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RSF Protests Against Banning Of Michael Field
Thursday, 9 August 2001, 10:30 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
In a letter addressed to the president of Nauru, René Harris, Reporters Without Borders (RSF - Reporters Sans Frontières) protested against the ban on Michael Field, correspondent of Agence France-Presse (AFP) based in New Zealand, from entering Nauru Island to ... More >>
TV Documentary Exposes Fiji Tuna Industry
Wednesday, 8 August 2001, 10:31 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA (FLP): A documentary produced by Labour Party senator 'Atu Bain in the deposed coalition government has been screened on the Australian television network SBS. More >>
Timor Journalists Adopt Code Of Conduct
Wednesday, 8 August 2001, 9:40 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
DILI, EAST TIMOR, August 6, 2001 - The Timor Lorosa'e Journalists' Association (TLJA) adopted a code of conduct for its members to follow during the ongoing election campaign in East Timor, the association announced today. The voluntary code is an effort by ... More >>
Immunity Decree Is Illegal, Claims Lawyer
Tuesday, 7 August 2001, 2:45 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
Fiji's caretaker regime has no power to guarantee immunity to loyalist soldiers involved in the death of Counter-Revolutionary Warfare Unit members in last year's mutiny, claims lawyer Tevita Fa, the Fiji Times reports. More >>
Mixed Poll Feelings In Speight Stronghold
Tuesday, 7 August 2001, 9:42 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA (Pasifik Nius): Saturday morning in the Fiji capital Suva's airport town Nausori - a colourful and chaotic noisy scene with people thronging its streets in the buildup to this month's post-coup general election. More >>
Nauru Bans Agence France-Presse Correspondent
Tuesday, 7 August 2001, 9:40 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
AUCKLAND, Aug 6 (AFP) - Agence France-Presse's South Pacific correspondent, Michael Field, was Monday banned from covering the 16-nation Pacific Forum summit in Nauru later this month. More >>
Parties Gang Up On SDL, Labour
Friday, 3 August 2001, 2:48 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA (Pacific Media Watch): Smaller Fiji political parties have ganged up and given their last preferences to caretaker prime minister Laisenia Qarase's Soqosoqo ni Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL) and the Fiji Labour Party (FLP), the Daily Post reports. More >>
Rugby Union Bans Fiji Television Over Political Ad
Friday, 3 August 2001, 11:39 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA (Pacific Media Watch): The Fiji Rugby Football Union has suspended Fiji Television from covering any of its matches in protest over a political advertisement featuring celebrity player Waisale Serevi, according to news media reports. More >>
Indonesia: Information Ministry Protest
Monday, 30 July 2001, 11:17 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
JAKARTA, July 28 (AFP) - Indonesian journalists are mounting a campaign to try to dissuade new president Megawati Sukarnoputri from reopening the information ministry, closed by her reformist predecessor in 1999, local media reports said Saturday. More >>
Party Promises To Clear Speight
Monday, 30 July 2001, 10:55 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA (Pasifik Nius): Fiji coup frontman George Speight and his key advisers awaiting trial for treason will be granted immunity if the Conservative Alliance Natanitu Vanua Party gets into power in next month's general election, the Sun reports. More >>
Judge Overturns Speight Move
Monday, 30 July 2001, 10:52 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA (Pasifik Nius): The Fiji High Court has ruled that a judicial order authorising the release of accused terrorists George Speight and Ratu Timoci Silatolu from their prison isle of Nukulau to nominate as candidates in next month's general election ... More >>
Get Rid Of Army Rebels: Labour
Monday, 30 July 2001, 12:44 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA (Pasifik Nius): Rebel forces within Fiji army ranks will be weeded out if the Fiji Labour Party regains power next month, reports the Daily Post. More >>
Judge Overturns Speight Move
Saturday, 28 July 2001, 12:11 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA (Pasifik Nius): The Fiji High Court has ruled that a judicial order authorising the release of accused terrorists George Speight and Ratu Timoci Silatolu from their prison isle of Nukulau to nominate as candidates in next month's general election ... More >>
Murdered Man's Brother Pleads For Media Balance
Friday, 27 July 2001, 2:34 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA (Pacific Media Watch): The brother of murdered Fiji Red Cross director John Scott has condemned media coverage of the double killing and pleaded for sensitivity by journalists, according to news reports. More >>
Police Retract Porno Claim
Thursday, 26 July 2001, 3:44 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA (Pasifik Nius): Fiji police have come under fire for retracting statements on the discovery of pornographic materials at the home of mudered Red Cross director John Scott, the Sun newspaper reports. More >>
"Ex MP In Porn Tapes"
Wednesday, 25 July 2001, 2:49 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
A prominent local politician, a number of local lawyers, and some local media personalities are among "the main actors" in pornographic video tapes seized from the home of the murdered Red Cross director John Scott, claims the Daily Post newspaper. More >>
RA'S Pacific Beat On Fiji Double Murder Coverage
Friday, 20 July 2001, 9:51 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
Over a week ago, a 23-year-old man, Apete Kaisau, was charged with the murder. But by the time he appeared before a magistrate, the story of how he had allegedly killed the two men - along with possible motives for the killing - had already received ... More >>
New Caledonia - Melanesian Spearhead Group Summit
Tuesday, 17 July 2001, 3:31 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
New Caledonia To Host First Melanesian Spearhead Group Summit NOUMEA, July 16 (Oceania Flash/SPC) - New Caledonia is later this week hosting the first Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) summit in its history, after an eleventh hour compromise was reached ... More >>
PNG: PM's appeal calms troops
Tuesday, 27 March 2001, 8:39 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
PORT MORESBY (Pasifik Nius): Prime Minister Sir Mekere Morauta's passionate plea to Papua New Guinea soldiers through a letter yesterday appeared to have been just the tonic needed to calm down tempers in the rank and file, the National reports. More >>
Radio Pasifik Back With Satellite Plans
Monday, 19 March 2001, 2:21 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA (Pacific Media Watch): After several months' silence, the University of the South Pacific's community radio station, Radio Pasifik, has returned to the airwaves with a revamped format and style, thanks to a major resurrection effort by radio ... More >>
