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USA African Union Historic Meet Discuss Fiji's Unconstitutional Government
Opening Speech by Dr Jean Ping on The Occasion of The First Annual US-African Union Level Meeting African Union Deputy Secretary Of State Jacob Lew, Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carlson, Ambassador Battle, Distinguished… -
Pacific Islands Forum Talks to Begin on PACER PLUS
The following information was released by the office of the Minister for Trade of Australia: Trade Minister Simon Crean departs today on a visit to the Federated States of Micronesia to participate in the 2010 Pacific I… -
Arabian Nights Debut for Fiji in May 2010
Fiji is making its Middle East exhibition debut at May's Arabian Travel Market 2010 as it looks to open channels with the lucrative regional market to help meet its ambitious tourism plans of attracting 1.1 million visit… -
New Chinese Immigrants Cause Tension in Pacific Island Nations
Charges of attempted murder levelled at two ethnic Chinese businessmen in the Marshall Islands have highlighted growing tension between locals and Chinese immigrants in the Pacific island nation. Tensions over Chinese d… -
Australia Host Peacekeeping Forum Today Fiji Snubbed LOL
Text of media release carried by Australian Department of Defence website on 26 April The parliamentary secretary [junior minister] for defence support, Dr Mike Kelly, will officially welcome delegates including disting… -
Sir James Ah Koy Please Explain
In June 2009 the Miami Herald applauded the performance of an IT company known as eLandia, a Coral Gables-based information-technology provider operating primarily in Latin America.The company's largest shareholder had b… -
Why Bainimarama Fails to Govern Fiji
We have not as a matter of principle read this illegal government’s “Peoples Charter” since the purported abrogation of our Supreme Law last April which presumably this Charter was founded upon. The only question that co… -
Time to Close Down the Sugar Industry in Fiji
Stop wasting more time money and reforms on a dead industry, best to shut the entire industry down, wind up FSC and close the doors forever. We have to move Fiji Forward, forget about sugar it causes diabetes, its time… -
The Fiji Iran Embrace
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Fiji Girl Spoke of the Dangers of the China Land Grab in June 2009
"The best way to explain the dangers posed by OmniVore cuddling up to the People’s Republic of China is to see what China has already been doing is Africa, and how they have gone about it." Fiji Girl Read it again Fiji… -
Poor Chinese Burn Themselves to Protect their Land from their Oppressive Government
Chinese villagers set themselves alight to stop land grab505 words24 April 20107:32 AM GMTBBC Monitoring Asia PacificEnglish(c) 2010 The British Broadcasting Corporation. All Rights Reserved. No material may be reproduce… -
The Land Investor Needs a Weak Failing State We Are Already One Fiji
Governments and investment funds are buying up farmland in Africa and Asia to grow food -- a profitable business, with a growing global population and rapidly rising prices. The high-stakes game of real-life Monopoly is… -
Agricultural Investment or Land Grab and Transparency
PARIS, Apr. 13, 2010 (IPS/GIN) - A year after the purchases of vast swathes of farm land in Africa first drew public attention, transactions remain as opaque as ever. Private companies are resisting a global code of con… -
International Land Grabs Are Real Fiji
International land grab sounds warning bells: the figures are impressive: 500,000 hectares in Tanzania, 30,000 in the Sudan, followed by 378,000 more in the same country and even 500,000 for rice growing in Indonesia. Al… -
Good News for Fiji Emirates Group to Takeover Air Pacific
The Emirates Group is in negotiations with the government of Fiji to acquire its National carrier Air Pacific. The group is a conglomerate which operates through Emirates Airline, an international airline, and Dnata, a… -
Good News for Fiji Chinese Tourist Increase by 93.2%
Visitor arrival from China to Fiji has increased tremendously by 93.2 percent for January-February, 2010 compared to the same period in 2009. Tourism Fiji's chief executive Josefa Tuamoto said on Friday that with Fiji's… -
Win We Have and Win We Shall Fiji Freedom Bloggers
The apparent lack of political will to eradicate the coup culture in Fiji is shocking. Some feel the need to accept what has happened over these past three years and move on with their heads buried in the sand indifferen… -
World Bank Data Base Finally Goes Public and WDI 2010 Released
WASHINGTON, April 20, 2010 — The World Development Indicators (WDI) 2010, released today, gives a statistical progress toward achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The WDI database, launched along with… -
Do You Know Why Bainimarama Allowed the Poverty Fiqure to be Published?
Thats how they will get everything they ask for from the World Bank. -
BRICs Seek Bigger Say in World Bank and the IMF in Washington
By Sean O'Grady Economics Editor 20 April 2010 The Independent Business As the Bric countries jostle for more say at the IMF, G20 ministers face dilemmas- not least how to travel A "fractious week" of talks faces thos… -
Bainimarama If You Accept Thaksin Shinawatra into Fiji You will be Black Balled
Psycho Frankeinstein Bananarama, Take Notice, if you accept Thaksin Shinawatra into Fiji we will ensure that the Banana Republic of the Fiji Islands gets Blacklisted by the OECD, the consequences of this you better ask S… -
We Told You 12 Months Ago Why Can't We ACT What You Waiting For Father Christmas?
By ulukaukauThe effect of the purported abrogation of the 1997 Constitution and in particular section 185, the brilliant brainchild of Paul Reeves, Tomasi Vakatora and Brij V. Lal, should not be taken lightly.It has set… -
Lessons from African Continent
There are 52 States in the African Continent. Check out their Development and Cross Check that with the Philosophy and see whats comming, compare that with the opposing Philosophy and see the Difference. If you lazy t… -
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Peacebuilding
UNITED NATIONS, April 16 2010 The United Nations issued the following press release: Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's remarks to the Security Council's open debate on post-conflict peacebuildi… -
Cross Conditionality of Donor Finance is Paramount for Fiji
This is the opportune time for donor synergy to include cross conditionality on their "humanitarian" re-engagement to prescribe as a pre-condition to drawdown the restoration in full of the 1997 Constitution of the Democ… -
Japans Yoshiro Mori shares the Art of playing Rugby in the Pacific Ocean
After the nuclear tests of May 1998, relations between India and Japan were distant and difficult. It was Yoshiro Mori, prime minister of Japan at the time, who turned around India-Japan ties by defying much of the burea… -
Thai Says Pacific Is Their New Wonderland
19 April 2010 Thai News Service Countries in the Pacific region are expected to post overall average economic growth of 3.7% in 2010, up from 2.3% in 2009, according to a forecast by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). H… -
China Says Fijians Came From Asia so they want to Buy Fiji for Chindia
China Weekly News 2010 APR 20 - According to recent research published in the Journal of Biogeography, "This study addresses the origins of terrestrial biodiversity of the Fijian islands using the ant genus Lordomyrma (… -
NZ Investors in Fiji Need to Know the Risks
17 April 2010 - THE Government's Retail Deposit Guarantee Scheme is in place to protect investors. It is not there just to stop companies from failing. Yet as South Canterbury Finance goes to the public seeking $1.25… -
Casino & Gaming Landscape Fiji Island's Future Emerging
The casinos and gaming sector will be analyzed taking companies that offer gambling and betting facilities as players. The key buyers will be taken as individual customers, and machines, equipment and license providers,… -
Moody's Rating Service Reconfirm Fiji Government Default on Sovereign Debt
MOODY'S RATINGS SERVICE - FIJI ISLANDS, GOVERNMENT OF - (CUSIP none) - (ISIN none) 117 words 12 April 2010 Moody's Investors Service Ratings Delivery Service English (c) 2010 CUSIP: ISIN: Common Code: CEDEL: CF/PF Indica… -
Multilateral Development Banks Will Cross Debar Rouge Project Managers
Leading multilateral development banks (MDBs) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have noted signs of global economic recovery and agreed to continue support for preventing a wider systemic crisis. As a major step… -
Australia and New Zealand A$85 million Grant for Natural Disasters in Pacific
Cyclones, tsunami, earthquakes, volcanic activity and climate change all pose major potential risks to Pacific Island nations and development projects aimed at reducing those risks need to be much better integrated with… -
IMF EXPANDS FUNDS BORROWING SADA REDDY JUMPS FOR JOY
WASHINGTON, April 12 -- The International Monetary Fund issued the following news release: The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today approved a ten-fold expansion of the Fund's New Arrangements… -
World Bank's Ivailo Izvorski Answer to Fiji Czars FTA Question on Pacific Islands
Interview with Ivailo Izvorski and Vikram Nehru on East Asia and Pacific Update April 12 2010 Fiji Czar: Are Free Trade Agreements such as PACER PLUS in the Pacific Islands conducive to the goals of the World Bank? W… -
Jerusalem and the Rebuilding of the Temple Emerging
What goes around in Jerusalem will come around to Ramallah Per AVI DICHTER The Jerusalem Post Jerusalem lies at the heart of the Jewish nation. Despite its most sacred Jewish status, the State of Israel has transformed… -
PACIFIC FORUM TRADE MINISTERS WILL MEET IN POHNPEI NO PIGS ALLOWED
The following information was released by the National Government of the Federated States of Micronesia: Ministers and Officials in charge of trade and trade related matters for Forum Island Countries (FICs) including A… -
No Compensation to Foreign Direct Investors in Fiji Land Scams
IN my article on the Tan Ying Hong case, "Reversing the verdict just the beginning" (NST Property, Jan 29, 2010), I said the reversal of Adorna Properties Sdn Bhd v Boonsom Boonyanit by the Federal Court is only the firs… -
Pacific Resort NZ Investors Nightmare in Fiji Since Bainimarama Coup
8 April 2010 The Independent Financial Review perJENNI MCMANUS The Hanover board waived a $20 million guarantee against a loan on a crippled resort development in Fiji only days before Hanover investors were due to vote… -
World Bank Growth Prospects for Asia Pacific
East Asia's developing economies will recover from the global downturn this year but the Philippines will not outperform its neighbors, the World Bank yesterday said. In a semiannual update titled "Emerging Stronger from… -
Shameem to Secure Role for Bainimarama's Privatized Fiji Military Forces in Geneva
The following information was released by the United Nations Office at Geneva: The United Nations Working Group on the use of mercenaries will hold its last meeting on the ongoing process towards the elaboration of a pos… -
United Arab Emirates Pacific Islands Partnership Consolidated
New York, H.E. Ambassador Ahmed Rahman Al Jarman, the Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations, held a meeting with his counterparts for the Pacific countries at the UN to follow up re… -
REAL FIJI NEWS SALUTES THE FIJI TIMES
If I were a journalist or a media mogul I would have the understanding to write at length on the persecution of the Fiji Times, but since that is not the area of my expertise as an observer I have very great fears that t… -
Frank Bainimarama & Co You Will be Prosecuted for Murder Sedition Treason and Fraud
“An unconstitutional act is not a law, it confers no rights, it imposes no duties, its affords no protection, it creates no office, it is in legal contemplation, as inoperative as though it had never been passed.” (Norto… -
International Agreements 101
International agreements exhibit a wide range of variation. Many are negotiated as legally binding agreements, while others are expressly nonbinding. Some contain substantive obligations requiring deep, demanding poli… -
Punjab National Bank to Open in Fiji
It really makes sense to bring a whole lot more foreigners in to our country when we ourselves do not have a Fijian Bank. Pathetic Voreqe. Anyway heres the info: Global Markets Direct Company Profiles Overview Punjab Na… -
The Root Cause of Listing FEA on the SPSE
We have gone through very interesting times in Fiji and we have witnessed the ingenuity of shadowy advisors and consultants that know how to pull the wool over our peoples eyes. We were of course to use the oft cited c… -
The Truth of Businessmen in FIJI Never FORGET THEM FIJI NEVER FORGET THEM
HILL: The last time I was in Fiji Mr Sayed-Khaiyum you very kindly invited me to a meeting of the Nadi Chamber of Commerce, and you gave a speech in which you outlined your plans to hold the elections in 2014 and the Pre… -
The Way of the Cross - Happy Easter Fiji
MEDITATION When the Apostle Philip asked Jesus, “Lord, show us the Father,” he replied, “Have I been with you all this time, and you still do not know me? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father” (Jn 14:8-9).… -
Canadian Zinc Banks on Vatukoula Gold Mine and Fiji Govt Concessions to retain $0.49 Stock Price
CZN Cdn Zinc loses $611,000 in 2009 29 March 2010 Canada Stockwatch Canadian Zinc Corp (TSX:CZN) Shares Issued 118,900,563 Last Close 3/26/2010 $0.49 Monday March 29 2010 - News Release Mr. John Kearney reports CANADIA…
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