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December 27, 2022
By Felix Chaudhary in Suva Exiled University of the South Pacific vice-chancellor Professor Pal Ahluwalia says he is thrilled at the prospect of returning to Fiji. Speaking to The Fiji Times from Los Angeles in the United States yesterday, he said Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka — when he was in opposition — made a commitment ... <a title="Professor thrilled over USP return – Fiji to pay $90m university debt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/27/professor-thrilled-over-usp-return-fiji-to-pay-90m-university-debt/" aria-label="Read more about Professor thrilled over USP return – Fiji to pay $90m university debt">Read more</a>
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September 14, 2022
RNZ Pacific Deep sea mining could begin in the Pacific as early as this month, after regulators decided to allow The Metals Company to start mining the seafloor. The International Seabed Authority (ISA) has granted permission to Nauru Oceans Resources, a subsidiary of The Metals Company, to begin exploratory mining in the Clarion Clipperton Zone ... <a title="Anger as Nauru-backed company gets go ahead to mine on seafloor" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/14/anger-as-nauru-backed-company-gets-go-ahead-to-mine-on-seafloor/" aria-label="Read more about Anger as Nauru-backed company gets go ahead to mine on seafloor">Read more</a>
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September 13, 2022
RNZ Pacific Flags are flying at half mast across the Pacific and leaders are paying tribute to Queen Elizabeth II, who died at Thursday at the age of 96. The Queen visited the Pacific multiple times during her 70-year reign, with a visit a few months after her coronation to Fiji and Tonga, in December ... <a title="Flags at half mast across the Pacific as leaders pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/13/flags-at-half-mast-across-the-pacific-as-leaders-pay-tribute-to-queen-elizabeth/" aria-label="Read more about Flags at half mast across the Pacific as leaders pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth">Read more</a>
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August 9, 2022
RNZ Pacific Pacific athletes have won a total of 13 medals at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, split among six nations. Samoa won the region’s only gold, through weightlifter Don Opolenge and the nation’s lifters also won three silver medals. They also gained a silver in boxing. Fiji won four medals overall, two of them ... <a title="Pacific takes impressive Games haul of 13 medals in Birmingham" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/09/pacific-takes-impressive-games-haul-of-13-medals-in-birmingham/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific takes impressive Games haul of 13 medals in Birmingham">Read more</a>
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May 28, 2022
ANALYSIS: By Joanne Wallis, University of Adelaide and Maima Koro, University of Adelaide Yet more proposed Chinese “security agreements” in the Pacific Islands have been leaked. The drafts have been described by critics as revealing “the ambitious scope of Beijing’s strategic intent in the Pacific” and its “coherent desire […] to seek to shape the ... <a title="Amplifying narratives about the ‘China threat’ in the Pacific may help Beijing achieve its broader aims" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/05/28/amplifying-narratives-about-the-china-threat-in-the-pacific-may-help-beijing-achieve-its-broader-aims/" aria-label="Read more about Amplifying narratives about the ‘China threat’ in the Pacific may help Beijing achieve its broader aims">Read more</a>
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December 10, 2021
By Sri Krishnamurthi for Asia-Pacific Report The troubled nation of Solomon Islands, whose Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare won a no-confidence vote 32 votes to 15 with two abstentions on Monday, has been downgraded from “open” to “narrow” in the people power under attack 2021 CIVICUS Monitor report. While the majority of Pacific countries were rated ... <a title="Solomon Islands downgraded over riots, troubles in new CIVICUS report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/10/solomon-islands-downgraded-over-riots-troubles-in-new-civicus-report/" aria-label="Read more about Solomon Islands downgraded over riots, troubles in new CIVICUS report">Read more</a>
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November 13, 2021
By Samisoni Pareti in Suva A major development out of the besieged University of the South Pacific has meant that two main characters in a saga that threatens the financial viability of the regional institution are now out of the University Council. Controversial chair of the USP Council audit sub-committee Mahmood Khan of Fiji was ... <a title="Fiji’s Thompson and Khan voted out of USP top jobs after education saga" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/11/13/fijis-thompson-and-khan-voted-out-of-usp-top-jobs-after-education-saga/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji’s Thompson and Khan voted out of USP top jobs after education saga">Read more</a>
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October 27, 2021
COMMENT: By Grubsheet’s Graham Davis A public relations disaster for Fiji just as Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama and Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum head to Glasgow for COP26 as one of Britain’s leading media outlets — The Independent — carries out a detailed investigation into events at the University of the South Pacific. Fiji’s reputation in Britain ... <a title="Bainimarama’s Fiji faces investigative PR crisis on eve of climate COP26" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/27/bainimaramas-fiji-faces-investigative-pr-crisis-on-eve-of-climate-cop26/" aria-label="Read more about Bainimarama’s Fiji faces investigative PR crisis on eve of climate COP26">Read more</a>
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October 18, 2021
By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific deputy news editor Experts are warning that development gains across the Pacific region over the past 10 years could be undone due to the challenges of the covid-19 pandemic. The aid organisation World Vision wants a once in a life time multinational effort to rebuild Pacific livelihoods that have been ... <a title="Aftershocks of covid-19 threaten to undo gains across Pacific, says report" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/18/aftershocks-of-covid-19-threaten-to-undo-gains-across-pacific-says-report/" aria-label="Read more about Aftershocks of covid-19 threaten to undo gains across Pacific, says report">Read more</a>
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October 14, 2021
RNZ Pacific The Refugee Action Coalition has called Australia’s apparent attempt to walk away from its responsibilities for the refugees it dumped in Papua New Guinea an outrage. Australia announced last week that by the end of this year it will end its offshore detention arrangement with PNG. The scheme was declared illegal by the ... <a title="Outrage as Australia walks away from PNG refugee responsibilities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/10/14/outrage-as-australia-walks-away-from-png-refugee-responsibilities/" aria-label="Read more about Outrage as Australia walks away from PNG refugee responsibilities">Read more</a>
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September 13, 2021
By Arieta Vakasukawaqa in Suva Nauru president Lionel Aingimea has accused Fiji of being “divisive” over its refusal to pay its share of funding for the 12-nation regional University of the South Pacific, saying the institution needs every member country to pay their contribution. Aingimea said all Pacific island country members of USP were present ... <a title="Nauru president Aingimea accuses Fiji of being ‘divisive’ over USP funding" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/13/nauru-president-aingimea-accuses-fiji-of-being-divisive-over-usp-funding/" aria-label="Read more about Nauru president Aingimea accuses Fiji of being ‘divisive’ over USP funding">Read more</a>
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August 7, 2021
By Bernadette Carreon of Pacific Island Times Four Micronesian leaders skipped the Pacific Islands Forum’s 51st virtual session yesterday, in a continuing protest over the organisation’s refusal to assign the leadership post to the subregion as previously agreed. Fiji Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama’s official apology proved not convincing enough to break the impasse and appease ... <a title="Micronesian leaders boycott Forum, stand firm on plan to leave bloc" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/07/micronesian-leaders-boycott-forum-stand-firm-on-plan-to-leave-bloc/" aria-label="Read more about Micronesian leaders boycott Forum, stand firm on plan to leave bloc">Read more</a>
