CoveragePost
June 15, 2023
By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific lead digital and social media journalist Fiji’s Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has played down criticism he is leading an administration that practices nepotism and favouritism. The Rabuka-led three-party coalition government has been accused of rewarding loyalists with top positions in state-backed institutions and organisations. There are some Fijians who claim ... <a title="Fiji PM Rabuka downplays ‘loyalist’ nepotism allegations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/06/15/fiji-pm-rabuka-downplays-loyalist-nepotism-allegations/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji PM Rabuka downplays ‘loyalist’ nepotism allegations">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
May 30, 2023
COMMENT: By Michael Field of The Pacific Newsroom A bizarre swinging punch towards an academic from a senior management figure at the top of the University of the South Pacific (USP) is underscoring a deepening crisis in the regional organisation. While it was not vice-chancellor Professor Pal Ahluwalia who threw the punch, its plain the ... <a title="Academic ‘tsunami’ at USP shakes regional Pacific institution to core" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/30/academic-tsunami-at-usp-shakes-regional-pacific-institution-to-core/" aria-label="Read more about Academic ‘tsunami’ at USP shakes regional Pacific institution to core">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
May 26, 2023
By Iliesa Tora, RNZ Pacific senior journalist, and Kelvin Anthony, lead digital and social media journalist Fiji’s Great Council of Chiefs has endorsed the reinstatement of a lease distribution policy with the iTaukei Land Trust Board. The decision was reached by interim council members who met on Bau Island yesterday shortly after the historic re-establishment ... <a title="Fiji’s Great Council of Chiefs reinstates native land lease policy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/26/fijis-great-council-of-chiefs-reinstates-native-land-lease-policy/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji’s Great Council of Chiefs reinstates native land lease policy">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
May 24, 2023
By Iliesa Tora, RNZ Pacific journalist, and Kelvin Anthony, lead digital and social media journalist Chiefs are to serve people and not to be served, Fiji President Ratu Wiliame Katonivere told the Great Council of Chiefs (GCC) on Bau Island in Fiji today. The Council — regarded as the apex of traditional Fijian leadership and ... <a title="Fiji President welcomes inclusive ‘new dawn’ for Great Council of Chiefs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/24/fiji-president-welcomes-inclusive-new-dawn-for-great-council-of-chiefs/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji President welcomes inclusive ‘new dawn’ for Great Council of Chiefs">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
March 21, 2023
ANALYSIS: By Shailendra Bahadur Singh in Suva The long-running row between the former Fiji government and the Suva-based regional University of the South Pacific (USP) has come back to haunt former Fiji Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama, who spent a night in a police cell on March 9 before appearing in court, charged with abuse of ... <a title="How the USP political saga may end the era of Bainimarama and FijiFirst" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/21/how-the-usp-political-saga-may-end-the-era-of-bainimarama-and-fijifirst/" aria-label="Read more about How the USP political saga may end the era of Bainimarama and FijiFirst">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
March 10, 2023
RNZ Pacific Fiji’s former prime minister Voreqe Bainimarama and suspended police chief Sitiveni Qiliho have been granted bail. Both men have pleaded not guilty to one count each of abuse of office. Magistrate Seini Puamau has set bail at FJ$10,000 (NZ$7,000), according to local news media reports. Bainimarama and Qiliho have also been ordered not ... <a title="Fiji’s Bainimarama granted bail, ordered to remain in country" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/10/fijis-bainimarama-granted-bail-ordered-to-remain-in-country/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji’s Bainimarama granted bail, ordered to remain in country">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
March 10, 2023
By Meri Radinibaravi in Suva Former Fiji Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama and suspended Police Commissioner Sitiveni Qiliho appeared before Suva Magistrates Court judge Justice Seini Puamau today and pleaded not guilty to abuse of office charges laid against them. Justice Puamau stood down the case for 11am as she told the prosecution to provide “substantial ... <a title="Fiji’s Bainimarama, suspended police chief plead not guilty to abuse of office charges" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/10/fijis-bainimarama-suspended-police-chief-plead-not-guilty-to-abuse-of-office-charges/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji’s Bainimarama, suspended police chief plead not guilty to abuse of office charges">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
March 9, 2023
RNZ Pacific Fiji’s top prosecutor has sanctioned charges of abuse of office against former prime minister Voreqe Bainimarama and the suspended Police Commissioner Sitiveni Qiliho. In a statement today, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions said the charges relate to a complaint filed by the University of the South Pacific in July 2019. ... <a title="Former Fiji PM Bainimarama and suspended police chief charged" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/09/former-fiji-pm-bainimarama-and-suspended-police-chief-charged/" aria-label="Read more about Former Fiji PM Bainimarama and suspended police chief charged">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
March 8, 2023
RNZ Pacific Former Fiji Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama has resigned from Parliament just two weeks after copping a three-year suspension for making seditious comments. Bainimarama, who was the opposition leader, made the announcement via a five-minute video on Facebook today. He said his suspension on February 17 was “unwarranted and most certainly unjustified”. “I did ... <a title="Former Fiji PM Voreqe Bainimarama resigns from Parliament, vows to fight on" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/08/former-fiji-pm-voreqe-bainimarama-resigns-from-parliament-vows-to-fight-on/" aria-label="Read more about Former Fiji PM Voreqe Bainimarama resigns from Parliament, vows to fight on">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
February 22, 2023
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist Regional leaders will meet this week at the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Special Leaders Retreat in Fiji. “We have come through a period of some fracture,” incoming PIF Chair Mark Brown, who is prime minister of Cook islands, said. “Re-establishing those ties, re-establishing relationships, that’s going to be an ... <a title="‘Our future looks secure’, says Puna on Pacific Islands Forum unity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/22/our-future-looks-secure-says-puna-on-pacific-islands-forum-unity/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Our future looks secure’, says Puna on Pacific Islands Forum unity">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
February 20, 2023
By Shayal Devi in Suva FijiFirst leader Voreqe Bainimarama remains as Leader of the Opposition despite his suspension from Parliament on Friday for breach of privilege, according to Fiji constitutional lawyer Richard Naidu. Naidu told the Sunday Times he believed that Bainimarama was entitled to retain the salary and other rights that go with the ... <a title="Bainimarama ‘keeps his job’ as opposition leader, says Naidu" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/20/bainimarama-keeps-his-job-as-opposition-leader-says-naidu/" aria-label="Read more about Bainimarama ‘keeps his job’ as opposition leader, says Naidu">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
February 18, 2023
RNZ Pacific Fiji’s opposition leader Voreqe Bainimarama has been suspended for three years as an MP for breaching parliamentary privilege. It comes after the ex-prime minister said the President, Ratu Wiliame Katonivere, had failed to protect the constitution and the rule of law in his opening statement for the 2023 parliamentary session on Monday. The ... <a title="Former Fiji PM Bainimarama suspended over breaching parliamentary privilege" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/02/18/former-fiji-pm-bainimarama-suspended-over-breaching-parliamentary-privilege/" aria-label="Read more about Former Fiji PM Bainimarama suspended over breaching parliamentary privilege">Read more</a>
