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Pacific Island Forum Outcome of Meeting with $194k NBF Debtor Inoke Kubuabola
Auckland, May 31 NZPA - A forum involving leaders from the Pacific region, including Fiji, has concluded the only way to make progress on democratic governance in Fiji is by holding further talks. The meeting of the Paci… -
Why Should New Zealand and Australia Bow to Frank Bainimarama
When an arrogant man treats you like shit once, perhaps you can forgive, when he does it again, you can give the other cheek, but when he does it thrice, then perhaps you need to listen carefully to what he has repeated… -
The Best Way to Remove Bad Governments is not the Fiji Way
The following is the viewpoint of the writer, director of the Saskatchewan office of the Frontier Centre. We need governments, the argument has long run, to protect the weak and restrain the nasty. Meanwhile, the jus… -
United Nations Peacekeeping Day Speech by Susan Rice
The following information was released by the U.S. Mission to the United Nations: Susan E. Rice U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations U.S. Mission to the United Nations New York, NY May 29, 2010 FOR… -
A FEELING OF PATRIOTISM HAS NOT BEEN FULLY REALIZED
THE feeling of patriotism that should be a binding force for everyone who lives in this land has not been fully realized, says Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase. Speaking at the opening of the Na Kakavaki Building at R… -
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL TO HOLD FOURTEENTH SESSION FROM 31 MAY TO 18 JUNE 2010
The following information was released by the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG): The Human Rights Council will hold its fourteenth regular session from 31 May to 18 June at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. On the m… -
FIJI'S HYDRO SCHEME HAS BENEFITS FLOWING ALL THE WAY TO CHINA
Michael Field reports on how a hydro dam construction in Fiji is revealing the fish hooks buried in China's aid to the South Pacific. ON PAPER, building a new hydro electricity scheme in Fiji's highlands looked a good… -
Australia Strengthen Sanction Regime for Fiji Islands Military Regime
26 May 2010 The following information was released by the office of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia: I move that the Bill be now read a second time. Autonomous sanctions are a key tool in Australian d… -
Australia New Zealand Compete in World Fiji will Fade Away in Irrelevance
As is clear from these developments Frank Bainimarama's look North Pipe Dream will always be secondary to Australia and New-Zealand, Fiji needs to get its act together, restore democracy and rejoin the Pacific Islands Fo… -
Why the Pensions have been Restored ?
It has become quite boring analyzing this illegal military government and more so quite amusing seeing how our people react to such liberating news. There is no doubt that our people have a long way to go to become enl… -
FRANK TO DE-RATIFY ROME STATUTE IN KAMPALA
Ahead of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Review Conference that will amend the Rome Statute (which defines the ICC's rules of operation) and take stock of the court's progress, MEPs have called for all countries… -
THE POOR, MIDDLE CLASS, ELITE, COUPS AND DEMOCRATIZATION
For decades, political theorists have considered the growth of a middle class to be the key to successful democratisation. Yet, in the last ten years, middle classes across the developing world have begun to defy that cl… -
FOR THE RECORD
This week marks 10 years since George Speight's coup in Fiji. Pacific correspondent Michael Field looks back at the dramatic events that have shaped the country ever since. Where are they now? George Speight spends his 5… -
Australia and Japan Sign Military Pact Bainimarama to sign pact with MSG plus 1
Frank Bainimarama will sign a Fiji Military Pact with the Melanesian Spearhead Group and Samoa for the acquisition and cross servicing of state of the art bilibili drones. Tokyo, May 19 (Jiji Press)--Japan and Austral… -
More Charges for Momi Bay Fraudster
May 19 (BusinessWire) – The Serious Fraud Office has lined up two more charges for failed financier Bridgecorp Ltd.'s directors Rod Petricevic and Rob Roest, taking the total value of alleged fraud by the pair to $… -
Hong Kong Fiji Islands Double Taxation Order for Aircraft Operators
The Hong Kong SAR Government issued the following news release: An order will be gazetted today (May 20) to give effect to the double taxation relief arrangements relating to income from aircraft operations as agreed be… -
DEVELOPMENT AID HONEYMOON IS OVER FOR NGOS IN PACIFIC
Changes to the overseas aid programme risk undermining accountability and effectiveness, writes Phil Twyford . IT IS Government policy to pursue "trust-based relationships" with the voluntary sector, but overseas aid no… -
Pacific Islands Economies Unable to Encourage Sustained Growth
19 May 2010 By Bruce Gale, Senior Writer Straits Times BENEFITING in part from a resurgence in East Asian economies, most Pacific island nations are expected to emerge from recession this year. But with long-term growth… -
ONE EARTH ONE UN ONE CUP OF CHINESE TEA
The following information was released by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme: Why not rest your feet in the United Nations pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo and try a cup of Chinese tea! This weekend, the… -
THE INTERDEPENDENCE OF NATIONAL SECURITY AND NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY
The following information was released by the Heritage Foundation: There is a clear difference of opinion between people who believe in a national defense policy directed solely by the protection of U.S. security intere… -
Fiji Government Criminals Go to Crime Prevention Conference in Vienna
The following information was released by the United Nations: The 19th session of the United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, being held in Vienna from 17-21 May, will decide how to act on con… -
IMF WORLD BANK DO NOT HAVE MORAL AUTHORITY TO LEND FIJI MONEY
“When a corrupt governmental regime borrows money in the name of the state, and then steals or squanders the proceeds, must the future citizens of that country repay the loan?The law says yes, but the moral instinct o… -
Fijian Financial Institutions Invest K23.5m in Bank of South Pacific
12 May 2010 - LOCALLY owned Bank South Pacific raised K23.5 million from an issue of convertible notes t o investors in Fiji, including its own staff. The notes issued at $F5.25 a note were made through BSP's wholly own… -
VULNERABILITIES OF SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES
10 MAY 2010 - The following information was released by the United Nations: Overdue commitments made to small island developing States (SIDS) must be fulfilled to enable them to survive climate change and other internat… -
Willie the Private Sector Can Only Engage in Peace Building within a Democracy
May 10 2010 - A private sector representative may not quite be the person one would expect to find at a peace building workshop. However, Willie Kwansing, the General Secretary of the Fiji Chamber of Commerce and Indust… -
Thank God Unit Trust of Fiji Had A Mortgage over 300 Acres Freehold Land
According to the Fiji Times the Unit Trust of Fiji is seeking to recover its $12.5million investment in the Momi Bay Development through a mortgagee sale of over 300 acres of freehold land. Now at least we have some ide… -
Political Will to Change the Military Bureaucracy
9 May 2010 - Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the U.S.'s worsening economic problems meant the Pentagon had to slash its bloated bureaucracy and purchase cheaper weapons systems, moves that would dramatically change t… -
PACIFIC ISLANDS FORUM STATEMENT TO NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE
The following information was released by the office of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia: Mr President As the current chair of the Pacific Islands Forum, I have the honour to speak on behalf of Forum membe… -
Canadian Gleaners feed the Hungry in Poor Countries like Fiji
Lonely Planet isn't likely to be calling anytime soon but the way things are going, the Fraser Valley Gleaners Society could well use some tour guides. What draws visitors to this industrial vegetable processing plant i… -
Chair of South Pacific Forum Speaks for Islands on Nuclear Non-Proliferation
The Australian and United States Governments have signed a new 30-year nuclear cooperation agreement that will govern Australia's continuing export of uranium to the world's largest nuclear power.Foreign Minister Stephen… -
President Barack Obama Has Not Changed US Policy on International Criminal Court
7 May 2010 - A pushback from the military and a skeptical secretary of defense have dashed the hopes of some Obama administration officials for closer cooperation with a global war-crimes tribunal that some fear could pr… -
Momi Bay's Gary Urwin and Bridgecorp's $460m Disaster
Auckland, May 6 NZPA - Lawyers for five people connected with Bridgecorp today questioned why the failed finance company's prospectus was registered in 2006 despite a solicitor connected with the registration process say… -
Bank of South Pacific Real Share Value in Doubt
6 May 2010 - THE Independent Public Business Corporation (IPBC) has sold one-fifth of its shareholding in Bank South Pacific (BSP) to the International Finance Corporation at a below market value. The sale at this time r… -
Fiji Intelligence Services Matrix-ed
Blue Blistering Barnacles the People of Fiji are about to have a shift into the 22nd Century Folks we will have a Spy Agency. The Illegal, could not win an elections, want to be Defence Minister, Ratu Eveli Ganilau, say… -
Crosbie Walsh Can Be My House Boy Mix My Drink Polish My Shoes Boy
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Message to RFMF MOB
Guys when we see the footprints spike by over 7000 hits overnight when the average is around 4000+ we know what you up to. So you can attempt to hack our site but know this, it is fully backed up and will relaunched wi… -
U.S. OPENING STATEMENT AT NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY REVIEW CONFERENCE
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of State issued the following statement: In her address to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference in New York today, Secretary of State Clinton announced new Pres… -
STATEMENT BY U.S. AMBASSADOR SUSAN E. RICE ON WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY
The following information was released by the U.S. Mission to the United Nations: Today, on World Press Freedom Day, the United States proudly joins the international community in honoring the many courageous journal… -
Rotuma Island Council Land Law Bainimarama the Methodist Church and Rotting Fish
One of the first things that Frank Bainimarama did after being declared unlawful by the Fiji Court of Appeal and Abrogating the 1997 Constitution of Fiji in April 2009 was to BUY the Support of the Rotuma Island Council,… -
Fiji Press Freedom Decline Noted again with Afghanistan & Sri Lanka
WASHINGTON - The Freedom House issued the following news release: Global press freedom declined in 2009, with setbacks registered in almost every region of the world, according to a Freedom House study released today.… -
Native Fijian Land will be Sold After World Bank Funded Reforms
The World Bank convened a major two-day conference on Land Policy & Administration in Washington, DC. The conference's goal was supposedly to "improve land governance" and "contribute to the well-being of the poorest… -
Republic of Fiji Islands Latest Terrorist Security Risk Identified
May 2010 marks the 10th anniversary of the Fijian coup that overthrew then prime minister Mahendra Chaudhry and saw the beginning of Commodore Voreqe 'Frank' Bainimarama's political ascent to the position of prime minist… -
Pacific Islands Forum Boost Law Abiding Member Economies
Forum Trade Ministers have launched a major initiative to boost the ability of businesses in Forum islands countries to compete in global markets. The 2010 Forum Trade Ministers’ Meeting in Pohnpei, Federated Stat… -
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), designed to curb the spread of nuclear weapons, comes up for review at a UN conference opening Monday and running through May 28. Its key features: . Seen as the cornerstone o… -
President Obama Proclaims May 2010 Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Presidential Proclamation--Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month 30 April 2010 White House Press Releases And Documents English Copyright (c) 2010 Federal Information & News Dispatch, Inc. Executive… -
Call for Economic Integration by ADB's President Hirohiko Kuroda
The Asian region recovered quickly from the global economic crisis. But there are still many problems in the region. One should be confident that further growth will be inclusive and environmentally sustainable, the pres… -
Constitution of the Revolutionary Communist Party of Fiji
Thanks to Glenn Beck we have an invaluable link with golden nuggets well worth the read on our New World Order Constitution for a Radical Change -
UN Peacekeepers Impunity Discrimination & Rape of Women as a Weapon of War
UNITED NATIONS - The U.S. Mission to the United Nations issued the following remarks: Mr. President, thank you for bringing the Council together to discuss an issue that's critically important to the United States-and,… -
Update on UN Mercenaries Group
30 April 2010 The following information was released by the United Nations Office at Geneva: The UN Working Group on the use of mercenaries is appealing for broader support towards the creation of a new international… -
Natural Hazards in the South Pacific
April 30 2010 The following information was released by the World Meteorological Organization: At their quadrennial meeting, the South-West Pacific National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) of the Worl…
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