Updated Friday 14.9.18
Fiji. Ten public holidays approved for 2019
Water. 40% supply in critical condition, North hit worse. 40 millions litres distributed.
SODELPA MP and HotBread Kitchen owner Mere Samisoni responds to sacking of an employee
Public sector reforms need apolitical approach
NFP speaks out.
TONGA wins at China Tourism Promo
SAMOA. Marist Brothers celebrate 130 years in Samoa
SOLOMON ISLANDS. A pilot scheme for PR holder in Canadian agriculture
VANUATU. Chinese tourists impressed with first visit
PNG. Reflections on 43 years since Independence. "A mixed bag report."
UPDATED FRIDAY 7.9.18
You can tell Fiji's elections are not too far away. The anti-Government blogs have woken up
One I read last night wrote of the old Counter Revolutionary Warfare Unit (CRW) army unit, joined by SODELPA members, training in many parts of the interior, ready to overthrow the government if the election doesn't go their way. Coup 5 is under way!
Another wrote of the new Fiji Unity and Hope parties as hidden extensions of SODELPA, enough perhaps in coalition to defeat Fiji First in the election.
And if this doesn't work, and FF wins the election, the CRW, last seen when the Fiji Labour Government was deposed at gunpoint during the "Speight" coup, will "restore democracy" in Fiji's fifth coup since Independence.
Scare tactics perhaps, and utter hogs' wash, but scary all the same.
"For Fiji, ever Fiji, let our voices ring with pride/For Fiji, ever Fiji, her name hails far and wide/ A land of freedom, hope and glory, to endure whatever befalls/May God bless Fiji Forever more."
Also from Fiji. PM Bainimarama will relinquish the chairmanship of COP23, the informal name for the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, in December. He has just returned from its meeting in Bangkok. Our media noted his absence at the PI Forum, stating pique as the reason, but did not say he was otherwise engaged on climate change business in Bangkok. Fiji was represented at the Forum by its Foreign Minister.
UPDATED WEDNESDAY 3:30PM. A posting on New Zealand, Fiji, and other island nations will be updated several times a week as interesting news comes to hand but which doesn't, in my opinion, merit an independent posting. Click the links to read the original articles. -- ACW
The Terms of Reference for the Multinational Observer Group for the 2018 general elections has been signed. The group co-led by Australia, Indonesia and India will observe and evaluate the functions and operations of the Fijian Elections Office with respect to the l elections; the the voter registration process, and the establishment of the national register of voters in polling stations voter list
Samoa. Tuilaepa taken to task by Australian blogger over his climate change stance.
Cook Islands. No one has owned up to the media leak on the budget surplus.
Solomon Is. One PI Forum outcome is that Australia and the Solomons have signed a MOU on temporary migrant labour.
PNG. MP calls for more local production to offset imports.
Samoa. Tuilaepa taken to task by Australian blogger over his climate change stance.
Cook Islands. No one has owned up to the media leak on the budget surplus.
Solomon Is. One PI Forum outcome is that Australia and the Solomons have signed a MOU on temporary migrant labour.
PNG. MP calls for more local production to offset imports.
New Zealand 4.9.18
Assoc Minister of Education Jenny Salesa wants more Pasifika in NZ education.
Cook Islands
New immigration legislation to cater for a changed Cook Islands and international environment.
Solomon Islands
Issues addressed by the new Electoral Act of 2018 include remote voting, regular reviews of the voters' register and higher candidate nomination fees . Remote voting is important because it will mean voters are" not pressured to fly home or take a trip home just to vote...and not feel obliged to whoever is paying for their fares." It did not address what are seen to be the structural deficiencies inherent in the First-Past-The-Post system.-- Solomon Times.
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