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Journalists Rally Against Police Violence
Wednesday, 18 October 2000, 10:47 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
JAKARTA (JP): Dozens of reporters and photo journalists protested at National Police headquarters on Monday afternoon, condemning police violence against the press while covering recent street rallies in the capital. More >>
80 Students 'Tough Out' Protest Boycott
Wednesday, 18 October 2000, 10:02 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA: About 80 students toughed out the midday Suva heat today, boycotting classes in a protest in the University of the South Pacific library grounds over alleged "management inaction" over student complaints. More >>
Solomons PM Defends His Foreign Minister
Wednesday, 18 October 2000, 12:50 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
GIZO, Solomon Islands (WP): Conflicting statements from the Solomon Islands Prime Minister over the secret visit by his foreign affairs minister to Beijing has kept people in the dark over the government's real position. More >>
Security Fears Over Chaudhry
Tuesday, 17 October 2000, 3:45 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA: Fiji's desposed Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry is due back in his homeland today amid fears about his security in the wake of threats, according to local media reports. More >>
USP Staff President Raps Student Leader
Tuesday, 17 October 2000, 3:43 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA: The University of the South Pacific's staff association today condemned the student leader of making unfounded accusations against academics and called for disciplinary action against him. More >>
French Funded Journalists At Noumea Art Festival
Tuesday, 17 October 2000, 10:52 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA: The French Government is funding a number of Pacific journalists to cover the 8th Festival of Arts in Noumea next week, Pacnews reports. More >>
Samoa Opposition Leader Wants Media Ban Lifted
Tuesday, 17 October 2000, 10:49 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
APIA, Samoa: Samoa's opposition leader, National Development Party Leader Tuiatua Tupua Tamasese Efi, said the prime minister must formally lift the ban that prohibits him from appearing on government-owned media, Radio Australia's Pacific Beat reports. More >>
Samoa Opposition Leader Wants Media Ban Lifted
Tuesday, 17 October 2000, 10:49 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
APIA, Samoa: Samoa's opposition leader, National Development Party Leader Tuiatua Tupua Tamasese Efi, said the prime minister must formally lift the ban that prohibits him from appearing on government-owned media, Radio Australia's Pacific Beat reports. More >>
USP'S VC Blasts Student Boycott As Illegal
Tuesday, 17 October 2000, 10:46 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA: Vice-Chancellor Esekia Solofa today branded the student leader's call for a boycott of classes tomorrow as "illegal" and in breach of USP regulations. More >>
Army Chief Ready For Solomons Peacekeeping
Tuesday, 17 October 2000, 10:44 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
THE CHIEF of the Australian Army, Lieutenant-General Peter Cosgrove, says his troops are ready to take on peacekeeping duties in the Solomon Islands, ABC Online News reports. More >>
Solomons Militia sign breakthrough pact
Monday, 16 October 2000, 3:15 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
WARRING Solomon Islands militia groups yesterday signed a breakthrough peace agreement aimed at ending the two-year ethnic conflict that has pushed the South Pacific nation to the brink of disintegration, the Australian reports. More >>
Fijians Must Unite, Pleads Ratu Mara
Monday, 16 October 2000, 10:33 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA: National reconciliation in the Fiji Islands can only be achieved if indigenous people in the 14 provinces first reconcile among themselves, says former President Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, reports the Daily Post. More >>
Downer Welcomes Signing Of Solomons Peace Deal
Monday, 16 October 2000, 10:31 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
CANBERRA: Australia's Foreign Minister, Alexander Downer, has applauded the signing of a peace deal for the Solomon Islands, reports Radio Australia. More >>
Fiji Sun Calls For Exposure Of Brains Behind Coup
Monday, 16 October 2000, 10:10 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA: The Fiji Sun has hailed police revelations that it is investigating to uncover the "brains" behind the May coup which traumatised the nation for more than two months. More >>
Rebel's Lawyer Lodges Appeal
Monday, 16 October 2000, 10:08 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA: The lawyer of a rebel Fiji Islands soldier accused of wounding two troopers and a television cameraman has appealed against a High Court ruling that he face trial, according to the Fiji Times. More >>
'Secret' China Trip Causes
Monday, 16 October 2000, 10:06 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
GIZO, SOLOMON ISLANDS (WP): The Solomon Islands Prime Minister has not ruled out sacking his minister of foreign affairs who went on a secret trip to Beijing without government approval. More >>
Women Slam Minister Over Airport Board Change
Thursday, 12 October 2000, 2:58 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA: The Fiji Women's Rights Movement has accused Public Enterprises Minister Hector Hatch of "political interference" for dumping coordinator Gina Houng Lee as a director on Airport Fiji Ltd's board, the Daily Post reports. More >>
Tribunal warns Fiji Sun over police chief inquiry
Thursday, 12 October 2000, 1:07 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA: The Fiji Islands tribunal investigating the alleged involvement of Police Commissioner Isikia Savua in the May 19 takeover has instructed the Fiji Sun to refrain from making public the contents of submissions made by police officers against the police chief, ... More >>
Guadalcanal warlord refuses to accept peace
Thursday, 12 October 2000, 9:38 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
GIZO, Western Solomons (WP): The commander of the Guadalcanal Liberation Front (GLF), "general" Harold Keke, has warned that his group will not honour any agreement coming out of the peace negotiations underway in Townsville, Australia. More >>
WEST PAPUA: Jakarta Post - 'Wisdom for police'
Thursday, 12 October 2000, 9:37 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
Have our police officers ever heard of the word bijak (wisdom)? You wouldn't think so from the way they mishandled the unrest in the hill town of Wamena in Irian Jaya. While we have yet to hear the full story of how the latest outbreak of violence in ... More >>
