Votes from Fiji police and military officers split between Rabuka and Bainimarama
Early final results indicate that People’s Alliance Leader Sitiveni Rabuka is gaining a lot of votes from polling stations where police officers cast their...
Fiji PM Bainimarama’s party trails in results from national election
Counting in Fiji's national election on Friday showed Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama's party trailing the opposition in election results from the island nation’s elections...
Vote counting is manual: Fiji Supervisor of Elections
Fiji's Supervisor of Elections Mohammed Saneem has responded to political parties calling for full manual counting of votes.
In a press conference Thursday, Saneem highlighted...
Australia support Fiji’s election process: Foreign Minister Wong
Australian foreign affairs minister Penny Wong has commended Fiji's General election on Wednesday that was conducted in a peaceful manner.
Wong was responding to Fiji's...
People’s Alliance leader Rabuka says he will not instigate another coup in Fiji
The People’s Alliance Leader Sitiveni Rabuka is denying he’s planning to carry out another coup despite calling on the Fiji military to intervene in...
Former Australian Coalition should have set higher climate target, says Birmingham
The former Australian Coalition government’s failure to set more ambitious climate change targets hurt Australia’s standing in the Pacific, senior Liberal Simon Birmingham has...
Enhanced support for ocean conservation should consider Pacific’s special circumstances
As a large ocean state, Palau has called on the United Nations Ocean partners for enhanced support for the conservation and sustainable use of...
Commonwealth support for new digital securities will benefit investors in Fiji
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,...
Landmark partnership forged between Warriors and Pasifika Aotearoa Collective
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...
SODELPA demands a full manual count of all votes, Fiji Labour Party questions provisional poll results
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...
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UN rapporteur flags nuclear legacy, climate threats to Marshallese rights defenders
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