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May 2, 2021
By Josefa Babitu The Australian government has announced an A$170 million (F$267 million) programme for the Pacific region to strengthen gender equality initiatives over the next five years. The commitment was revealed by Australia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Women Marise Payne during the high-level ministerial session at the 14th Triennial Conference of Pacific Women ... <a title="Australia commits $170m to boost Pacific gender equality efforts" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/02/australia-commits-170m-to-boost-pacific-gender-equality-efforts/" aria-label="Read more about Australia commits $170m to boost Pacific gender equality efforts">Read more</a>
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May 2, 2021
By Lice Movono, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Suva Fiji’s government has taken the most drastic measures since covid-19 hit the country in March last year. Most of the country is on lockdown from 8pm tonight to 4am on Monday local time. This comes amid a new covid-19 case confirmed by the Health Ministry, taking the total ... <a title="Fiji tightens lockdown as covid cases rise in Viti Levu" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/02/fiji-tightens-lockdown-as-covid-cases-rise-in-viti-levu/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji tightens lockdown as covid cases rise in Viti Levu">Read more</a>
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April 29, 2021
RNZ Pacific One of Fiji’s latest two cases of covid-19 remains a concern for health authorities. The Health Ministry said a 53-year-old caretaker from the town of Rakiraki would require further investigation into his contacts to determine whether he is linked to other covid-19 patients. Health Secretary Dr James Fong, who was reported by The ... <a title="Latest covid case in Fiji remains a concern and health chief warns" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/latest-covid-case-in-fiji-remains-a-concern-and-health-chief-warns/" aria-label="Read more about Latest covid case in Fiji remains a concern and health chief warns">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 29, 2021
By Josefa Babitu A French Polynesian territorial government cabinet minister says the pandemic and climate justice have provided an opportunity to think about the progress made about action for women’s empowerment in the Pacific. Minister for Family, Solidarity and Equal Opportunities Isabelle Sachet has told the three-day 14th Triennial Conference of Pacific Women it was ... <a title="Pacific women talk about ‘precarious situation’ over covid, climate and rights" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/29/pacific-women-talk-about-precarious-situation-over-covid-climate-and-rights/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific women talk about ‘precarious situation’ over covid, climate and rights">Read more</a>
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April 27, 2021
COMMENT: By Shailendra Singh in Suva Perth in Australia was plunged into a three-day lockdown after community transmission was linked to a returnee from India. Fiji finds itself in similar situation due to a returnee, also from India. Australian officials say overseas travel is allowed only for “the most profound humanitarian or compassionate reasons, under ... <a title="Shailendra Singh: Some tough covid questions for Fiji after 12 more cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/27/shailendra-singh-some-tough-covid-questions-for-fiji-after-12-more-cases/" aria-label="Read more about Shailendra Singh: Some tough covid questions for Fiji after 12 more cases">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The Governor-General, Dame Patsy Reddy, this week invested social justice advocate and former Green Party MP Keith Locke as a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit “for services to human rights advocacy”. Locke described the the award in the New Year Honours list as recognition of the great work ... <a title="Locke invested with NZ Order of Merit for his human rights advocacy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/23/locke-invested-with-nz-order-of-merit-for-his-human-rights-advocacy/" aria-label="Read more about Locke invested with NZ Order of Merit for his human rights advocacy">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2021
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk Fiji has dropped three places in the latest Reporters Without Borders World Press Freedom Index and been condemned for its treatment of “overly critical” journalists who are often subjected to intimidation or even imprisonment. The Paris-based global media freedom watchdog has criticised many governments in the Asia-Pacific region for censorship and ... <a title="Fiji drops three places in RSF press freedom index over gagging critics" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/21/fiji-drops-three-places-in-rsf-press-freedom-index-over-gagging-critics/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji drops three places in RSF press freedom index over gagging critics">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2021
Reporters Without Borders The Asia-Pacific region’s authoritarian regimes have used the covid-19 pandemic to perfect their methods of totalitarian control of information, while the “dictatorial democracies” have used it as a pretext for imposing especially repressive legislation with provisions combining propaganda and suppression of dissent. The behaviour of the region’s few real democracies have, meanwhile, ... <a title="RSF 2021 Index: Censorship and the disinformation virus hits Asia-Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/21/rsf-2021-index-censorship-and-the-disinformation-virus-hits-asia-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about RSF 2021 Index: Censorship and the disinformation virus hits Asia-Pacific">Read more</a>
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April 20, 2021
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Fiji Health Ministry’s Permanent Secretary Dr James Fong says the breach at the quarantine facility in Nadi was an incident waiting to happen. He was reported saying this by Fiji Village News as reports of random announcements of new cases were being made with journalists citing 10 active cases in Fiji. ... <a title="Fiji breach at quarantine ‘an incident waiting to happen’ as new cases cited" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/20/fiji-breach-at-quarantine-an-incident-waiting-to-happen-as-new-cases-cited/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji breach at quarantine ‘an incident waiting to happen’ as new cases cited">Read more</a>
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April 19, 2021
By Praneeta Prakash in Suva Fiji Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama says a breach in protocol in relation to the 53-year-old woman now testing positive of covid-19 should not have happened. The woman who was working as a maid in a border quarantine facility developed symptoms last Thursday, but continued working and failed to notify authorities. ... <a title="Bainimarama blames ‘protocol breach’ for second Fiji community covid case" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/19/bainimarama-blames-protocol-breach-for-second-fiji-community-covid-case/" aria-label="Read more about Bainimarama blames ‘protocol breach’ for second Fiji community covid case">Read more</a>
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March 26, 2021
RNZ Pacific Unions in Fiji say it is hard to believe the Prime Minister only found out about the controversial draft Police Bill after public uproar. The draft legislation would have given police more surveillance powers if passed in Parliament. Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama pulled the plug on the bill last week following widespread condemnation ... <a title="Unions call on Fiji PM to explain draft police bill ‘crazy insult’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/03/26/unions-call-on-fiji-pm-to-explain-draft-police-bill-crazy-insult/" aria-label="Read more about Unions call on Fiji PM to explain draft police bill ‘crazy insult’">Read more</a>
