Fiji briefs: ANZ, Kontiki, FijiLink, Lyndhurst,…
After five years leading ANZ’s business in Fiji, ANZ Fiji Country Head Saud Minam will leave ANZ on 30 April…
Opinion: Leadership of the Forum - Fiji’s…
The Heads of the Pacific Islands Forum Governments will meet virtually in early February 2021 to choose the…
'Sickened', 'saddened' and 'a bit angry': US…
The outgoing US Ambassador to Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tuvalu and Tonga says he was sickened, saddened and a…
UN Human rights role impasse continues
A vote at the United Nations Human Rights Council this week could resolve a stalemate over the body’s…
Fiji jobs, lending, tax revenue down
The Reserve Bank of Fiji has released another series of sobering figures, and says the coronavirus pandemic…
COVID-19 lessons for the Pacific in 2021
Opinion: From COVID-19 containment to suppression in the Western Pacific Region: 2020 Lessons for 2021…
Australia, China and other aid donors must…
Covid-19 has only catalysed the growing geopolitical interest in the Pacific Islands. Donors have been…
Business confidence grows: PTI
Pacific Trade Invest says 78% of respondents to its latest survey of Pacific businesses are confident their…
New Caledonia’s fight over nickel
The young people gathered early in Noumea, preparing for action. Soon the main road along the waterfront in…
ADB further downgrades Pacific growth expectations
Economic growth expectations for the Pacific have been downgraded to decline by 6.1% for 2020. The Asian…
Forum to hold virtual climate summit
The Pacific Islands Forum will hold a two hour virtual summit tonight, dubbed “Kainaki II to COP 26 - a…
Fiji optimistic of growth as economic decline…
Fiji’s central bank is projecting the country’s economic growth to climb back into positive territory next…
January 20, 2021
2021: The diagnosis
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After an incredibly challenging 2020, what will this year bring? We take a look at the economic and political prognosis and a few key sectors.…
January 20, 2021
Bleak prospects for Pacific tourism
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Pacific island countries should not expect international travel to resume in earnest until late 2021, travel and aviation experts have warned. ‘You…
January 20, 2021
Can Fiji’s BPOs deliver on their promise?
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One of the few industries that has thrived during the coronavirus pandemic in Fiji , business process outsourcing (or BPOs) is also a sector which…
January 20, 2021
Death by slow strangulation
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Growing up in his settlement in Nadi, western Fiji, Sundar Lal recalls an abundance of fish, crabs and prawns in the nearby creeks, rivers and…
January 19, 2021
Brawn but no brains?
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A couple of years ago, a Fijian who had been engaged as deck crew on a tuna longliner was ‘offloaded’ in Hong Kong; he knew no-one there and had…
January 19, 2021
The Unfinished business of Pacer Plus
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Despite the regional agreement PACER Plus coming into effect on 13 December 2020, serious weaknesses are still being pointed out, as in the…
January 19, 2021
Derogation of State Power to the Region Not an Option
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In my last article in this magazine, I referred to the structure of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) and its system of decision-making as being…
January 19, 2021
View from the West
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I have a confession to make. Lately, I’ve been obsessed about those Asian Subterranean Termites and how they’ve caused so much destruction in our…
January 19, 2021
Whispers
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Sending a message with Seselja? In a Cabinet re-shuffle, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has appointed Liberal Senator Zed Seselja as…
January 19, 2021
Pacific Briefs
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American Samoa There’s new hope for American Samoans stranded in the United States since the territory’s borders closed in response to the COVID-19…
January 19, 2021
Movers and Shakers
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Easter Chu Shing is the new Deputy Director General of the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP). Chu Shing has worked…
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