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Queen Elizabeth II dies at 96 after 70-year reign

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Queen Elizabeth II, the UK's longest-serving monarch, has died at Balmoral aged 96, after reigning for 70 years. She died peacefully on Thursday afternoon at her Scottish estate, where she had spent much of the summer. The Queen came to the throne in 1952 and witnessed enormous social change. Her son King Charles III said the death of his beloved mother was...

Charles is the new King

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At the moment the Queen died, the throne passed immediately and without ceremony to the heir, Charles, the former Prince of Wales. But there are a number of practical - and traditional - steps which he must go through to be crowned King. He will be known as King Charles III. That was the first decision of the new king's reign. He...

Solomon Islands parliament votes to delay national poll as Manasseh Sogavare mocks Australia’s election fund offer

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The Solomon Islands parliament has voted to delay the country's national elections to 2024, backing a push from Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare to postpone the poll until after the Pacific Games next year. The bill to delay the poll for seven months passed parliament with 37 votes in favour to 10 against. Elections in Solomon Islands are meant to be held...

Solomon Islands PM clarifies intention of constitutional amendment bill

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Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has clarified that the constitutional amendment bill 2022 is not an attack on the nation’s democracy nor does it intrude on the fundamental rights of the people to vote. PM Sogavare made the clarification in parliament when he raised to table the second reading of the constitutional amendment bill 2022 which seeks to suspend...

Fiji deputy Supervisor of Elections steps down

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Fiji's Deputy Supervisor of Elections, Craig Rickards will not be able to continue as Deputy Supervisor for the 2022 General Election. In a statement, Supervisor of Elections, Mohammed Saneem said Rickards has to return to Australia for urgent medical attention. Saneem said it is unfortunate that Rickards fell ill while he was here and is currently receiving medical treatment in Australia. He...

Rugby family mourns the passing of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II

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World Rugby Chairman Sir Bill Beaumont has joined the rugby family in paying tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, who passed away on Thursday. The longest-serving British Monarch, Queen Elizabeth was synonymous with some of the sport’s greatest events, presenting the Webb Ellis Cup to the victorious captains of the men’s teams at Rugby World Cup 1991 in England...

Decision Day: “Will it be 2023 or 2024 Solomon Islands election”

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Solomon Islands Parliament will get to decide today when the next national general elections will be held. The government is pushing for a deferment of the elections to 2024, while the opposition is calling on the government to hold the elections as scheduled in mid 2023. The government has been pushing the argument that they cannot host two major events concurrently,...

Sapenafa Motufaga promoted to Brigadier General

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Fiji' Military chief of staff Colonel Sapenafa Motufaga has been promoted to Brigadier General. “Congratulations to Colonel Motufaga on his promotion to Brigadier General this morning. Brigadier General Motufaga is currently the Chief of Staff of the RFMF,” the Fiji Military said on twitter Prior to his current appointment, Motufaga was the Military Police advisor at Fiji’s Permanent Representative to the...

PNG Supreme Court rules ICAC lawful

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The Papua New Guinea Supreme Court has ruled that none of the provisions of the Organic Law on the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) were invalid, ineffective or unconstitutional. Justice David Cannings handed down the five-man Supreme Court decision Wednesday at Waigani based on an application by the Ombudsman Commission (OC) seeking an interpretation on the constitutionality of ICAC. The court...

Fears Kiribati moving to authoritarianism

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The Pacific island nation of Kiribati is moving towards authoritarianism, its former president says in an interview, after the government suspended all judges from its appeal and high courts. Kiribati withdrew from the regional bloc, the Pacific Island Forum, in July, with China denying it had influenced the decision by the tiny atoll nation amid tensions between Beijing and Washington...

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