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Unregulated Money in Politics and Corruption

Tracking governance and corruption trends is a global imperative. But doing that is easier said. Important among the prerequisites to it is the availability of huge amounts of relevant and reliable sensitive data and…
Commonwealth must compel change in IMF WORLD BANK Policies

As the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting is about to take place in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago's capital, there is not much hope among its member states that it will achieve anything more than declarations…
Perceptions of Corruption Fiji Off the Richter Scale

Transparency International (TI) published its annual index of perceptions of national levels of corruption on the 17th last week. Here is the official TI press release. In the World New-Zealand ranked 1st Australi…
EU UN IMF WB APPOINTMENTS TRANSPARENT ?

Dithering is not necessarily a bad thing in international affairs. If President Obama is right to procrastinate over more troops for Afghanistan (as he is), you could equally argue that the European Union leaders a…
Little Earths Most Powerful People Fiji Dictator Ranked 6,798,161,578

The following is Forbes latest list of most powerful people in the World as introduced by Michael Noer Nicole Perlroth (Forbes 11-30-09) "I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician l…
Australia's duty to help Pacific through financial crisis says UNICEF

The United Nations children's welfare body UNICEF says Australia has a special duty to help Pacific nations weather the after-effects of the global financial crisis. Spokesman Martin Thomas says UNICEF's report on the st…
Government of Fiji Abstain to Vote at UN with our new "Family" again

The following information was released by the United Nations: The General Assembly, gravely concerned by reports of serious human rights violations and grave breaches of international humanitarian law committed during th…
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…
Commonwealth to Discuss Fiji at CHOGM 2009

Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Trinidad & Tobago - biennial discussion of global & Commonwealth issues aimed at agreeing collective policies & initiatives.The Queen is to address the opening cere…
Memoir of a Fiji Islander Over the Seas

FIJI, my island homeland, is not beckoning as it used to. Certainly, the islands are still pockets of paradise: golden sands fringed by swaying palm trees; turquoise water and reefs playing host to all manner of exotic…