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Military Condemn 'Lack Of Respect' By US Envoy
Tuesday, 28 August 2001, 9:30 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA (Pasifik Nius): The Fiji military tonight condemned a US congressman's "blatant oversight" over Fiji sovereignty by calling for overseas military intervention in the country if needed. More >>
Fiji AG's Bankruptcy File Goes 'Missing'
Sunday, 26 August 2001, 2:24 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA (Pasifik Nius): Caretaker Attorney-General Alipate Qetaki is embroiled in a controversy over missing files for bankruptcy proceedings against him in Fiji's High Court, the Sun newspaper reported today. More >>
Few Hitches On Opening Day Of Fiji's Election
Sunday, 26 August 2001, 2:22 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA (Pasifik Nius): Colo-I-Suva, a polling station on the northern outskirts of Suva didn't experience many problems on the first day of Fiji's general election yesterday - even without the use of computers by polling officials to check voter ... More >>
Four Main Parties In Fiji Poll Back Constitution
Sunday, 26 August 2001, 2:20 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA (Pasifik Nius): Four of Fiji's major political parties contesting the general election beginning today still support the 1997 constitution as the supreme law of the land, according to a citizens advocacy group. More >>
Qarase Among Early Voters As Fiji Goes To Polls
Sunday, 26 August 2001, 2:14 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA (Pasifik Nius): Caretaker Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase was among hundreds of voters who turned up at polling booths in Suva early today in a bid to beat the crowds as Fiji began its return to democracy. More >>
Fresh Legal Challenge Delays Speight Treason Trial
Sunday, 26 August 2001, 2:12 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA: Fiji coup frontman George Speight’s treason trial could now be heard early next year after the prosecution today questioned the case judge, Justice Peter Surnam, claiming he was over the retirement age of 65 under the 1997 Constitution. More >>
Fresh Legal Challenge Delays Speight Treason Trial
Sunday, 26 August 2001, 2:08 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA (Pasifik Nius): A senior university academic who has led election research teams in Fiji and Samoa today appealed to voters not to be intimidated by fear. More >>
'Don't Be Intimidated' Plea To Fiji Voters
Sunday, 26 August 2001, 2:07 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA (Pasifik Nius): A senior university academic who has led election research teams in Fiji and Samoa today appealed to voters not to be intimidated by fear. More >>
Qarase Refuses To Talk In Reconciliation Row
Sunday, 26 August 2001, 2:04 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA (Pasifik Nius): Fiji's caretaker Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase last night refused to talk about reconciliation in a heated debate on live television before the nation, even though this had been one of his major election platforms. More >>
Professor slams 'slur' on USP academics
Friday, 24 August 2001, 9:30 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA: An associate professor at the University of the South Pacific today strongly rejected claims that academics at the regional institution have failed to help local media provide analytical reports on the elections. More >>
Qarase Refuses To Talk In Reconciliation Row
Friday, 24 August 2001, 8:29 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA (Pasifik Nius): Fiji's caretaker Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase last night refused to talk about reconciliation in a heated debate on live television before the nation, even though this had been one of his major election platforms. More >>
Commentary: Mouthfuls of promises in Fiji
Friday, 24 August 2001, 8:26 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA (Pasifik Nius): The people of Fiji are holding their breath as Election D-Day on Saturday looms closer. More >>
Fiji Trauma Team Attacks Newspaper Report
Wednesday, 22 August 2001, 9:50 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA (Pacnews): The Fiji Trauma Recovery Team has hit out at a recent Fiji Times report suggesting it had declared last year’s parliamentary hostages unfit to lead the country, Pacnews reports. More >>
'Watchdog Role' Plea At Wansolwara Online Launch
Tuesday, 21 August 2001, 11:01 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA: A pioneering Fiji internet publisher today called on new journalists to be committed to the basics of watchdog journalism and use technology as an aid. More >>
Belgian Documentary Filmmakers Released
Monday, 20 August 2001, 11:06 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
he Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) welcomes today's release of Philippe Simon and Johan van Den Eynde, two Belgian documentary filmmakers who were held hostage by a faction of the Free Papua Movement (Organisasi Papua Merdeka, or OPM) for more ... More >>
Ligairi Saved Chaudhry
Friday, 17 August 2001, 11:20 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
Fiji's elected Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry and members of his government held hostage last year would have been killed if it was not for the presence in Parliament of former British SAS soldier, Ilisoni Ligairi, the Sun reports. More >>
Fiji Military Told To Review Role In State System
Thursday, 16 August 2001, 10:41 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA (Pasifik Nius): The Fiji Military Forces must reevaluate its role in the state system after the confusion and lack of resolve in the wake of last year's attempted coup. More >>
Northern Cane Belts Backing Chaudhry
Wednesday, 15 August 2001, 8:55 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
LABASA (Pasifik Nius): The cane belts of the northern island of Vanua Levu are ringing in support for the Mahendra Chaudhry-led Fiji Labour Party. More >>
New Labour Threatens To Gag Media Over Finance
Tuesday, 14 August 2001, 10:21 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA (Pacnews): Fiji's New Labour Unity Party will take legal action against some news media organisations after damaging reports surfaced over convicted Australian fraudster Peter Foster’s financial support for the party, Pacnews reports. More >>
Banned Journalist Speaks Out
Friday, 10 August 2001, 9:32 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA: Veteran regional correspondent Michael Field has strongly condemned his latest banning by a South Pacific Government. More >>
