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FIJI: Quit review, consumers tell Indo-Fijians
Thursday, 12 October 2000, 9:33 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA: The Fiji Consumer Association has called on the four Indo-Fijian members of the Constitution Review Commission to resign from the committee immediately, the Daily Post reports. More >>
FIJI: Renegade soldiers now face court-martial
Wednesday, 11 October 2000, 7:27 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA: Eight renegade soldiers in the Fiji Military Forces who are alleged to have helped coup plotter George Speight storm Parliament and seize the elected government hostage will now face a court-martial. More >>
PNG: Government plans to prune PNGDF
Wednesday, 11 October 2000, 6:41 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
PORT MORESBY: The Papua New Guinea Government will seriously consider reducing the size of the PNG Defence Force, Prime Minister Sir Mekere Morauta told Parliament yesterday, the National reports. More >>
Quit Review, Consumers Tell Indo-Fijian Members
Wednesday, 11 October 2000, 11:45 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA: The Fiji Consumer Association has called on the four Indo-Fijian members of the Constitution Review Commission to resign from the committee immediately, the Daily Post reports. More >>
Attorney-General Backs 'Blue Day' Warning
Tuesday, 10 October 2000, 2:35 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA: Civil servants who wear blue to participate in the "Fiji's Blue" campaign today are actually protesting against the military-installed interim administration, Attorney-General Alipate Qetaki said yesterday, the Daily Post reports. More >>
Guadalcanal Leaders Cautious On Peace Talks
Tuesday, 10 October 2000, 11:15 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
MUNDA, Solomon Islands (WP): Guadalcanal militants and provincial government leaders say peace talks and signed agreements will not resolve the ethnic conflict in the Solomons if criminals ignore them. More >>
Journalist Calls Ban 'Disturbing'
Monday, 9 October 2000, 11:48 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA (PMW): An international news agency journalist who has had his ban from Kiribati for the South Pacific Forum meeting later this month reaffirmed describes the cited reason as "disturbing and irresponsible". More >>
Fiji's Blue Campaign Opens With New Website
Monday, 9 October 2000, 11:35 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA: A grand coalition of non-government organisations, business bodies and constitutional groups has opened a new website defending Fiji's 1997 constitutional framework and will launch a campaign on Tuesday. More >>
Indian Nominees Accused Of 'Betrayal'
Monday, 9 October 2000, 11:25 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA: A prominent Indo-Fijian political leader has accused four Indians who have agreed to serve on Fiji's controversial Constitutional Review Commission as having betrayed the Indian community "at the most crucial hour", according to media reports. More >>
Journalist Duran Angiki's Statement
Thursday, 5 October 2000, 2:19 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
Many groups, including Amnesty International, Reporters Sans Frontieres and Pacific Media Watch, have reported the alleged threats against independent Solomon Islands journalist Duran Angiki, 32, and a deadline of one week for an "apology". ... More >>
Baba Slams 'Police State'
Thursday, 5 October 2000, 2:16 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA: Fiji's military installed interim administration has been accused of turning the Pacific country into a police state. More >>
Rebel Faces Charges In Wounding Of Cameraman
Thursday, 5 October 2000, 10:22 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA (PMW): The Fiji Islands High Court has overturned a ruling by the Magistrates Court which set free a rebel who had been charged with three counts of attempted murder, including one against a British television journalist during the May insurrection, ... More >>
Fiji: Hindu Movements' Outright Rejection
Thursday, 5 October 2000, 9:53 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA: Fiji's two main Hindu movements have agreed to sack members and relinquish all association with the organisations if they join or support the controversial Constitution Review Commission, the Fiji Sun reports. More >>
Fiji Times Says 'Clean Up Training Institute Mess'
Thursday, 5 October 2000, 9:50 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA (PMW): The Fiji Islands Media Association has appealed to the Information Ministry for help after being ordered to vacate its Fiji Journalism Institute office in suburban Suva amid controversy over its finances, according to media reports. More >>
Fiji Times says 'clean up training institute mess'
Wednesday, 4 October 2000, 10:11 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA (PMW): The Fiji Islands Media Association has appealed to the Information Ministry for help after being ordered to vacate its Fiji Journalism Institute office in suburban Suva amid controversy over its finances, according to media reports. More >>
Threatened Journalist Reassured Over Family
Wednesday, 4 October 2000, 9:48 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
HONIARA: Threatened Solomon Islands journalist Duran Angiki has been personally reassured of his family's safety by Malaita Eagle Force (MEF) spokesman Andrew Nori, according to media sources. More >>
Wansolwara Online Special Report On Pacific Crises
Tuesday, 3 October 2000, 9:36 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA: In spite of being thrown out by the armed rebellion in the Fiji Islands, two senior deposed ministers - both former academics - are still adamant that the People's Coalition government was running the Pacific country well, reports Wansolwara Online. More >>
Wansolwara Online special report on Pacific crises
Monday, 2 October 2000, 10:14 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA: In spite of being thrown out by the armed rebellion in the Fiji Islands, two senior deposed ministers - both former academics - are still adamant that the People's Coalition government was running the Pacific country well, reports Wansolwara Online. More >>
Law Crackdown Planned On Unions
Monday, 2 October 2000, 2:24 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA: Fiji's military backed interim administration plans to impose draconian new laws to counter union efforts aimed at "sabotaging" the national economy with trade sanctions, according to news reports. More >>
Protest Over Harassment Of Journalist
Monday, 2 October 2000, 2:22 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA (PMW): Deposed Fijian Affairs Assistant Minister Ratu Isireli Vuibau has attacked a Pacific Fishing Company (PAFCO) senior executive for instigating the police and military harassment of freelance journalist and trade unionist Tomasi Tokalauvere ... More >>
