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Sudanese Lobbyist breach U.S. Sanctions Stash Cash in Cooks Islands

WASHINGTON -- A former State Department official who is now a lobbyist was charged Tuesday with earning hundreds of thousands of dollars representing the Sudanese government in violation of United States sanctions. A fed…
The 8 Ball has been Placed

On 2nd March 2005 our lawful government had endorsed the Paris Declaration which broad objectives are to reduce poverty and inequality, increase growth, build capacity, and accelerate achievement of the MDG's. It sets…
Australia to Lead Democratic Pacific Island Nations at G20

The following information was released by the Senator the Hon Nick Sherry, Assistant Treasurer of the Australian Federal Government:Assistant Treasurer, Senator Nick Sherry has met with Economic Ministers from across…
Fiji Not Part of PIFS World Bank MOU

The World Bank and the Pacific Island Forum Secretariat signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in Rarogonta, the Cook Islands, on Thursday to strengthen cooperation in the Pacific. The agreement will see the organi…
Lawyers Duty to Report Human Rights Issues in Fiji

Pacific countries are required to report to the Human Rights Council of the United Nations and other UN member states on their human rights records under the Universal Period Review (UPR), a new human rights reporting me…
South Pacific Islands Pseudo Sovereignty

The self-governance model in Niue, Tokelau and the Cook Islands has not worked and the residents have "voted with their feet", Parliament's foreign affairs select committee chairman John Hayes says. Expressing his person…
FIJI NOT INVITED TO FEMM MEET IN THE COOKS

Economic Ministers of the Pacific Islands Forum will attend the 13th Forum Economic Ministers' Meeting (FEMM) in Rarotonga, Cook Islands, from 27-28 October 2009. The Forum Economic Ministers are meeting at a time when t…
PNG take swipe at ANZ over FRANK BAINIMARAMA

Fiji's Melanesian neighbours will work to end Australia and New Zealand's opposition to military leader Voreqe Bainimarama's regime, Papuan New Guinean Prime Minister Michael Somare said Wednesday.Following a regional le…
Barack Obama Joe Biden Free Fiji from Fear and Want

We had followed Barack Obama’s election campaign trail with much enthusiasm seeing that this was going to be an unstoppable train of Change for America and for the first time it put the greatest country on earth in the…
NEW ZEALAND TELL FIJI BUSINESSES LIKE IT IS

Thank you for the opportunity to address members of the NZ Fiji Business Council today. Last year two-way trade between New Zealand and Fiji totalled $434 million, with New Zealand exports to Fiji accounting for $3…