Yearly Archives: 2022

ANALYSIS: By Steven Ratuva, University of Canterbury When the final election results were announced around 4pm on Sunday, many Fijians, at home and around the...

By Arieta Vakasukawaqa in Suva Tight police security will greet the Sodelpa management board meeting in Suva tomorrow when it will again decide the political...

By Felix Chaudhary in Suva The incumbent FijiFirst government's appeal was beginning to wane and voters deserted the party “because of what they saw as...

RNZ News A climate activist furious with the Aotearoa New Zealand government's watering down of the proposed emissions pricing scheme says he hopes for stronger...

By Felix Chaudhary in Suva Former Supervisor of Elections Jon Apted says that the coalition formed by the  Social Democratic Liberal Party with the People’s...

Pacific Media Watch An award-winning professor of sport, leadership and governance has criticised her university's handling of recent redundancies of 170 academic staff, saying a...

RNZ Pacific Many members of Auckland's Fiji community say they are "delighted and relieved" by last week's general election result. Coup leader turned prime minister Voreqe...

By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea is close to voting in it first female Govenor-General after nominations for the post closed yesterday...

RNZ Pacific The ruling FijiFirst party is refusing to concede the 2022 general election, saying it can only be called after the election of the...

RNZ Pacific Claims of irregularities in the vote to create a new coalition government formed in Fiji have emerged. Internal disagreements have resurfaced within Sodelpa, Fiji's...

By Rakesh Kumar in Suva After 72 hours of negotiations ended yesterday, the Social Democratic Liberal Party finally chose the People’s Alliance party and National...

RNZ Pacific Jubilant scenes in Suva tonight greeted Fiji's kingmaker party Sodelpa as it announced it will form a coalition with the People's Alliance-National Federation...

FBC News An official communication will be sent to Fiji's President confirming the new People’s Alliance, National Federation Party and Sodelpa government is ready to...

RNZ News The Employment Relations Authority (ERA) has knocked-back an attempt by one of Aotearoa New Zealand's largest universities to axe more than 100 staff. The...

PNG Post-Courier Papua New Guinea Defence Force commander Major-General Mark Goina has issued a warning to all serving members of the PNGDF to "shape up...

RNZ Pacific About 50 striking nurses have held a protest in American Samoa over their employment conditions. The protest yesterday follows some nurses at the LBJ...

RNZ Pacific A West Papua rights group claims Indonesian police and soldiers have carried out at least 72 extrajudicial killings over the past year. The report...

RNZ Pacific Unions in New Caledonia have secured a 4.2 percent increase of the lowest salaries from January 1, 2023. The concession by the employers' organisation...

RNZ Pacific The Fijian people will need to still wait to find out who will lead the country for the next four years after the...

By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea lawbreakers who disrupt public order and ruin other people’s festive season will be arrested, charged and...

RNZ Pacific The youth wing of Fiji's Social Democratic Liberal Party (Soldelpa) are against any move by its board to form a coalition with the...

EDITORIAL: By Fred Wesley, editor-in-chief of The Fiji Times It’s the big day today! We will get to know the make-up of our Parliament. The...