Pacific Press Release – Pacific Media Watch,  October 2009

MEDIA PAY CHECK

SUVA (The Fiji Times/Pacific Media Watch): One Fiji union has welcomed the set-up of a proposed Wages Council to regulate the terms and conditions of workers in the media and communication industry.
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Pacific Press Release – Pacific Media Watch, 9 October 2009

FIJI WAGES COUNCIL MUST BE INDEPENDENT AND CONSULT WORKERS

SYDNEY (International Federation of Journalists/Pacific Media Watch): The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is pleased to learn that the labour and employment minister in Fiji’s military regime has drawn attention to dire working conditions for media personnel in Fiji and highlighted a significant role for unions in positively addressing the urgent need to improve conditions.
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Pacific Press Release – Pacific Media Watch, 6 October 2009

FIJI CABINET APPROVES ESTABLISHMENT OF A NEW WAGES COUNCIL FOR THE MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY

SUVA (Fiji Minfo/Pacific Media Watch): Fiji’s cabinet has approved that the Minister for Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment establish a new Wages Council to regulate the terms and conditions of workers in the media and communication industry.
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Pacific Press Release – Pacific Media Watch, 6 October 2009

FIJI MEDIA COUNCIL AFTER TARTE: NEEDS FREE MEDIA, FREE SPEECH TO DO ITS JOB
See earlier Pacific Media Watch report.

The transition of leadership at the Fiji Media Council (FMC) will come to nothing if the military regime does not relax its stranglehold on free media and free speech in Fiji, says regional media watchdog the Pacific Freedom Forum (PFF).
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Pacific Press Release – Pacific Media Watch, 3 October 2009

6464 MEDIA COUNCIL HEAD STEPS DOWN

SUVA (Fiji Times/Pacific Media Watch): Daryl Tarte has resigned as chairman of the Fiji Media Council after 13 years in the post.

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Media freedom ... responsibility to communicate and educate. Photo: PMC

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Opinion – By Crosbie Walsh

Remember earlier in the year when the Fiji news media left readers with no alternative but to conclude the military and government were responsible for the fire bomb attacks on the homes of The Fiji Times chief editor and a security recruitment agent?

That was when Fiji Media Council chairperson Daryl Tarte had this to say:
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Pacific Press Release – Pacific Media Watch, 9 Sept 2009

6410 FIJI REGIME CURBS DEALINGS WITH FIJI TIMES

SUVA (RNZI Online/Pacific Media Watch): The Fiji interim prime minister, Commodore Frank Bainimarama, has instructed all ministries, departments and agencies to stop their subscriptions to the Fiji Times newspaper.
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Professor Narsey ... the facts about Fiji's electoral system. Photo: USP

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Opinion – By Wadan Narsey in Suva

Month after month, Voreqe Bainimarama and coup apologists abroad keep repeating that there should  be no elections until a racially fair one person-one vote system is in place.

They keep claiming that they wish to “eliminate electoral racism” against the Indo-Fijians with their proposed proportional list system.
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