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Kanak Leader Calls For Vigilance On Decolonisation

Friday, 24 May 2002, 12:22 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

SUVA, May 23 (Oceania Flash) - In spite of a generally smooth autonomy process in the French territory of New Caledonia, there is a need to remain vigilant, pro-independence FLNKS party delegates told a United Nations decolonisation seminar last week in Fiji. More >>

God Chose Me, Says Fiji PM

Wednesday, 22 May 2002, 11:32 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

Fiji Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase told Parliament last night he believed God ended the term of the Labour-led Peoples' Coalition Government in 2000, the Fiji Sun reports. More >>

Solomon Is students concerned over waste dumping

Monday, 20 May 2002, 12:47 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

SUVA (Pasufik Nius): Solomon Islands students studying in Fiji based institutions have expressed concerns over plans of waste dumping in the country. More >>

PM Lashes Out At The Media

Thursday, 16 May 2002, 11:55 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

SUVA (Pacific Media Watch): Fiji Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase has attacked the country's news media, claiming that it did not report "in depth" his statements on the controversial issue of power sharing in cabinet, according to news reports. More >>

Report Criticises NZ High Commission Security

Thursday, 16 May 2002, 8:39 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

HONIARA (Pacnews): Serious lapses in security for New Zealand High Commission staff working in the Solomon Islands have been uncovered in a Ministry of Foreign Affairs report, reports Pacnews. More >>

Speight Pardon Not On But Mine Ok, Says Rabuka

Thursday, 16 May 2002, 8:37 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

SUVA (Pasifik Nius): Former Fiji coup maker and prime minister Sitiveni Rabuka says he does not deserve to be punished for his actions in 1987 as his coup succeeded, the Daily Post reports. More >>

Pacific Victims Of Nuclear Bombs Speak Out

Tuesday, 14 May 2002, 11:41 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

SUVA (Pasifik Nius): Japanese and Pacific survivors of nuclear bombing will speak out about their harrowing experiences during a public seminar to be held tomorrow at the University of the South Pacific's (USP) Laucala Campus, reports a media release ... More >>

Greenpeace seizes 'stolen' Papua New Guinea logs

Monday, 13 May 2002, 9:29 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

UMUDA ISLAND, PNG (Pasifik Nius): Greenpeace today stopped the export of illegally and destructively logged timber from the Kiunga Aiambak logging project to China by preventing the loading of logs at Umuda Island, reports a Greenpeace statement. More >>

'Groundbreaking' TV Samoa Live Debate Exposed

Monday, 13 May 2002, 9:28 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

APIA (Pacific Media Watch): A claim about a planned Televise Samoa live debate at a recent Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) workshop marking World Media Freedom Day at Madang, Papua New Guinea, has come under fire, according to news reports. More >>

Lack Of Depth Reporting Over Pacific Refugees

Monday, 13 May 2002, 9:27 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

NADI, Fiji (Pacific Media Watch): A three-day Pacific conference on refugees' rights to information and communication has raised concern on lack of in-depth reporting by regional journalists. More >>

Row Over 'Open' Reporting Of Ausaid Media Workshop

Monday, 22 April 2002, 11:13 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

SUVA (Pacific Media Watch): A Fiji Times reporter has been ordered out of an Ausaid-funded media workshop designed to "open up" communication between journalists and cabinet ministers in an incident stunning local news people, according to reports. More >>

Group Criticises Lack Of Information Freedom Law

Wednesday, 17 April 2002, 10:20 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

SUVA (Pacific Media Watch): Fiji's Citizens Constitutional Forum has criticised an AusAID-funded double media workshop for cabinet ministers and parliamentarians, saying the government needed to be reminded of the urgent need for a Freedom of Information ... More >>

Fiji Sugar Industry 'In Danger Of Collapse'

Tuesday, 16 April 2002, 10:09 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

SUVA (Pasifik Nius): Fiji's sugar industry will collapse if the land issue is not addressed, Sugar Commission of Fiji chairman Gerald Barrack told the House of Representatives sector standing committee on natural resources, the Daily Post reports. More >>

Fiji Army Peacekeepers File $255m Writ

Tuesday, 16 April 2002, 10:08 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

SUVA (Pasifik Nius): Fiji military peacekeepers who served in overseas missions are suing the government for F$255 million, alleging fraud over pay and allowances from the United Nations, the Fiji Times reports. More >>

Women Are Unaware Of Land Tenure Rights

Tuesday, 16 April 2002, 10:07 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

SUVA (Pasifik Nius): Land and property ownership in Fiji is still mostly held by men while rural Indo-Fijian women continue to labour in the farms, have little say in family decision-making, and are mostly unaware that they have equal legal rights ... More >>

Where Have The Pacific Journo Graduates Gone?

Wednesday, 10 April 2002, 3:47 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

47 University of the South Pacific journalism graduates have gone into news or media-related jobs since the first students graduated in 1996. Others have opted for "better career paths" and higher pay in the double major options. AKKA RIMON reports. More >>

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