Tag: Voreqe Bainimarama

By Michael Field of The Pacific Newsroom Fiji could face around 600 covid-19 deaths within about eight weeks, and 50,000 active cases, unless decisive government-led...

By Christine Rovoi, RNZ Pacific journalist Calls for more action from the Fiji government are growing louder, as authorities appear to be losing their grip...

By Michael Field of The Pacific Newsroom Fiji stands on the edge of covid-19 disaster because some 50 navy officers blatantly broke quarantine rules to...

By Praneeta Prakash in Suva Fiji Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama says a breach in protocol in relation to the 53-year-old woman now testing positive of...

By Wanshika Kumar in Suva Reports that Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama has pulled the plug on Fiji's draft Police Bill 2020 has raised more questions...

By Michael Field of The Pacific Newsroom New Zealand’s High Commissioner in Fiji, Jonathan Curr, has taken to social media to counter claims that Wellington...

COMMENTARY: By Graham Davis Last month, I wrote on Facebook that the resumption of my blog Grubsheet for 2021 was being postponed out of consideration...

REFLECTIONS: By Robbie Robertson and Akosita Tamanisau in Melbourne The pictures of Professor Pal Ahluwalia, the vice-chancellor of the University of the South Pacific...

By Christine Rovoi, RNZ Pacific journalist The writing is on the wall for Fiji's main opposition party, says New Zealand-based Fijian academic Professor Steven Ratuva. His...

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Fiji's Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama is reported to have become the first world leader to publicly congratulate US President-elect Joe Biden...

COMMENTARY: By Graham Davis Stung by successive Grubsheet articles revealing how the military wants changes to the Fiji government and also revealing the name of...

By RNZ Pacific A Fiji opposition MP has been suspended from parliament for six months for refusing to apologise to the Prime Minister. Pio Tikoduadua and...

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk A video of Fiji's Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama grabbing and shoving an opposition MP has gone viral. The video emerged on the Facebook...

By RNZ Pacific Fiji's prime minister Voreqe Bainimarama has again hit out at opposition parties, calling them liars and accusing them of sowing division in...

By RNZ Pacific The leader of Fiji's main opposition party, Sitiveni Rabuka, was today charged by anti-corruption investigators, apparently over "anomalies" in his financial declarations. The...

ANALYSIS: By Megan Darby, deputy editor of Climate Home News Fiji’s presidency of the United Nations climate talks was an unprecedented opportunity for the Pacific...

BOOKS: David Robie, editor of Pacific Journalism Review When Commodore (now rear admiral retired and an elected prime minister) Voreqe Bainimarama staged Fiji’s fourth "coup...

French President Emmanuel Macron appeals to the world to do more on climate change. Video: Al Jazeera French President Emmanuel Macron has delivered a rallying...

Climate activists from across the Pacific region have presented a declaration on climate change to key Pacific environmental leaders at COP23. The Pacific Climate...

By Anita Roberts in Bonn The Paris Climate Agreement must be implemented swiftly as backing away will expose people to more risks, Fiji's Prime Minister Voreqe...

REVIEW: By Shailendra Singh A Fiji Diary: Reminiscences and Reflections of a Newsman is a selection of revised and updated writings by Vijendra Kumar, a...

Highlighting the effects of climate change on small island states remains the central focus of upcoming climate negotiations co-chaired by Germany and Fiji. United Nations...