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Fiji water is the biggest supplier of bottled water in the United States.Listen or download an ABC-Radio National interview with investigative journalist Anna Lezner here The Fiji brand is owned by US argi-billionaires, and has strong connections to celebrity culture and...

Fiji Water: What's Inside Lynda Resnick's Bottled Water Business?

Journalist Anna Lenzer recently published an in-depth piece investigating Fiji Water, the world's leading bottled water brand. Lenzer visited Fiji Water bottling plant but was interrogated by police for sending out emails that might hurt the water company. "Eventually, it...

Fiji, a Source for 'Modern-day Slavery'

A report released today by US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, condemns Fiji as a source for modern day slavery.  The report looked at 175 nations in the Pacific Region gathering information from reliable...

Fiji Regime Warns Church to Keep Out of Politics

Fijian strong man, Commodore Frank Bainimarama warned the Methodist Church in Fiji to stay out of politics.  The Methodist Church in Fiji has in the past stood up for democracy.  A senior Methodist minister was arrested and detained while the military investigated...

Fiji suspended from Pacific forum

Tiny Island in Pacific, but it is politically volatile.Several military coup and struggle for democracy is the only news that comes from the Island.What is in the future nobody knows but, military commander do not hold election till 2014. " South Pacific nations have...

Mr. Santow's dialogue with S. Walgampaya on the Tamil civilians

Simon Santow of  The World Today discussed the treatment of the Tamil civilians by the Sri lanka military with Sri Lanka's High Commissioner to Australia, Senaka Walgampaya while on an official visit to Fiji. ...

UN demands democracy in Fiji, suspends mediation

More pressure is being brought to the military leaders in Fiji.  The lastest is a demand by the UN Security Council that fair elections be held soon.  This follows concerns expressed by Australia, New...

Fiji's Political Crisis Continues to Build

The military government in power in Suva tightened its grip of the country Friday, swearing in an ex-military chief as vice-president.  Commodore Bainimarama has stated that no elections will be held until...

Fiji Deports Foreign Journalists

Three journalists from Australia and New Zealand were detained and deported from Fiji today.  Sean Dorney, Sia Aston and Matt Smith were ejected from that country as the turmoil over who is to govern that...

Emergency, constitution supsended in Fiji. No elections till 2014

Fiji’s President enforced state emergency on Friday with immediate effect. The first causality of this development will be the media because as per the Presidential decree any news that "destabilizes" law and...

Josefa Iloilo Revokes Fiji Constitution, Appoints Bainimarama PM

President Ratu Josefa Iloilo revoked Fiji's Constitution and fired all the judges April 10, after a court ruling determined that the 2006 military coup was illegal.  President Iloilo dissolved government and appointed himself the new head of state. President Iloilo will...

Flood warning for Fiji as more storms approach

Fiji has issued a state of emergency and a severe flood warning for the island as days of heavy rain have hit the nation. Thousands of people are taking shelter in emergency shelters and more rain means more...

India has right to make nuke bombs. Has it?

"India's foreign minister has said that New Delhi has a sovereign right to make a nuclear bomb should it feel necessary to do so.   "Just as India has the right to make a nuclear bomb, countries that are...

Golfer Vijay Singh Out for Two Months With Injury

While Tiger Woods recently announced he might not fully recover until 2010, another prominent golfer has been sidelined with an injury. Vijay Singh will be out of action for approximately two months due to...

Sean Kingston Heads To Fiji For Mega Rock Festival

Fiji's largest free concert will mark the entry of the newest player in its lucrative mobile phone market next week.Caribbean-based Digicel Group will launch its new mobile network in Fiji on October 1, taking the...

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