our brave aviators
in 2018 March
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Fiji’s small knit aviation community was engulfed in grief and lots of sadness early in the month when a trainee pilot and her instructor died in a…
March 07, 2018
We Say
in 2018 March
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“We need to realise something: Either we speak up now and draw a clear line under freedom of speech, or we write it off in the Pacific region” IT’S…
March 07, 2018
Whispers
in 2018 March
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No to Sundancer movie The length to which authorities can go to make life miserable for political foes is, well breath-taking to say the least. This…
March 07, 2018
Tuvalu rejects NZ study on expanding land
in 2018 March
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FUNAFUTI, Tuvalu -- The government of Tuvalu has rejected findings of a research conducted by scientists at the Auckland University that says the…
March 07, 2018
The Big Threat
in 2018 March
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Organised crime creeps into the region A NEW crime wave looms over the region – this time on the back of motorbikes. As Australia and New Zealand…
March 07, 2018
‘At the dawn of a new day’
in 2018 March
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FLNKS Congress calls for “full sovereignty” AS New Caledonia’s FLNKS independence movement met in congress last month near the northern town of Poum,…
Mar 07, 2018
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The new Aussie assertiveness
A diplomatic spat between Beijing and Canberra has highlighted the Turnbull government’s new assertiveness in the…
Mar 07, 2018
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Closing the gender gap in the Pacific
IB’s Status of Women in the Pacific Report As the world celebrates International Women’s Day on 8th March, at least two…
Mar 07, 2018
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Some gains, some losses on women in the Pacific
WOMEN including girls in the Pacific still got some way to go to improving their status in the islands although a lot…
Mar 07, 2018
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Plans to address HIV-AIDS stigma
AT least 747 new cases of people living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) have been diagnosed in Fiji since…
Mar 07, 2018
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Who will be held responsible?
Kiribati under the spotlight after ferry disaster ATOLL nation of Kiribati in the northern Pacific was consumed with…
Mar 07, 2018
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Winds of change in the isles
This is Part One of a three-part series on a Pacific family’s survival and dream to revive ancient canoe technology as…
February 19, 2018
Hear our pleas
in 2018 February
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Peter O’Neil, Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea assumes the chairmanship of the sub-regional bloc the Melanesian Spearhead Group this month when he…
February 19, 2018
We say
in 2018 February
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It is hard to believe that in a region surrounded by sea, legislation has not been created, or enforced if they exist to ensure greater protection…
February 19, 2018
Whispers
in 2018 February
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Climate Not Ready From climate ready to climate not so ready is what has happened with the whisper that the American Government’s US$24 million…
February 19, 2018
China unfazed by Australia’s claim
in 2018 February
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Beijing, CHINA - China has lashed out at Australia’s criticism of its foreign aid to the Pacific while Pacific Island countries have spoken in…
February 19, 2018
Fiji unions triumph
in 2018 February
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Court favours airport workers’ plight A bitter row between the management of Fiji’s Air Terminal Services (ATS) and its employees who were locked out…
February 19, 2018
Budget is PM Hou’s priority
in 2018 February
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Former banker promises cuts in government spending Two months in the hottest seat of Solomon Islands politics, Prime Minister Rick Houenipwela is…
Feb 19, 2018
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Why Ryan won’t back Fiji 7s bid
Get your priorities right, FRU told OLYMPIC-winning coach Ben Ryan has expressed serious reservations on Fiji’s bid to…
Feb 19, 2018
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Aid flows for diplaced islanders
Flight for life RELIEF assistance poured in to help resettled hundreds of displaced people at a care centre after…
Feb 19, 2018
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Pacific’s health crisis
Non communicable diseases is prevalent in the Pacific that it has become a crisis- a matter which authorities need to…
Feb 19, 2018
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Rescue on the high seas
SAFETY concerns for inter-island travel in Vanuatu resurfaced last month after passengers on an inter-island ship in…
Feb 19, 2018
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Bred Bank offers the European touch
Solomon Islands now boasts two branches SIX months after successfully expanding its business to Solomon Islands, the…
Feb 19, 2018
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Interconnected: The technical and ethics in a warming planet
Since assuming the mantle of Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, I have been committed to…
January 03, 2018
Happy New Year
in 2018 January
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IT’s our first edition again for yet another new year and to say that the days are just flying by is fast becoming an understatement. First things…
January 03, 2018
Whispers
in 2018 January
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Rich and famous IS Majuro in the northern Pacific the new playground for the world’s rich and famous? This was the scene at the international airport…
January 03, 2018
Turnbull reshuffles Cabinet
in 2018 January
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Canberra, Australia - Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull revealed a new cabinet line-up on the eve of 2018 by announcing a reshuffle that saw five new…
January 03, 2018
Challenging year for O’Neill
in 2018 January
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PETER O’Neill starts 2018 on a high note with the country’s supreme court removing the threat of court action that has been hovering over his head…
January 03, 2018
Stage set for 2018 Fiji vote
in 2018 January
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Personalities will clash as Fijians prepare to go to the ballot THE personality of Fiji’s Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama ensured that his Fiji…
January 03, 2018
Former banker aims to unite Fiji
in 2018 January
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ONE of Fiji’s newest political parties has not ruled out contesting Fiji’s general elections due to be held in 2018 in coalition with other parties…
Jan 03, 2018
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VKB goes digital
117-year-old register of indigenous Fijians enters electronic age AFTER more than 100 years of physically recording and…
Jan 03, 2018
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Pohiva storms back
Tongan Parliament votes VETERAN politician and long-time democracy fighter Samiuela ‘Akilisi Pohiva has his job cut out…
Jan 03, 2018
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Fraud claims in Ambae
A MORE consistent and co-ordinated effort is required as an estimated 1000 people affected by continuous acid rain on…
Jan 03, 2018
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Race for FFA top job
Pacific lawyers to replace fisheries boss THERE are two definite frontrunners in the race for the position of…
Jan 03, 2018
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Bullies control tuna
Small countries lose out AFTER 14 meetings of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission, one thing is…
Jan 03, 2018
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Make land more accessible: IMF
Fiji urged to reopen credit bureau THE Fijian Government will need to improve its land lease processes if it has to…
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