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June 26, 2021
RNZ Pacific The Court of Appeal in Samoa says its ruling from June 2 on the sixth women’s seat cannot be used to delay the convening of Parliament. The court had said a sixth woman is required to satisfy the constitutional requirements but that any decision on this be delayed until after the electoral petition ... <a title="Samoa’s FAST gets Appeal Court election clarification it wanted" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/26/samoas-fast-gets-appeal-court-election-clarification-it-wanted/" aria-label="Read more about Samoa’s FAST gets Appeal Court election clarification it wanted">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2021
By Katie Scotcher, RNZ News political reporter Hate speech will become a criminal offence in New Zealand and anyone convicted could face harsher punishment under proposed legislative changes. The government has today released for public consultation its long-awaited plan for the laws governing hate speech. The plan is part of the government’s work to strengthen ... <a title="NZ government plans new law, tougher penalties for hate speech as crime" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/26/nz-government-plans-new-law-tougher-penalties-for-hate-speech-as-crime/" aria-label="Read more about NZ government plans new law, tougher penalties for hate speech as crime">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2021
By Lice Movono, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Suva Three more people with covid-19 have died in Fiji in the last 24 hours — one of them the youngest patient since the pandemic reached the country in March 2020. There have been 14 deaths from covid-19 and 12 were from this outbreak alone while 8 covid-19 ... <a title="Fiji covid-19 death toll still climb – woman dies at 34 as crisis grows" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/26/fiji-covid-19-death-toll-still-climb-woman-dies-at-34-as-crisis-grows/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji covid-19 death toll still climb – woman dies at 34 as crisis grows">Read more</a>
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June 26, 2021
By Tsarina Maharani in Jakarta The initiator of the citizen-based reporting coalition Lapor Covid-19 (Report Covid-19), Ahmad Arif, says the Indonesian public is facing the covid-19 pandemic without any clear direction. There was no data transparency and inadequate information and education on the pandemic, Arif told a media conference. There was also no clear leadership ... <a title="Indonesia vs covid – ‘it’s like fighting a war without a commander’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/26/indonesia-vs-covid-its-like-fighting-a-war-without-a-commander/" aria-label="Read more about Indonesia vs covid – ‘it’s like fighting a war without a commander’">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2021
By Felix Chaudhary in Suva The Fiji government and other health experts must give the country a covid-19 crisis timeline, says prominent lawyer Richard Naidu. He said they must provide some indication of how bad the pandemic would get and when they believed things would improve. Naidu said this was imperative because the future of ... <a title="Fiji government must give ‘critical’ covid-19 crisis timeline, says lawyer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/06/25/fiji-government-must-give-critical-covid-19-crisis-timeline-says-lawyer/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji government must give ‘critical’ covid-19 crisis timeline, says lawyer">Read more</a>
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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>
