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The Fijian Media Association (FMA) welcomes and celebrates the decision by Cabinet to table a Bill in Parliament to repeal the draconian Media Industry Development Act 2010. This has been a long time coming for Fiji's media workers who have struggled to operate freely under this law while carrying the threat and burden of the punitive law every day they...

Fiji's Cabinet has approved the tabling of a Bill to repeal the Media Industry Development Act 2010 in Parliament, says Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka. The Bill will repeal the Media Industry Development Act 2010 as a whole. The decision is pursuant to the People's Coalition Government's commitment to the growth and development of a strong and independent news media in the...

The concerns of young people in the Pacific about climate change are set to be heard at the world’s top court. Four years after students in Fiji first proposed the idea, the International Court of Justice is about to be asked to decide on a country's obligations to fight rising temperatures. But first, the UN has to approve the request for...

Solomon Islands Electoral Commission has filled the vacant position of the new Chief Electoral Officer following the swearing-in of Jasper Anisi by the Governor General Sir David Vunagi Tuesday. Anisi took his Oaths of Office and Allegiance pledging to serve His Majesty’s Government to the best of his ability during his tenure in Office. The swearing-in ceremony formalised his appointment...

Former Fiji's Defence Minister Inia Seruiratu is the new Opposition Leader. A motion was moved in Parliament today to nominate a new leader of the opposition. This comes after former Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama resigned from the role. Bainimarama was initially suspended for three years for making a verbal attack against President Ratu Wiliame Katonivere during a Parliament debate. Seruiratu said he did...

New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta will travel to Vanuatu today, announcing that New Zealand will provide further relief and recovery assistance there, following the recent destruction caused by Cyclones Judy and Kevin. While in Vanuatu, Minister Mahuta will meet with Vanuatu Acting Prime Minister Sato Kilman, Foreign Minister Jotham Napat, and other senior figures in the Vanuatu Government. “Vanuatu...

--- New Zealand’s government has confirmed it is discussing joining the non-nuclear part of the AUKUS alliance founded by Australia, the UK and U.S. “We have been offered the opportunity to talk about whether we could or wish to participate in that pillar two aspect of it,” said Andrew Little, the New Zealand defence minister. “I’ve indicated we will...

Taiwan's government expressed its gratitude to Fiji on Tuesday for reinstating the old name of its representative office there, which includes the “Republic of China (ROC)” -- Taiwan's official name. Wallace Chow, head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' (MOFA) Department of East Asia and Pacific Affairs, said MOFA had been officially notified by Fiji of its change in position...

Communication Minister Timothy Masiu has hit back at reports termed as inaccurate over the control of media in Papua New Guinea from his ministerial statement in Parliament. Masiu said it was not true that the government is trying to control the media by setting up a Media Council. He refuted the report saying that the government would not control the media. In...

Tributes are flowing in for Tonga's former Prime Minister Tu'i'onetoa who passed away last Sunday, aged 71, in the United States. He will be laid to rest in Tonga next month on a date yet to be confirmed. Tonga's Prime Minister Hu'akavameiliku Siaosi Sovaleni told RNZ Pacific that Tu'i'onetoa would be missed. “He was a civil servant for a very a long...