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Gizo Civil Society On Murdered NZ Diplomat
Thursday, 21 March 2002, 10:51 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
Gizo Civil Society has sent condolences to the family and co-workers of the late Bridget Nichols. More >>
Citizens Group Condemns Qarase Over Fiji Conflict
Thursday, 21 March 2002, 10:42 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA (Pasifik Nius): A Fiji civil society lobby group today condemned Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase for making Fijian language speeches fuelling controversy and conflict over the constitution. More >>
Australian Reporter Barred Over HR Coverage
Monday, 18 March 2002, 2:12 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
JAKARTA, March 17 (AFP) - A leading Australian media group said Sunday its correspondent had been barred from working in Indonesia because of his reporting on human rights issues. More >>
NZ Diplomat Stabbed To Death In Solomon Islands
Monday, 18 March 2002, 9:40 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
HONIARA: A New Zealand diplomat has died of stab wounds after she apparently disturbed burglers at her residence in the Solomon Islands, Radio Australia reports. More >>
Journalists Prevented From Reporting Refugee Camp
Monday, 18 March 2002, 12:12 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
In a letter addressed to Immigration minister Philipp Ruddock, Reporters sans frontières (Reporters Without Borders-RSF) expressed its deep concern about the hindrances met by journalists who wished to report about the asylum seeker detention centres set ... More >>
Pacific Adoption Of NZ State Model Disastrous
Friday, 15 March 2002, 3:56 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
AUCKLAND (Pasifik Nius): The radical reforms imposed on New Zealand’s state sector in the late 1980s and early 1990s are being introduced in other Pacific nations with "disastrous effects", say delegates at a conference of public service unions taking ... More >>
Samba PR Consultants To Boost Tongan Govt Image
Friday, 15 March 2002, 2:24 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA (Pacific Media Watch): The Tongan government has hired the Fiji design and public relations company Samba to boost its international image strategy, Pacnews reports. More >>
Fiji Sun Challenges 'Disturbing News' Motives
Friday, 15 March 2002, 2:23 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA (Pasifik Nius): The Fiji Sun today challenged the timing of "disturbing news" in the Pacific country, linking the reports to a possible planned impact on a series of crucial constitutional cases. More >>
Momis Hails Bougainville Pact
Thursday, 14 March 2002, 11:17 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA (Pasifik Nius): The Bougainville peace agreement was today hailed as a move that ended bloodshed, freed Bougainvilleans from oppression, and spurred them towards nation building. More >>
$10m EU Grant For USP To Expand Region's HR
Thursday, 14 March 2002, 11:16 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA (Pasifik Nius): The F$10 million grant given to the University of the South Pacific will enhance the region's human resources by expanding the university's delivery of training in public management, tourism and labour studies, says Frans Baan, delegation ... More >>
Tarakinikini Quits Army
Wednesday, 13 March 2002, 11:43 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA (Pasifik Nius): Popular Fiji Military Forces officer Lieutenant-Colonel Filipo Tarakinikini - a key figure during the May 2000 coup crisis - has quit the army in a shock move, the Fiji Sun reports. More >>
FIJI: US report questions free press in Fiji
Tuesday, 12 March 2002, 10:11 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA (Pacific Media Watch): Independence of the press in Fiji has been questioned in a United States State Department report on human rights presented to Congress this week, reports the Daily Post. More >>
Kiribati president opens first mission - in Fiji
Tuesday, 12 March 2002, 9:49 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA: More than 500 people, heads of state, ministers, government officials and members of the diplomatic corps were present during the inauguration of Kiribati's first resident mission and first Chancery overseas — in Suva last Friday evening. More >>
Fiji: Media Lacks Business Expertise, Says Boyd
Monday, 11 March 2002, 9:56 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA (Pacific Media Watch): Businessmen implicated in Fiji's May 2000 coup could have been identified if local journalists understood and were fully aware of the political and economic development before and after the crisis, the Sunday Times ... More >>
Niue Pilot Nation For Pacific Energy Project
Monday, 11 March 2002, 9:54 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA (Pasifik Nius): Niue has been chosen as the pilot nation for a three-year plan to provide sustainable energy for Pacific island countries, says a leading environmentalist. More >>
Women Want Tougher Sex Laws
Friday, 8 March 2002, 3:34 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA (Pasifik Nius): A group of Fiji women and their daughters yesterday presented a petition to the President, Ratu Josefa Iloilo, at Government House calling for stricter legislation and penalties for rape and other sexual crimes, the Daily Post ... More >>
USP Boosts Journalism In Bid For Better Governance
Tuesday, 5 March 2002, 11:23 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
Deputy Vice-Chancellor Rajesh Chandra today pledged continuing support for the University of the South Pacific's journalism programme, saying it was important for the institution's good governance strategy. More >>
Union Leader Returns With Australian Support
Thursday, 28 February 2002, 10:35 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SYDNEY: Fiji Trade Union Congress leader Felix Anthony returned to Fiji today having secured the backing of Australia's powerful airline unions for their embattled colleagues at Airport Fiji Limited. More >>
Speight Plea A Planned Move - Big Players Hidden
Wednesday, 27 February 2002, 3:24 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA (Pasifik Nius): Fiji coup frontman George Speight's guilty plea to treason was a planned bargaining move in which the judiciary was involved to ensure that the big players remained hidden from the public eye, says deposed Prime Minister Mahendra ... More >>
Indonesian Team To Probe Journalist's Murder
Wednesday, 27 February 2002, 9:56 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
JAKARTA, Feb 25 (AFP) - A team of Indonesian state prosecutors will leave for East Timor on Tuesday to investigate the murder of a Dutch journalist in More >>
