SUVA, 04 APRIL 2018 (FBC NEWS) — The Fijian Elections Office has appointed Karyl Winter as the deputy Supervisor of Elections for the conduct of the 2018 Parliamentary Elections. Winter has significant experience in the management of elections, both in New Zealand and as a technical team leader for the NZ Electoral Commission programme. She […]
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Tropical disturbance to develop into tropical depression
NADI, 05 APRIL 2018 (FBC NEWS) —A tropical disturbance TD13F was analysed to the far northwest of Fiji at around midday and is expected to develop into a tropical depression on Sunday. Fiji Meteorology Service Director Ravindra Kumar said it’s currently near Vanuatu and expected to intensify further into a tropical cyclone as it moves […]
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Judge skewers Manafort’s case challenging Mueller’s powers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A federal judge tore into all of the legal arguments that a lawyer for President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort made on Wednesday in his long-shot civil case to convince her that Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation has run amok and should be reined in. “I don’t really understand what […]
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Nation’s lowest unemployment rate is no paradise for Hawaii
HONOLULU (AP) — Are there downsides to a low unemployment rate? In Hawaii, which has the United States’ lowest jobless rate at a minuscule 2.1 percent, the answer is yes. Employers are frustrated by their inability to find workers. And unfilled jobs may be slowing the state’s economic growth. A low unemployment rate is certainly […]
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Philippines to close Boracay resort to tourists for six months
Manila (AFP) – The Philippines has announced its best-known holiday island Boracay will be closed to tourists for six months over concerns that the once idyllic white-sand resort has become a “cesspool” tainted by dumped sewage. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the shutdown to start April 26, his spokesman Harry Roque said late Wednesday on […]
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Chinese-born executive pleads guilty in U.N. bribery case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Chinese-born executive pleaded guilty on Wednesday in New York to three criminal counts in connection with a U.S. bribery probe involving a former U.N. General Assembly president. Julia Vivi Wang admitted to bribery and conspiracy charges, both in violation of the federal Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), and to submitting […]