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USP challenged by sacked manager
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Fiji's main opposition party suspended
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Fiji government to support troubled national…
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May 28, 2020
Porgera extension rejection reflects policy of economic nationalism
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The Papua New Guinea government’s decision not to extend the mining lease on the economically important Porgera gold mine has shocked the joint…
May 28, 2020
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May 28, 2020
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May 28, 2020
InDepth: Life during the lockdown
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For over two months, Fiji’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Satyendra Prasad has been largely confined to his home, He describes life…
May 28, 2020
COVID poses added threat to economic growth and stability
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May 28, 2020
Kiribati President Maamau easily retains seat
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Closed behind their borders amid fears of the Covid-19 virus, electors in Kiribati turned out in two rounds to elect members of the twelfth…
May 28, 2020
We Say: The virus is the threat, not people
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May 28, 2020
Fiji businesses say COVID-19 has increased violence
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The COVID-19 pandemic has increased employees’ experiences of domestic and sexual violence say two-thirds of companies surveyed in Fiji by the IFC…
May 28, 2020
Whispers
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Pacific fighting the plastic plague
Visit the Plastic Adrift website and you can place a little rubber duck on a spot of your choice and see how plastic…
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MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE
Every week Mission Pacific’s bottle buy-back centre in Suva is visited by a wide variety of Fiji residents and…
January 30, 2020
Throwing coal on the fire
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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is Islands Businesses’ 2019 Pacific Person of the Year. Just over two years…
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Bougainville votes
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Namosi: Resource rich or resource…
Many moons before white man set foot on Viti Levu, the main island in Fiji, the folklore of moliveitala ni vanua had…
