Teacher shortage to continue in Fiji schools

+The Fiji  Ministry of Education has informed schools  that no teachers are available for placements at the moment. It asks school heads to lead classes and teachers to look after two classes where necessary

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Islands Business February 2019 edition

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New UN Treaty Poses Significant Challenge for Pacific Island States

By James T Movick Remarks made by the Pacific Forum’s secretary general Dame Meg Taylor at a recent conference on high seas biodiversity are perfectly timed and signal a considerable challenge for small island

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Costs tumble in renewable energy

AFTER years of dependence on fossil fuels, the good news from the international agency on renewable energy, IRENA is that the cost of technology on renewables are falling, and that by 2020, the average cost of power

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We’re referendum-ready

BOUGAINVILLEANS are to vote in June this year to decide whether to remain part of Papua New Guinea or to be independent. The national government has tasked the Bougainville Referendum Commission (BRC) to formulate and

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Catholic Church questions education ministry

FIJI’S Catholic Church will consider the closure of its schools and public protests if it cannot successfully resolve an impasse with the Ministry of Education over the appointment of school heads. But any form of

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Going Renewable

Pacific island states take the lead in energy transformation WITH the world going out in a large way towards adopting green and clean energy that is renewable, it makes no ecological or economic sense for any country in

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No more tokens please

Australia needs to treat the Pacific with a little more respect THE flying visit by Australian Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, this month through Fiji and Vanuatu has been hailed as the beginning of a new era in

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Education Minister Concedes

All future principals and headteachers at a school run by a faith based organisation will have a clause in their job description which declares that “the head of school uphold and foster the ethos of the school and

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China is the superpower to watch

FIVE countries and one region are going to the polls this year to get a fresh and new mandate from their electorate, and while this will no doubt provide interesting results, the trend to watch though in 2019 may be

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Falling short at COP24

TOO watered down and stripped of a clear sense of urgency is how some experts have labelled the outcomes of COP24 at the southern Polish city of Katowice last month. Representatives of countries that are members of the

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Canberra ramps up Pacific policy as election looms

BOTH government and opposition parties in Australia have outlined a renewed commitment to the Pacific, as voters prepare to go to the polls. In recent months, the Coalition government led by Prime Minister Scott

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A Forum in Limbo?

Eleven days after the Nauru PIF Leaders’ Meeting last September, the Premier of Niue, Sir Toke Talagi, said on Radio New Zealand that “the Pacific Islands Forum is stuck in limbo and making little progress.”

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Fijian Holdings in record share trading

Amid criticism from indigenous Fijians on the handling by the Frank Bainimarama Government of Fijian Holdings Ltd (FHL), an investment company established by a previous government for the sole benefit of the indigenous

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Be wary about Fiji travel, UK warns

By Anish Chand British nationals in Fiji or intending to visit Fiji have been warned of a leptospirosis outbreak in Fiji. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has issued a travel advisory last night alerting their

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Fijian sailor was murdered – report

By Anish Chand An investigation by Human Rights at Sea has found that a Fijian may have murdered another Fijian ship-worker in Panama in July 2017. Human Rights at Sea has published a redacted report that included

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Bainimarama relinquishes foreign affairs

By Anish Chand Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama is no longer the Minister for Foreign Affairs in Fiji. He has relinquished the Ministerial post as of 23rd January 2019. In a legal notice, the Prime Minister has

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Islands Business January 2019 edition

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Police to question Rabuka

By Netani Rika  FIJIAN Opposition Leader, Sitiveni Rabuka, will front police tomorrow (Sunday) to answer questions related to alleged incitement charges. Rabuka was called to Criminal Investigations Department

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Catholics eye school closure

By Netani Rika FIJI’S Catholic church will consider the closure of its schools and public protests if it cannot successfully resolve an.impasse over the appointment of school heads. But any form of civil

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China’s leading energy superpower, says IRENA report

China and India – two emerging powers in the Pacific – have been singled out as nations that are poised to become super powers in the geopolitics of the energy transformation that is currently taking place around

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Pacific to benefit the most from renewable energy

Small island developing states (SIDS) including those in the Pacific stand to benefit the most if they adopt renewable energy sources rather than fossil fuels, a groundbreaking report has said. Released during the 9th

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Pacific pushes clean energy in Abu Dhabi

Pacific leaders took centre stage at an international conference on renewable energy to reiteraite calls for implementation rather than just talk about switching to cleaner and greener sources of energy. Tuvalu’s

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Archbishop wants their own as school head

By Anish Chand The Catholic Church of Fiji wants a principal or a head-teacher who practices the Catholic faith as head of a school run by the Church. Archbishop Peter Chong made this plea to the Permanent

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