Copy of Fiji reports jump in DVRO’s
By Anish Chand Fiji will report an increase in the granting of domestic violence restraining order (DVRO) through Fijian courts when it is examined by the Committee on the Elimination of Discimination Against
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Fiji reports jump in DVRO’s
By Anish Chand Fiji will report an increase in the granting of domestic violence restraining order (DVRO) through Fijian courts when it is examined by the Committee on the Elimination of Discimination Against
Fiji under scrutiny in Geneva
By ANISH CHAND Fiji will be examined by the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Woman (CEDAW) on February 19th 2018 in Geneva. According to the provisional
Cloud over magistrate in ATS case
By: NANISE VOLAU AUTHORITIES are tight-lipped about the future of Magistrate Andrew See who presided over the dispute involving employees of Air Terminal Services. Islands Business has been tipped off that
Fiji Chinese celebrate Year of the Dog
By Nanise Volau The Chinese community in Fiji has set a good example by contributing immensely to Fijian society as well as integrating and living harmoniously with all. And this weekend, Chinese nationals in Fiji and
Rakiraki flood : residents demand action
By Anish Chand The small rural town of Rakiraki is cleaning up today after flood waters inundated the town yesterday. Shop owners and residents have called for urgent action to stop the flooding whenever there is heavy
Fiji Police issues permit for FTUC march
By Anish Chand The Fiji Police Force is allowing a maximum of 3000 people to march on Saturday in a protest rally organised by the Fiji Trades Union Congress. The Police permit is allowing banners and
New Zealand unions stand up for ATS Fiji workers
By Anish Chand The New Zealand Council of Trades Unions and Unions Wellington will stage a protest in front of the Fiji High Commission in Wellington this Friday to show solidarity for Air Terminal Services
Fiji election nominations open
By Anish Chand Fiji candidates who have already been named by their parties for the 2018 general election can now start filling in their nomination forms. The Fijian Elections Office has made available the NOMINATION OF
Masitabua the central banker
By Mereseini Marau-Totoka Growing up in a settlement just on the outskirts of Fiji’s capital Suva, the newly appointed Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of Fiji Esala Masitabua saw the 18-storey building located on
Shake up for Radio Australia
New voices for Pacific broadcasts By Nic Maclellan in Melbourne The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is once again making changes that will affect broadcasting into the Pacific. From 22 January, ABC’s Radio
Fiji Government sets up its own credit bureau
The Fijian Government will set up a new credit bureau by next year to replace a privately owned data bureau which the government closed down in 2016. The new data bureau plan was revealed by the International Monetary
Fiji Government sets up its own credit bureau
By MERESEINI MARAU – TOTOKA The Fijian Government will set up a new credit bureau by next year to replace a privately owned data bureau which the government closed down in 2016. This was a key recommendation of a
Time for compromise
Fiji calls for understanding By NETANI RIKA, Pasay City, the Philippines AS the self-nominated representative for Small Island Developing States, Fiji has found itself in a position where it may have to fight a lone
Bad Boy
Vietnam earns villain status By NETANI RIKA, Pasay City, the Philippines DESPITE its promise to address the issue of illegal fishing in the Pacific, Vietnam has found itself out in the cold at the Western and Central
Fiji looks North
Kiribati, Tuvalu on Fiji’s tuna radar By NETANI RIKA, Pasay City, the Philippines FIJI will seek approval to conduct exploratory tuna fishing in Kiribati and Tuvalu waters for the next five years. The move comes as
Race for FFA job
Pacific lawyers to replace FFA chief By NETANI RIKA, Pasay City, the Philippines A TWO-WAY race is on for the position of Director-General of the Forum Fisheries Agency. With the contract of incumbent James Movick
Embracing a Better FAD for the World’s “Tuna Belt”
A marine scientist who studies a common fishing device’s impact on the world’s oceans – and how to minimise that impact – and a fisheries policy expert urge immediate action to adopt proven innovations. By
Japan, here we come
Flights open By NETANI RIKA, Pasay City, Philippines DIRECT flights from Fiji to Japan are expected to boost sales of tuna from the Pacific and create larger profits for regional exporters Fiji Airways is expected
Closing the fisheries loop holes
Authorities battle with e-monitoring By NETANI RIKA, Pasay City, the Philippines WHEN the Pacific met its international partners at the 12th Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission in Bali, Indonesia in
Hard decisions now
Fiji sets sights on distant water fishing nations By Netani Rika in Manila. PACIFIC tuna is under threat from the world’s largest fishing nations including China, Japan and South Korea. And the inaction of the
Blue boats unacceptable – New Caledonia
French navy intercepts Vietnamese fishermen By Netani Rika in Manila. THE French Navy has intercepted two Vietnamese blue boats fishing illegally in New Caledonian waters. This is the second
Struggle on the high seas
Small nations suffer huge burden By Netani Rika in Manila. KIRIBATI already faces the huge burden of rising sea levels which threatens its very existence. With little land resources on which to grow food,
