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PNG Opposition Leader Wants Parliament Convened

Thursday, 1 February 2001, 12:44 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

Papua New Guinea's Opposition leader Bill Skate says the country's Parliament should be convened immediately to deal with the Bougainville issue. More >>

Fiji Regime’s PM questions 'western democracy'

Thursday, 1 February 2001, 12:40 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

Date -- 1 February 2001 USP Pacific Journalism Online: http://www.usp.ac.fj/journ/ Have your say: http://www.TheGuestBook.com/vgbook/109497.gbook More >>

Pacific journalists win scholarships

Tuesday, 30 January 2001, 11:58 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

A Fiji Islands news magazine editor and a journalist from a Catholic newspaper in Tonga have won AusAID scholarships at the University of the South Pacific under the Pacific Media Initiative for 2001, project officials have announced. More >>

ABC radio services boosted to Asia and Pacific

Tuesday, 30 January 2001, 11:55 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

The international service of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Radio Australia, is boosting its services to Asia and the Pacific. More >>

West Papuan leader frees some hostages

Tuesday, 30 January 2001, 11:53 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya (JP): Willem Onde, leader of the Merauke-based separatist Free Papua Organization (OPM) released on Sunday afternoon 13 of 16 hostages who were abducted by his men on Jan. 16. More >>

West Papua rebels threaten to execute hostages

Monday, 29 January 2001, 11:07 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (AP)--Irian Jayan rebels threatened Friday to execute 18 hostages, including three South Koreans, unless Papua New Guinea exchanged them for 13 guerillas arrested Monday, the Australian Associated Press reported. More >>

New media challenges ahead for Pacific journalists

Monday, 29 January 2001, 11:03 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

SUVA (Pacific Media Watch): Pacific journalists need a better understanding of the impact of their reporting on society and the responsibility of media in an age of rapidly changing new media technologies, says a prominent Fijian editor and columnist. More >>

Minister seeks internet 'access for all'

Monday, 29 January 2001, 10:58 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

SUVA: All citizens of Fiji should have access to information technology so that they can enjoy the economic benefits that it brings, says the Minister for Information and Communications, Ratu Inoke Kubuabola. More >>

Ousted govt accuse Fiji Times of misreporting

Monday, 29 January 2001, 10:53 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

SUVA (Pacific Media Watch): The Fiji military and the ousted elected government have both accused the Fiji Times of misreporting, appealing to the newspaper and other news media to be "more responsible", say local reports. More >>

Newspaper attacks regime over 'hiding the truth'

Monday, 29 January 2001, 10:42 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

SUVA (Pasifik Nius): A Fiji daily newspaper today attacked a "security scare" over a visit by Commonwealth envoy Justice Pius Langa, accusing the military installed interim regime of trying to hide the truth about the country. More >>

Multiple irregularities in defunct French Pacific

Monday, 29 January 2001, 10:29 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

PARIS (Oceania Flash/Pasifik Nius): The French Auditor-General Department (Cour des Comptes) has pointed out "multiple irregularities" during the 12 years of operation of the now-defunct Université Française du Pacifique (UFP), Oceania Flash reports. More >>

Newspaper Attacks Regime Over 'Hiding The Truth'

Friday, 26 January 2001, 3:41 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

Speight Lawyers Prepare Defence To Treason Charges

Friday, 26 January 2001, 11:38 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

SUVA (Pasifik Nius): With Fiji braced for next month's critical appeals court ruling on the Constitution, lawyers representing failed coup leader George Speight and his supporters, say they have worked out a strategy to contest the treason charges against ... More >>

Army Stand Wins Support

Thursday, 25 January 2001, 12:52 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

SUVA (Pasifik Nius): The Fiji military won new allies yesterday after its promise to uphold the decision of the Court of Appeal on Justice Anthony Gates' Constitution ruling, the Fiji Times reports. More >>

Daily Post Opens New Chapter In Print

Wednesday, 24 January 2001, 2:24 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

SUVA: Fiji will today witness the opening of another chapter in the history of the country's print media with the arrival of the first Chinese-language newspaper, the Daily Post reports. More >>

Army Stands Firm, Law And Order Top Priority

Wednesday, 24 January 2001, 11:52 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

SUVA: The Fiji military will seek foreign help if it is unable to maintain national security after the Court of Appeal ruling [on the validity of the 1997 constitution], reports the Fiji Times. More >>

Regime PM Criticises Fiji Media At Magazine Launch

Wednesday, 24 January 2001, 11:46 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

SUVA: Fiji journalists and news media have been criticised over journalism standards by Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase of the military installed interim regime, saying that sometimes the results "compromise the ideals of a free press", local ... More >>

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