Tess Newton Cain: How to turn democracy into autocracy
OPINION: By Tess Newton Cain in Port Vila
In September 2014, after 8 years of military rule, the people of Fiji went to the polls.
The...
Russians hand over equipment to Fiji military
By Mere Naleba in Suva
The Russian Ambassador to Fiji, Vladimir Morozov, and Russia's head of the Missile Artillery Chief Directorate, Lieutenant-General Nikolay Parshin, have...
Indigenous rights lawyer tells of ‘early zero-emissions’ lifestyle
By Thomas Leaycraft of Scoop
Pacific Island peoples could be "early reclaimers" of a zero-emissions lifestyle, while also urging the international community to take "extreme"...
Vanuatu PM says election result shows people want change
By Godwin Ligo in Port Vila
New Vanuatu Prime Minister Charlot Salwai has dedicated the sequence of events leading to his surprise election as the...
Pacific nations need to ‘weave together’ – act now over climate,...
Pacific nations need to weave together and act now to avoid tragedy as the effects of climate change take their toll on the region,...
Vanuatu police chief files protest lawsuit over car crash suspension
By Thompson Marango in Port Vila
Vanuatu's Commissioner of Police, John Taleo, has filed a constitutional case against the Police Service Commission over his suspension...
Catastrophic glacial meltdown big global risk, says researcher
By Thomas Leaycraft of Scoop
The "window of possibility" for less than 2 degree C temperature rise will close in the next 10 years, says...
‘If we can’t solve climate change, we’ll need Kapiti Island’, says...
By Thomas Leaycraft of Scoop
When Kiribati President Anote Tong told his story about climate change to the United Nations General Assembly, they didn’t listen.
“They...
Indonesian workers, legal aid lawyers fight ‘disobedience’ charges
By Indra Budiari and Safrin La Batu in Jakarta
When Dian Septi Trisnati decided to take part in a labor protest demanding a review of...
‘We’re going to lose islands … whole countries,’ says Pacific climate...
By Thomas Leaycraft of Scoop
New Zealand needs to acknowledge that Pacific Island nations face an “ecological holocaust” and “ecocide” thanks to climate change, says...
Act now to avoid tragedy, academic warns politicians on climate
Victoria University Vice-Chancellor Grant Guilford told delegates at the opening of a university-hosted Pacific Climate Change Conference today that politicians need to act now...
Landmark NZ climate change conference opens to ‘unite Pacific’
Kiribati’s President Anote Tong, a leading advocate for the Pacific over climate change, is one the keynote speakers at a landmark conference on the...
Mediawatch: Waitangi coverage – all squeak, no Māori analysis
Protests against the Trans Pacific Partnership at Waitangi were reported around the world last week after nurse Julie Butler threw a squeaky penis-shaped toy...
Newspapers claim neutrality along with right to be partisan, says Fiji...
By Nasik Swami in Suva
While insisting their right to be partisan, some newspapers still claim to be neutral or objective in Fiji, says University...
Pacific countries offer to compromise over tuna fishing deadlock
By Lucy Craymer in Hong Kong
United States boats might soon be allowed back into the world’s best tuna fishing waters after the 17 Pacific...
New Vanuatu PM acts fast – Bauerfield airport repair contract awarded...
By Jane Joshua in Port Vila
Prime Minister Charlot Salwai has his eyes set on urgent repairs for Vanuatu's international airport at Bauerfield and wants...
Alastair Thompson: ‘Seismic shift’ in US policy over Syria stuns the...
Syria's President Assad vows to 'retake the whole country'. Video: AFP interview on France 24
OPINION: By Alastair Thompson
The news that the Russians (Sergei Lavrov)...
Climate crises in post-Paris Pacific – conference tackles key realities
The science is clear, climate change is upon us and nowhere is the impact more serious than in the Pacific.
Next week, Victoria University is...
Motion Impossible: ‘Enforcer’ Bainimarama still Fiji’s PM
By Peni Shute and Calvin Prasad in Suva
The Fiji Opposition’s bid to have Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama replaced by Leader of the Opposition Ro...
Surgeons in PNG carry out open heart surgery success on 10...
By Quintina Naime in Port Moresby
Ten children between the ages of three to seven years old have successfully undergone an Operation Open Heart (OOP)...
Pacific ‘must make a big noise – agitate’ about climate change
Small countries need to make a big noise, climate change expert James Renwick says will be his message to the In the Eye of...
Negotiations on for second Fiji consignment of Russian weapons
By Nasik Swami in Suva
Negotiations are under way for the second consignment of arms and ammunition to the Fijian military from Russia.
This comes 29...