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June 24, 2021
By Michael Field of The Pacific Newsroom Fiji could face around 600 covid-19 deaths within about eight weeks, and 50,000 active cases, unless decisive government-led action is taken quickly on controlling the epidemic. Diplomatic sources have told Pacific Newsroom that increasing alarm in Australia and New Zealand has prompted their Suva diplomats to urge Prime ... <a title="Fiji may be facing heavy covid disaster within month, warns health official" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/24/fiji-may-be-facing-heavy-covid-disaster-within-month-warns-health-official/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji may be facing heavy covid disaster within month, warns health official">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2021
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk Apple Daily has announced its imminent closure in a dark day for Hong Kong’s press freedom and democracy, sparking condemnation by global media freedom watchdogs. The Australian-based Alliance for Journalists’ Freedom, Reporters Without Borders in Paris and the Committee to Protect Journalists were among the watchdogs that issued statements criticised the ... <a title="AJF, RSF and other media freedom watchdogs condemn China’s ‘suffocation’ of free press" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/24/ajf-rsf-and-other-media-freedom-watchdogs-condemn-chinas-suffocation-of-free-press/" aria-label="Read more about AJF, RSF and other media freedom watchdogs condemn China’s ‘suffocation’ of free press">Read more</a>
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June 23, 2021
By Timoci Vula in Suva Fiji has reported its highest daily total of positive covid-19 infections with 279 cases reported as of 8am today as the outbreak continues to soar. The ministry has also reported four deaths attributed to the virus. Health Secretary Dr James Fong announced these figures in the covid-19 update this evening. ... <a title="Covid infections in Fiji soar with record 279 cases – four deaths" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/23/covid-infections-in-fiji-soar-with-record-279-cases-four-deaths/" aria-label="Read more about Covid infections in Fiji soar with record 279 cases – four deaths">Read more</a>
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June 23, 2021
RNZ News The Wellington region moved to alert level 2 at 6pm today after an Australian tourist who visited the New Zealand capital on the weekend tested positive for covid-19 on his return to Sydney. Wellington, Wairarapa and Kāpiti Coast are now at alert level 2 until 11.59pm on Sunday but the rest of the ... <a title="NZ’s capital moves to covid alert level 2 after Sydney tourist scare" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/23/nzs-capital-moves-to-covid-alert-level-2-after-sydney-tourist-scare/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s capital moves to covid alert level 2 after Sydney tourist scare">Read more</a>
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June 23, 2021
By Lice Movono, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Suva Fiji’s covid19 case count broke records again yesterday as medical authorities recorded another two deaths at the Colonial War Memorial Hospital (CWM) in the capital Suva. Two men, a 68-year-old and a 42-year-old are the latest certified covid deaths. The CWM Hospital is investigating another two covid-positive ... <a title="Fiji records two covid deaths amid record 180 new cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/23/fiji-records-two-covid-deaths-amid-record-180-new-cases/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji records two covid deaths amid record 180 new cases">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2021
By Pia Ranada in Manila What is Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s solution to vaccine hesitancy among Filipinos? Threaten them with jail time. Duterte, in a meeting with pandemic task force officials yesterday said he would order the arrest of people who refused to get vaccinated. “Kung ayaw mo magpabakuna, ipaaresto kita at ang bakuna, itusok ... <a title="Duterte threatens to jail Filipinos who refuse getting vaccinated" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/22/duterte-threatens-to-jail-filipinos-who-refuse-getting-vaccinated/" aria-label="Read more about Duterte threatens to jail Filipinos who refuse getting vaccinated">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2021
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter Political tension is rising in New Caledonia as a third referendum on independence from France is planned in December. The decolonisation process under the 1998 Noumea Accord is nearing its conclusion and scenarios are being drawn up for how to deal with the result. In 2018 and 2020, a ... <a title="New Caledonia tension simmers over early independence vote date" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/22/new-caledonia-tension-simmers-over-early-independence-vote-date/" aria-label="Read more about New Caledonia tension simmers over early independence vote date">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2021
By Mariner Fagaiava-Muller, RNZ Pacific journalist “Pacific Studies” has been included in a raft of new proposed NCEA achievement standard subjects in New Zealand, now up for public consultation. It is proposed with Vagahau Niue and Gagana Tokelau as part of the government’s NCEA upcoming reforms — the biggest shakeup of the qualification. The option ... <a title="‘Pacific studies’ proposed to be taught in NZ schools in NCEA shakeup" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/22/pacific-studies-proposed-to-be-taught-in-nz-schools-in-ncea-shakeup/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Pacific studies’ proposed to be taught in NZ schools in NCEA shakeup">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2021
By Koroi Tadulala, FBC News journalist Fiji recorded 126 new cases of covid-19 in the 24-hour period ending at 8am yesterday with another death as the pandemic continues to take hold. The Ministry of Health said the 42-year-old man died at the Colonial War Memorial Hospital (CWMH). He was admitted to hospital with leptospirosis and ... <a title="126 new Fiji covid infections with another death as cases still high" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/22/126-new-fiji-covid-infections-with-another-death-as-cases-still-high/" aria-label="Read more about 126 new Fiji covid infections with another death as cases still high">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2021
By Ian Johnstone, former manager of RNZ International All across the South Pacific, tribute is being paid to broadcaster and journalist Shiu Singh who has died in his home in Suva, Fiji. The sad news will be carried throughout Micronesia, Polynesia and Melanesia via media networks such as PACNEWS, which was pioneered and built up ... <a title="Remembering broadcaster and journalist Shiu Singh" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/22/remembering-broadcaster-and-journalist-shiu-singh/" aria-label="Read more about Remembering broadcaster and journalist Shiu Singh">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2021
RNZ Pacific The New Zealand government is ramping up its support to Fiji, which is in the grips of a covid-19 pandemic crisis. Another 126 new cases of the virus were reported in the Pacific nation today. The New Zealand government is now allocating up to $10 million towards Fiji’s covid-19 response. In addition, a ... <a title="Medics arrive in Fiji to help with covid – $10m support from NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/22/medics-arrive-in-fiji-to-help-with-covid-10m-support-from-nz/" aria-label="Read more about Medics arrive in Fiji to help with covid – $10m support from NZ">Read more</a>
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June 22, 2021
ANALYSIS: By Yamin Kogoya in Brisbane When I ring home to West Papua, my village people often ask me about the rumours that they have heard, of an upcoming Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) meeting. They ask, “When is the MSG meeting?” and if West Papua will be accepted as a full member. I tell them ... <a title="West Papua unhappy over never-ending MSG membership tragedies" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/22/west-papua-unhappy-over-never-ending-msg-membership-tragedies/" aria-label="Read more about West Papua unhappy over never-ending MSG membership tragedies">Read more</a>
