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August 25, 2021
By Felix Chaudhary and Luke Rawalai in Suva Some people who were accused of corrupt practices at the University of the South Pacific have applied for Fiji government positions, claims opposition SODELPA member of Parliament Ro Filipe Tuisawau. He was responding to Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum’s statement against the governing USP Council in Parliament last week. ... <a title="Corruption accused USP staff ‘apply for state jobs’, says Fiji opposition" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/25/corruption-accused-usp-staff-apply-for-state-jobs-says-fiji-opposition/" aria-label="Read more about Corruption accused USP staff ‘apply for state jobs’, says Fiji opposition">Read more</a>
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August 19, 2021
By Kālino Latu in Auckland The challenges experienced by Tongan students having to study overseas will soon be over after the government has announced plans for the establishment of the kingdom’s first national university. The news has been hailed as a solution to the financial, social and mental stresses Tonga’s international students have faced. The ... <a title="Tonga announces plans for national university with new bill" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/19/tonga-announces-plans-for-national-university-with-new-bill/" aria-label="Read more about Tonga announces plans for national university with new bill">Read more</a>
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May 26, 2021
RNZ Pacific Indonesian police have forcefully dispersed a number of West Papuan protests around the region. The protesters were yesterday calling for the release of pro-independence activist Victor Yeimo who was taken into police custody more than two weeks ago. They were also calling for the release of other Papuan political prisoners, and rejecting Jakarta’s ... <a title="Indonesian police crack down on ‘free Yeimo’ West Papuan protests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/26/indonesian-police-crack-down-on-free-yeimo-west-papuan-protests/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesian police crack down on ‘free Yeimo’ West Papuan protests">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Amid uncertainty and a court battle over the University of Goroka’s vice-chancellor seat, Higher Education Minister Wesley Raminai surprised staff and students by leading the university’s interim council members onto the campus to be “sworn in”. The usually quiet study-friendly Humilaveka campus atmosphere was disrupted by a chanting group of Huli ... <a title="Goroka ‘swears in’ new officers in defiance of PNG court order" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/20/goroka-swears-in-new-officers-in-defiance-of-png-court-order/" aria-label="Read more about Goroka ‘swears in’ new officers in defiance of PNG court order">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2021
COMMENT: By Scott Waide in Lae Papua New Guinea’s Communications Minister, Timothy Masiu, recently told a news conference to mark World Press Freedom Day that the state of journalism and broadcasting in the country has seen a general decline. He was critical of the quality and the content of the media in general. The former ... <a title="Scott Waide: We must invest in our journalism schools to help shape our future" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/20/scott-waide-we-must-invest-in-our-journalism-schools-to-help-shape-our-future/" aria-label="Read more about Scott Waide: We must invest in our journalism schools to help shape our future">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2021
RNZ Pacific Deported Canadian academic Professor Pal Ahluwalia is still vice-chancellor and president of the University of the South Pacific, says chancellor Lionel Aingimea. Professor Ahluwalia and his wife, nursing lecturer Sandra Price, were forced to leave Fiji in early February after the Fiji government claimed the couple had breached provisions in their work permits. ... <a title="Ahluwalia still USP’s vice-chancellor, says Aingimea" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/ahluwalia-still-usps-vice-chancellor-says-aingimea/" aria-label="Read more about Ahluwalia still USP’s vice-chancellor, says Aingimea">Read more</a>
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April 1, 2021
COMMENTARY: A postgraduate researcher view by Ena Manuireva Year 2020 was the annus horribilis worldwide due to the deadly coronavirus pandemic. Recently the Fiji government expelled University of the South Pacific vice-chancellor Professor Pal Ahluwalia after his claims in 2020 of financial mismanagement of the university by the former administration, close to the government. It ... <a title="Ena Manuireva: AUT can – and should – do better" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/01/ena-manuireva-aut-can-and-should-do-better/" aria-label="Read more about Ena Manuireva: AUT can – and should – do better">Read more</a>
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February 9, 2021
By RNZ Pacific There are signs Fiji’s deportation of the University of the South Pacific (USP) vice-chancellor was engineered to avoid his contract being given better security. Professor Pal Ahluwalia told RNZ Dateline Pacific that on Wednesday last week the USP chancellor, Nauru President Lionel Aingimea, had alerted the university’s governing body, the USP Council, ... <a title="Deportation of USP academic head hinted at in Fiji media veiled threat" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/09/deportation-of-usp-academic-head-hinted-at-in-fiji-media-veiled-threat/" aria-label="Read more about Deportation of USP academic head hinted at in Fiji media veiled threat">Read more</a>
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February 8, 2021
By Jina Amba in Port Moresby The University of PNG has clarified that Papua New Guinea’s higher education loan programme (Help) is administered by a government department and not the university. Vice-chancellor Professor Frank Griffin said the Department of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology (DHERST) looked after the loan programme. He said UPNG had ... <a title="Griffin clarifies UPNG’s stance over higher education loan programme" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/08/griffin-clarifies-upngs-stance-over-higher-education-loan-programme/" aria-label="Read more about Griffin clarifies UPNG’s stance over higher education loan programme">Read more</a>
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February 7, 2021
By Michael Field When the University of the South Pacific’s vice-chancellor, Professor Pal Ahluwalia, was hauled out of his Suva, Fiji, home this week and deported, it had nothing to do with his views on education or tertiary management. With his wife and nursing lecturer Sandy Price they were driven across curfew-locked down Fiji to ... <a title="USP’s academic leader deported for getting close to Fiji’s dark secret" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/07/usps-academic-leader-deported-for-getting-close-to-fijis-dark-secret/" aria-label="Read more about USP’s academic leader deported for getting close to Fiji’s dark secret">Read more</a>
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February 4, 2021
By Wansolwara staff Staff, students and alumni of the University of the South Pacific have called on the Fiji government to immediately reinstate the work permit for vice-chancellor and president Professor Pal Ahluwalia, who was deported today with his wife, Sandra Price. The USP community also called on the government to issue a formal apology ... <a title="USP staff, students condemn Fiji ‘Gestapo’ tactics, demand Ahluwalia’s return" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/02/04/usp-staff-students-condemn-fiji-gestapo-tactics-demand-ahluwalias-return/" aria-label="Read more about USP staff, students condemn Fiji ‘Gestapo’ tactics, demand Ahluwalia’s return">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2020
By Samisoni Pareti in Suva Attempts to remove the University of the South Pacific pro-chancellor and one of its council’s committee chairperson – both of Fiji – were thwarted yesterday when the USP Council special meeting ran out of time. Fiji’s five-member delegation led by its Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum were accused of stalling the deliberation ... <a title="Bid to oust USP’s pro-chancellor thwarted by Fiji ‘stalling’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/10/14/bid-to-oust-usps-pro-chancellor-thwarted-by-fiji-stalling/" aria-label="Read more about Bid to oust USP’s pro-chancellor thwarted by Fiji ‘stalling’">Read more</a>
