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FIJI: Chief says 'sacrifice education'
Monday, 24 July 2000, 11:13 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA: A Fijian chief whose land now hosts rebel leader George Speight's camp of supporters has declared that he is willing to sacrifice the education of Fijians so that indigenous rights will be recognised. More >>
Commentary: We don't care about the modern world
Monday, 24 July 2000, 10:32 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA: A question for you from Fiji. There's a special prize. Who said: "We don't care about the modern world, we don't have to abide by what the modern world wants. It is right for the Fijians."? More >>
Rebel Accused In Cameraman Shooting Acquitted
Monday, 24 July 2000, 10:27 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA (PMW): Fiji's Sunday Times newspaper has appealed to rebels to hand over remaining guns at large in a criticism over the decree which has allowed the acquittal of a rebel accused over a shooting incident in which a British cameraman was wounded. More >>
FIJI: Speight's Olympic thuggery call 'shameful'
Monday, 24 July 2000, 8:00 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA: Fiji rebel leader George Speight's call for South Pacific people to disrupt the Sydney Olympics in the name of indigenous rights was today branded as "shameful" by the Sunday Post newspaper. More >>
Coup Motive 'Revealed'
Sunday, 23 July 2000, 11:44 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA: The motive behind the overthrow of the democratically elected People's Coalition Government in Fiji has now surfaced, claims the Daily Post in a front page report today. More >>
Martial Law 'May Be Reimposed'
Friday, 21 July 2000, 9:59 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA: The French News Agency AFP says the Fiji military is on the verge of sacking the new president and reimposing martial law in a bid to fill a worsening political vacuum, Radio New Zealand International reported today. More >>
CPJ condemns violence against journalists in Fiji
Friday, 21 July 2000, 9:32 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) condemned recent attacks by forces under the control of rebel leader George Speight and called on the coup leader to respect the right of the press to work freely. The press in Fiji has been operating without ... More >>
Fiji Commentary: Dark Day Reminders
Thursday, 20 July 2000, 2:06 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA: It's two months to the day since George Speight, semi-indigenous failed businessman, pyramid scheme seller and terrorist, stormed into the Parliament grounds of Suva taking the democratically leaders of government as hostages. More >>
Civil Servants Face 12.5% Pay Cut
Thursday, 20 July 2000, 1:47 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA: Fiji Islands civil servants may have their pay cut by 12.5 per cent starting next month, the Fiji Times reported today. More >>
East Timor Press Web Project
Thursday, 20 July 2000, 9:44 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
DILI: The Pacific Area Newspaper Publishers' Association (PANPA) launched a joint web-site for all print media in East Timor today at the organization's 31st annual conference in Sydney. More >>
Sanctions Splashed As Swearing-In Postponed
Wednesday, 19 July 2000, 7:15 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA: Fiji newspapers today splashed reports of mounting "smart sanctions" against Fiji in protest over the proposed cabinet line-up which includes two key leaders of George Speight's rebel gang and at least three other Taukei movement hardliners. More >>
Fiji Sun Slams Rebel Threats
Wednesday, 19 July 2000, 2:15 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA: The Fiji Sun today condemned threats by George Speight's rebels over the composition of the cabinet line-up announced by interim President Ratu Josefa Iloilo, saying the country cannot afford to "go through hell" again. More >>
Commentary: Irony Of Ironies
Friday, 30 June 2000, 4:28 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
APIA: I was in the editorial room on May 19 when news came in of the takeover at Fiji's Parliament of the Labour-led government by rebel leader George Speight and his group. More >>
Commentary: Metal City
Friday, 30 June 2000, 4:14 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA: The Suva shopping centre is becoming a city of wired net windows. The new protection is ugly, but effective. Shop windows look unappetizing. More >>
Rebel Lawyer Says Hostages' Safety At Risk
Thursday, 29 June 2000, 4:30 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA: A rebel lawyer claims the fate of the hostages in Fiji will be "beyond the control of those rebels in power" if their demands are not met, the Fiji Sun reported today. More >>
Pacific Journalism Online Returns
Wednesday, 28 June 2000, 5:04 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA: Pacific Journalism Online, the website of the journalism programme of the regional University of the South Pacific, rejoined cyberspace today. More >>
Fiji Comment: Gutless wonders and grumpy old men
Wednesday, 28 June 2000, 1:18 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA: "Gutlessness" seems to be a contagious condition among the national leadership in Fiji's current political crisis, says Fiji Times columnist Seona Smiles. More >>
Rebels Reject Military Ultimatum
Wednesday, 28 June 2000, 10:05 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA: Fiji Islands rebels holding the 27 remaining hostages in Parliament last night rejected the military's 24-hour ultimatum, the Daily Post reported today. More >>
Fiji Media Watch censures news groups
Wednesday, 28 June 2000, 12:30 am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA: Fiji Media Watch has commended the Fiji Islands media for its "stalwart service" in keeping the public informed during the current political crisis while at the same time censuring the media for some "shoddy reporting", the Fiji Sun reports. More >>
Shipping Company Says NZ Ban Lifted
Tuesday, 27 June 2000, 4:26 pm | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius
SUVA: The ban of Fiji cargo in and out of New Zealand has been lifted, according to a major shipping company. More >>
