Fiji’s military will respect electoral process – Kalouniwai
The Fiji military commander has rejected a request by opposition party leaders to intervene in a dispute over the country's election process.
Speaking to RNZ...
Falemaka urges Pacific to work together to advance interests in WTO matters
PIFS ambassador urged Pacific to work together to advance interests in WTO and be more active in the discussions in putting forward issues that...
Peoples Alliance maintain leads
People's Alliance Party still leading vote count with 21,810 a total of 43.41 percent from the 470 polling station counted out of 2,071 as...
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...
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Pacific political climate champions must turn the region’s priorities into concrete outcomes at COP31, Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General Baron Waqa says.
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