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FIJI: Coalition names ministers in conspiracy
Wednesday, 6 September 2000, 1:42 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA: Three ministers in Fiji's military-backed interim administration have been implicated in an alleged conspiracy to illegally overthrow the People's Coalition government of deposed Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry. More >>
AFP Reporter Barred From Pacific Forum Summit
Wednesday, 6 September 2000, 10:00 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
HONG KONG, Sept 5 (AFP) - Kiribati authorities Tuesday barred an Agence France-Presse correspondent from covering the 16-nation Pacific Forum summit to be held next month in the central Pacific state. More >>
INDONESIA: Journalist beaten as police clash
Wednesday, 6 September 2000, 8:58 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
JAKARTA: Tahar, a journalist from the Berita Kota newspaper, has been beaten by two members of Indonesia's military police after finding himself in the middle of an altercation between the military police, out partying after hours, and a local policeman. More >>
KIRIBATI: AFP journalist declared 'undesirable'
Wednesday, 6 September 2000, 8:57 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
In a letter sent to the President of Kiribati (an island in Micronesia), Teburoro Tito, Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) protested against the refusal to grant accreditation to Michael Field, an Agence France-Presse (AFP) journalist based in New Zealand. More >>
AusAID Pacific Media Initiative 1999-2001
Tuesday, 5 September 2000, 5:24 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
Webfile at USP's Pacific Journalism Online: http://www.usp.ac.fj/journ/docs/courses/ausaid.html More >>
High Court directive blocks Speight's immunity
Tuesday, 5 September 2000, 8:49 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA: The issue of whether Fiji coup leader George Speight and his rebel group charged with treason are covered under the Immunity Decree 2000 for their rebellion has been referred to the High Court. More >>
Solomons: MEF Militant Shooting Halts Rugby Match
Monday, 4 September 2000, 10:32 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
GIZO, Solomon Islands (WP): A rugby match between the New Zealand Navy and a Honiara select side was abandoned when ethnic Malaitan militants went on firing spree, scaring players and spectators. More >>
FIJI: New USP chancellor installed
Monday, 4 September 2000, 10:30 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA: Niue Premier Sani Elia Lagigietama Lakatani has been installed as the 11th Chancellor of the University of the South Pacific. More >>
Fiji Review Commission Branded A 'Fraud'
Monday, 4 September 2000, 10:23 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA: Indo-Fijian political parties have rejected Fiji's new constitutional review commission, branding it as a racist fraud on the nation. More >>
Fiji Times challenges move towards new constitutio
Saturday, 2 September 2000, 5:36 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA: The Fiji Times today challenged the drafting of a new constitution for Fiji after the naming of a University of the South Pacific academic who had a leading role in the 1990 racially-biased constitution to head the new constitutional commission. More >>
Bougainville: PM To Outline Autonomy Stand
Saturday, 2 September 2000, 5:17 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
PORT MORESBY: Prime Minister Sir Mekere Morauta will make a statement in Parliament today in relation to the Bougainville political talks. More >>
Fiji: Closed Police Chief Inquiry 'Shocking'
Thursday, 31 August 2000, 8:51 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA: An inquiry into the conduct of Fiji's Police Commissioner Isikia Savua during the May insurrection has opened with the Daily Post newspaper today condemning it as "shocking decision" to bar the news media. More >>
Deposed Government Lost Propaganda War
Wednesday, 30 August 2000, 2:04 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA: Fiji Television journalist Riyaz Sayed-Khaiyum believes ousted Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry lost the "propaganda war" over the recent Fiji political crisis, saying the deposed Labour Party-led coalition government failed to communicate ... More >>
Chaudry Denies Accusing US Government
Wednesday, 30 August 2000, 1:48 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
USP Pacific Journalism Online: http://www.usp.ac.fj/journ/ USP Journalism on the Fiji crisis (UTS host): http://www.journalism.uts.edu.au/archive/coup.html USP Pasifik Nius stories on Scoop (NZ): http://www.scoop.co.nz/international.htm Have your say: ... More >>
FIJI: Lawyer blasts police investigations
Wednesday, 30 August 2000, 10:02 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA: A former Fijian police investigator who is now a criminal lawyer today condemned investigation methods over the National Bank of Fiji scandal involving more than $220 million. More >>
FIJI: USP staff call for 'soul-searching'
Wednesday, 30 August 2000, 9:39 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA: Student leader Veresi Bainivualiku needs to do some "serious soul-searching'' after being fined for an assault on another student last week by the University of the South Pacific disciplinary committee, says the staff president. More >>
BOUGAINVLLE: Countdown for rally in Arawa
Wednesday, 30 August 2000, 9:37 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
ARAWA: The Bougainville crisis-shattered township of Arawa in Central Bougainville will come alive tomorrow when thousands of people stage a protest march to push for the highest form of autonomy and the referendum for independence, the National reports. More >>
Fiji: Blueprint Won't Work, Says Baba
Tuesday, 29 August 2000, 8:31 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA: While interim Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase's blueprint is seen as a "bible" by many high chiefs, ousted Deputy Prime Minister Dr Tupeni Baba in the elected Chaudhry government thinks the document will only assist elite Fijians and not ordinary Fijians. More >>
Online Journalism Courses At USP
Tuesday, 29 August 2000, 8:29 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA: The University of the South Pacific journalism programme has launched an "online classroom" and is delivering education and training resources for three media courses through the Internet this semester. More >>
FIJI: Daily Post group vows to speak out
Monday, 28 August 2000, 8:46 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA (PMW): Fiji's Daily Post group, through an editorial in its Sunday edition, has rejected charges that it is a "mouthpiece of government" and has vowed to continue to speak out boldly. More >>
