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Work by the Commonwealth Secretariat to support Fiji's Reserve Bank in digitising its paper-based certificates of securities, such as government bonds, will benefit investors, making it easier for them to own, safekeep and trade in the country's financial market, valued at about US$6 billion. In a recent letter, the Bank's Governor Ariff Ali expressed his appreciation to the Commonwealth Secretariat...

New Zealand Warriors and the Pasifika Aotearoa Collective (PAC) have joined hands to provide a range of football and commercial benefits for both organisations. PAC is a collection of bodies from the Cook Islands, Fiji, Niue, Samoa, Tokelau, Tonga and the New Zealand Māori Rugby League which was formed last year to deliver a stronger voice and more opportunities for...

The Social Democratic Liberal Party is demanding a full count of the votes cast in Fiji's 2022 General Election. In a press conference Thursday, SODELPA Leader Viliame Gavoka said they are concerned with the manner of the counting of the provisional results, particularly with the glitch issue. Gavoka claims this is the same issue that occurred in 2014 and the 2018...

Fiji's main opposition leader Sitiveni Rabuka says he doesn't have faith in the vote count underway from Wednesday’s general election, and will complain to the Fijian Elections Office (FEO). Provisional counting was suspended late last night after the FEO reported a glitch in the election results app. After the app went back online, Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama's Fiji First party had...

There are calls for Pacific and indigenous voices to be at the forefront of global plastics treaty talks, along with stronger action from New Zealand government and business. Greenpeace plastics campaigner Juressa Lee was virtually present for the first round of negotiations and says it's time for the big companies to get out of the room and let the smaller,...

As at 7am today before the provisional results were flushed, FijiFirst Party was leading the tally board with a total of 162,084 votes, in the one-day election in Fiji. The provisional results are from 1, 238 of the 2, 071 stations already counted from the close of polls on Wednesday evening. The People’s Alliance is second with a total of 115,358...

One of the Pacific’s top leaders has endorsed Australia’s newly inked security treaty with Vanuatu, warning that the Pacific “family” has to make sure outside forces do not come in and disrupt the peace and stability of our region. Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) President David Panuelo, who played an instrumental role in thwarting China’s bid for a Pacific-wide security...

Youth representatives from Pacific islands attending the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) in Montreal Canada this week, have issued a challenge to world leaders present. “Please take the time to come and visit our Pacific countries so you will know what we are talking about. Sitting here and talking about the issue is...

The French government says it won't organise another referendum in New Caledonia during the president's current five-year term. A year ago, then-overseas minister Sebastien Lecornu said he planned to have a vote on a new statute for New Caledonia by June 2023. This was after last December's third independence referendum rejected the option of full sovereignty. The vote concluded the decolonisation process...

Pacific leaders are developing a new warning system, not against hurricanes, tsunamis or even erupting volcanoes but rather the looming departure of vital tuna from their territorial waters in the years to come. That so-called “advanced warning system” is part of a larger, US$70 million proposal currently moving through the United Nations to help Pacific Island countries better react to...