Tag: Good governance
‘Attack on freedom of speech’: USP staff call out Ahluwalia for...
RNZ Pacific
The University of the South Pacific staff associations are up in arms about the sacking of a union leader and academic by the...
‘Big picture vision’ conversations missing in Pacific, says Aqorau
By Giff Johnson in Majuro
Big picture conversations about the future of the Pacific islands should be happening, but they are not, says one of...
Fiji lawyer Imrana Jalal’s warning: ‘No victimisation or targeted prosecutions’
By Timoci Vula in Suva
Fiji lawyer and former human rights activist Imrana Jalal has offered a "warning" to her motherland that should people be...
An update on the ‘good governance coup’ – political will, corruption...
ANALYSIS: By Grant Walton, Husnia Hushang and Neelesh Gounder
In 2006, Fiji’s current Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama, seized power from a government that had been...
Prasad criticises NZ, Australia over not addressing ‘democratic deficit’ in Pacific...
RNZ Pacific
A Fiji political leader is calling out the Australian and New Zealand governments on their "deafening silence" over human rights issues in the...
Australia and New Zealand’s ‘deafening silence’ on Pacific democracy and human...
ANALYSIS: By Biman Chand Prasad in Suva
The Pacific Islands Forum leaders’ meeting has ended and what is intriguing is the deafening silence on declining...
To meet the Chinese challenge in the Pacific, NZ needs to...
ANALYSIS: By Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato
This week’s White House meeting between NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and US President Joe Biden reflected a...
Pink tears for the Philippines, and transforming the rage into hope
COMMENTARY: By Nina Santos in Auckland
On May 9, the Philippines went to the polls in what has been called “by far the most divisive...
PNG and Fiji were both facing covid catastrophes. Why has one...
ANALYSIS: By Ian Kemish, The University of Queensland
Things were looking very bad three months ago for both Papua New Guinea and Fiji. The two...
Richard Naidu: The Fawlty Towers government – everything they touch...
By Richard Naidu in Suva
In my household, the 1970s BBC comedy Fawlty Towers is on regular repeat for family entertainment.
Only two years ago it...
Dan McGarry: The truth is our republic
ANALYSIS: By Dan McGarry, The Village Explainer
I wasn’t invited to the inaugural Vanuatu media awards a couple of weeks ago. Nor was I asked...
USP at the crossroads – a student view on tracking good...
Amid recent months of political turmoil about the region’s premier institution of higher learning, the University of the South Pacific, students have been keen...