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June 10, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Nauru President Lionel Aingimea has accused a “small group” of Fiji officials of “hijacking” the 12-country regional University of the South Pacific and suspending the vice-chancellor. He has called for an urgent meeting of the University Council to reverse the “illegitimate” action against vice-chancellor Professor Pal Ahluwalia, which he described as a ... <a title="Nauru president accuses Fiji group of ‘hijacking’ USP in vendetta" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/10/nauru-president-accuses-fiji-group-of-hijacking-usp-in-vendetta/" aria-label="Read more about Nauru president accuses Fiji group of ‘hijacking’ USP in vendetta">Read more</a>
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June 9, 2020
By Wansolwara staff A “fight for justice and good governance” at the University of the South Pacific has continued as staff and students have echoed strong calls for members of the USP Council to allow the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Pal Ahluwalia, to carry out his work without interference. Hundreds of protesting staff and students rallied outside ... <a title="Staff, students back USP academic chief amid tension over allegations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/09/staff-students-back-usp-academic-chief-amid-tension-over-allegations/" aria-label="Read more about Staff, students back USP academic chief amid tension over allegations">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2020
Pacific Media Centre The Vanuatu Council of Ministers has agreed at its meeting held in Luganville, Santo, to postpone the hosting of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Leaders Meeting due in August 2020, reports the Vanuatu Daily Post. The decision followed the recommendations of the National Task Force based on the “uncertainty and the economic ... <a title="Covid, cyclone force Vanuatu to postpone Pacific Islands Forum" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/03/covid-cyclone-force-vanuatu-to-postpone-pacific-islands-forum/" aria-label="Read more about Covid, cyclone force Vanuatu to postpone Pacific Islands Forum">Read more</a>
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May 28, 2020
By Philip Cass of Kaniva News Recognised seasonal employee workers in New Zealand rarely have a voice in the New Zealand media, new research at Massey University has found. Researcher Dr Angelynne Enoka said coverage of the RSE scheme by regional media tended to focus on official sources and employers’ views and almost never quoted ... <a title="Give RSE workers a media ‘voice’ and ask hard questions, says researcher" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/28/give-rse-workers-a-media-voice-and-ask-hard-questions-says-researcher/" aria-label="Read more about Give RSE workers a media ‘voice’ and ask hard questions, says researcher">Read more</a>
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April 28, 2020
PACIFIC PANDEMIC DIARY: By Sri Krishnamurthi, contributing editor of Pacific Media Watch The collapse of tourism across the world in the face of the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic could plunge thousands of people into poverty in the Pacific, predicts a new International Labour Organisation report. Thousands of jobs in countries like Fiji, Samoa and Tonga are ... <a title="Virus tourism collapse threatens many in Pacific with poverty" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/28/virus-tourism-collapse-threatens-many-in-pacific-with-poverty/" aria-label="Read more about Virus tourism collapse threatens many in Pacific with poverty">Read more</a>
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April 9, 2020
The Guardian’s Pacific Project disaster video. By the Pacific Project Tropical Cyclone Harold lashed the South Pacific island of Vanuatu, ripping off roofs and downing telecommunications, before moving towards Fiji and Tonga. The powerful cyclone made landfall on Monday in Sana province, an island north of Vanuatu’s capital Port Vila, with winds as high as ... <a title="Tropical Cyclone Harold: Aerial footage shows Vanuatu destruction" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/09/tropical-cyclone-harold-aerial-footage-shows-vanuatu-destruction/" aria-label="Read more about Tropical Cyclone Harold: Aerial footage shows Vanuatu destruction">Read more</a>
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April 7, 2020
By Anita Roberts in Port Vila While the Vanuatu government is investing its resources in tackling the coronavirus pandemic threat, it is now stretching its resources to tackle other natural disasters posing threats to the lives of the people – Cyclone Harold still moving over the country after lashing Santo and constant ash fall from ... <a title="Stretched by coronavirus pandemic, Vanuatu faces cyclone, Mt Yasur ash" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/07/stretched-by-coronavirus-pandemic-vanuatu-faces-cyclone-mt-yasur-ash/" aria-label="Read more about Stretched by coronavirus pandemic, Vanuatu faces cyclone, Mt Yasur ash">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2020
Pacific Media Watch From the second week of lockdown in New Zealand, to Covid-19 in the Pacific and an “authoritarianism creep” by governments in the Asia-Pacific region provided a fast-changing landscape on the Pacific Media Centre’s Southern Cross radio programme on 95bFM today. New Zealand had crossed the 1000-case threshold on Sunday with 89 new ... <a title="Southern Cross covers host of issues in fast-moving Covid-19 time" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/06/southern-cross-covers-host-of-issues-in-fast-moving-covid-19-time/" aria-label="Read more about Southern Cross covers host of issues in fast-moving Covid-19 time">Read more</a>
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April 6, 2020
Pacific Media Watch Authorities are cracking down to try and stop the spread of the coronavirus in Fiji, which already has 12 cases, reports TVNZ One News. Police have arrested more than 240 people in the last two days for breaching curfew. “This level of lawlessness is irresponsible, un-Fijian and not just plain stupid,” Fijian ... <a title="‘Stay at home’ – sweeping virus curfew arrests as Fiji braces for TC Harold" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/06/stay-at-home-sweeping-virus-curfew-arrests-as-fiji-braces-for-tc-harold/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Stay at home’ – sweeping virus curfew arrests as Fiji braces for TC Harold">Read more</a>
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April 4, 2020
PACIFIC PANDEMIC DIARY: By David Robie A rather beautiful Guåhan legend is rather poignant in these stressed pandemic times. It is one about survival and cooperation. In ancient times, goes the story, a giant fish was eating great chunks out of this western Pacific island. The men used muscle and might with spears and slings ... <a title="Creeping authoritarianism in Pacific not the answer to virus pandemic" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/04/creeping-authoritarianism-in-pacific-not-the-answer-to-virus-pandemic/" aria-label="Read more about Creeping authoritarianism in Pacific not the answer to virus pandemic">Read more</a>
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April 3, 2020
By Sri Krishnamurthi of Pacific Media Watch The Vanuatu government is using the Covid-19 to impose draconian measures and authoritarian rule by end of last month. Wholesale censorship of all Covid-19 related content has been instituted. Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO) took the extraordinary step to issue directives under the State of ... <a title="Vanuatu using Covid-19 to impose censorship on media, citizens" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/03/vanuatu-using-covid-19-to-impose-censorship-on-media-citizens/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu using Covid-19 to impose censorship on media, citizens">Read more</a>
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March 20, 2020
By Sri Krishnamurthi The total number of Covid-19 coronavirus cases in the Pacific region was today recorded at 26. In Guam, tally has risen by 4 to 12 cases while dozens more remain in isolation. In a statement, the Health Department said only one of the four new cases had a travel history, raising fears ... <a title="Pacific coronavirus: Cases jump to 26 across the region" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/03/20/pacific-coronavirus-cases-jump-to-26-across-the-region/" aria-label="Read more about Pacific coronavirus: Cases jump to 26 across the region">Read more</a>
