Household Income and Expenditure Survey clarity
By Kemueli Naiqama, former Fiji Bureau of Statistics chief
I note that there has been much debate since the release of the 2019-2020 Household Income...
Forum Leaders to meet with UN Secretary-General Guterres
Pacific Islands Forum Leaders will meet with the United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, in the margins of the 76th Session of the UN General...
UN chief appeals for countries to sign nuclear test-ban treaty
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday again urged eight key countries which have not yet signed or ratified the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), to...
Marshall Islands president urges UN to monitor geopolitical tension in Pacific
The Marshall Islands president has urged world leaders at the United Nations to monitor geopolitical tensions in the Pacific.
Addressing the UN General Assembly in...
Fiji records 177 new cases of COVID-19, four new deaths reported
Fiji has recorded 177 new cases of COVID-19 and four new deaths Thursday, increasing the total number of cases to 50,377 and 581 deaths...
Marshall Islands leader urges UN to end ‘shameful silence’ in excluding Taiwan
Marshall Islands President David Kabua on Wednesday urged the UN to put an end to the “shameful silence” on Taiwan’s exclusion from the UN...
Kina: Westpac Pacific business sale off
The sale of Westpac’s Pacific Business in Papua New Guinea and Fiji has been terminated.
Kina Bank, in a market announcement Wednesday, con-firmed that both...
Fiji’s Climate Change Bill passed into law
The Climate Change Bill has been passed by Fijian parliament Thursday, marking a historic milestone in Fiji’s global fight.
It is a comprehensive piece of...
‘The adolescence of humanity is coming to an end’, declares UK Prime Minister
In his speech to the high-level debate at the UN General Assembly on Wednesday, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson declared that it is time...
Fiji joins UN’s efforts for prompt and effective measures against racism
Fiji has reaffirmed its commitment towards the advancement of the United Nation’s mandate on the creation of societies based on fairness, equality, respect and...
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I join so many others in extending my warmest congratulations to the Fiji and Tuvalu Governments for their Herculian effort...