Tag: Voreqe Bainimarama

By Lice Movono, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Suva Fijians will go to the polls to choose their next government on December 14. In a statement yesterday,...

By Felix Chaudhary in Suva Opposition National Federation Party (NFP) leader Professor Biman Prasad claims Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama is “fooling around” and “pretending” he...

COMMENTARY: By Wadan Narsey There is a shameful public tragedy unfolding day by day as the Bainimarama government tries to stop a potential political candidate,...

By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist Fiji MP and the leader of the opposition National Federation Party, Professor Biman Prasad, is accusing Prime Minister Voreqe...

RNZ Pacific Queen Elizabeth II -- 1926-2022 Fiji Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama tweeted today "Fijian hearts are heavy this morning as we bid farewell" as global...

ANALYSIS: By Sadhana Sen and Stephen Howes The last time the Australian Labor Party came to power (in 2007), Australia was imposing sanctions against Fiji...

ANALYSIS: By Shailendra Singh of the University of the South Pacific In Fiji’s politically charged context, national elections are historically a risky period. Since the...

By Wata Shaw in Suva Fiji's Economy Minister Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum is "doing damage" to the premier regional university by withholding the Fiji government’s obligatory contribution,...

On Pacific Beat with Evan Wasuka The University of South Pacific’s vice-chancellor says Fiji’s failure to pay its grant contribution for the third year in...

By Wata Shaw in Suva Fiji Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama opened the 51st Pacific Islands Forum leaders meeting yesterday by saying it was setting the...

By the RNZ Pacific editorial team in Suva The 51st Pacific Forum Leaders (PIF) Meeting starting today has been dealt a major blow after the...

By Lice Movono, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Suva and Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific journalist In a watershed moment, Pacific Islands Forum leaders have agreed on...

COMMENTARY: By David Robie Timor-Leste, the youngest independent nation and the most fledgling press in the Asia-Pacific, has finally shown how it’s done -- with...

By Felix Chaudhary in Suva People’s Alliance party leader Sitiveni Rabuka says the FijiFirst government is not fit to run the country because it cannot...

By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific journalist Campaigning is underway for the general election in Fiji later this year and early predictions are pointing to a...

By Venkat Raman in Auckland Fiji's National Federation Party leader and Member of Parliament Dr Biman Prasad is confident that the incumbent Voreqe Bainimarama government...

By David Robie in Auckland Opposition National Federation Party leader Professor Biman Prasad is confident there will be a change of government in Fiji this...

By Michael Field of The Pacific Newsroom Fiji’s police chief Sitiveni Qiliho looks to have dug out an old playbook that was used over a...

By Luke Nacei in Suva It is the duty of men to uplift women and not undermine them or stand in their way, says Fiji...

COMMENTARY: By Michael Field in Auckland China’s activities in the South Pacific are causing growing alarm in Washington, forcing US Secretary of State Antony...

By Christine Rovoi, RNZ Pacific journalist A human rights advocate in Fiji says the country should be ashamed of the exile of the now dead...

OBITUARY: By Professor Biman Prasad Brij Vilash Lal, banished from the land of his birth by the Bainimarama government in November 2009 for championing democracy...