カテゴリー: Fiji
The region is largely coronavirus-free, but pandemic shutdowns and loss of tourism dollars are devastating its economies The Covid-19 pandemic is the “job-killer of the century”, Fiji’s prime minister has said, as economies across the Pacific face coll…
Covid-19-related developments throughout the Pacific IslandsThe total number of cases of Covid-19 infection listed by the World Health Organization for the region stands at 382, an increase of 22 since last week.With increasing evidence that many of th…
Prime minister looks to attract ‘VIPs’ to help restore country’s battered economy which is heavily dependent on tourismCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAfter months of strict Covid-19 lockdowns and resolutely closed borders, …
Nearly one-third of Fijians have diabetes, and the disease is often not caught until amputation, or even death, are imminentAt the height of his 15-year career as a surgeon in the Pacific nation of Fiji, Dr Jone Hawea was performing eight to 10 diabete…
Covid-19-related developments throughout the Pacific Islands • Sign up to get this Coronavirus in the Pacific briefing delivered to your email every WednesdayThe total number of cases of Covid-19 infection listed by the World Health Organization for th…
Vice-chancellor Pal Ahluwalia suspended, then reinstated after he alleged widespread financial irregularitiesFor decades a jewel in the crown of Pacific regionalism, the University of the South Pacific has endured 12 months of scandal, beset by allegat…
Covid-19-related developments throughout the Pacific IslandsSign up to get this Coronavirus in the Pacific briefing delivered to your email every WednesdayThe total number of Covid-19 cases across the Pacific stands at 314, with new cases reported this…
As Covid-19 causes economic crises in the Pacific, women are struggling to afford pads and tamponsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe first time AnneMary Raduva, 16, and her sister Faith, 13, went shopping for sanitary pads …
Covid-19-related developments throughout the Pacific IslandsHere is the latest news about the Covid-19 outbreak across the Pacific, from Dan McGarry and Tess Newton Cain on Wednesday 10 June.The total number of cases of Covid-19 infection across the re…
Punishment of Sodelpa party for factional infighting leaves parliament with just three opposition members on the eve of a major budget debateThe political situation in Fiji, yet to fully recover from the effects of the 2006 coup, is in a tailspin once …
Commissioner of corrections should be held accountable if reports of inhumane treatment prove correct, say rights advocatesInternational human rights groups have called on Fiji to launch an independent investigation into the commissioner of corrections…
Jagath Karunaratne, the president of the opposition Freedom Alliance Party, spent four months in Suva prison on sedition charges‘Take him down’: ex-officers accuse Fiji’s prison commissioner of ordering staff to beat inmatesWhen Jagath Karunaratne was …
Exclusive: Four former prison officers seeking asylum in Australia claim Francis Kean, brother-in-law of Fiji’s PM, ran a brutal campaign of intimidation ‘People come out worse’: my time inside Fiji’s broken prison systemFour former prison officers fro…
Wong Tetchoong set off from Singapore in February but the coronavirus pandemic meant he could not find anywhere to dockCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA Singaporean man has been rescued after being stranded at sea for three …
Concerns have also been raised about Vanuatu, where it is illegal to publish stories on coronavirus without government approvalA Fijian military leader has said the government was justified in “stifling criticism” of its policies by the press during th…