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Kumar scoops youth leadership award

As many as 250 young people were part of the recent 13th Global Youth Peace Festival in India. Picture: https://www.chandigarhcitynews.com   By MEREONI MILI The University of the South Pacific student, Aneet Kumar, has become the first Fijian to be awarded the Global Youth Leadership Award at the 13th Global Youth Peace Festival (GYPF) in Chandigarh, India. He received his award last week from the advocate head of international affairs at the University of New South Wales Australia and the advocate general of the State of Punjab. As many as 250 young people gathered at the peace festival from 30 countries…

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Inter-school debate hailed a success

The winning team from the School of Management and Public Administration scooped the Faculty of Business and Economics inter-school debate trophy last week. Picture: JOELI BILI   By JOELI BILI The University of the South Pacific’s School of Management and Public Administration (SMPA) has successfully retained the 2018 Annual Faculty of Business and Economics inter-school debate trophy. The SMPA side narrowly beat the School of Economics Team 1 last week on the topic, “Plastics must be banned in the Pacific Island countries”. Judging by the success of the debate…

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1321 students graduate from regional university

USP graduates during the second Laucala graduation ceremony for 2018. As many as 1321 students graduated with their certificates, diplomas and degrees at the FMF Gymnasium in Suva on September 20-21. Picture: USP Communications Office   By CHRIS HA'ARABE It was a day of celebration for The University of the South Pacific community this week as 1321 students graduated with their certificates, diplomas and degrees at the FMF Gymnasium in Suva. The two-day graduation event saw 806 students graduate in a two-part ceremony on September 20. Of the 806 graduates, 568 were from the Faculty of Science, Technology and Environment…

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‘Do your job without fear or favour’, says veteran journalist

Sri Krishnamurthi (left) with USP Journalism staff members from right, Eliki Drugunalevu, Dr Shailendra Singh and Geraldine Panapasa at Coffee Central in Laucala Bay, Suva. Picture: WANSOLWARA    By CHRIS HA'ARABE Fiji-born veteran journalist Sri Krishnamurthi has one advice for aspiring journalists – “Do your job without fear or favour”. An advice that could not have come at a better time as Fiji awaits the impending 2018 election. A former journalist with The Fiji Times, Krishnamurthi left for New Zealand after the 1987 coup, returning to his homeland this year after 30 years to conduct research and writing on an…

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USP students wary of climate impact

USP final-year journalism student Elizabeth Osifelo, who hails from the Solomon Islands, has seen the rise in sea level each time she travels home from Suva. Picture: PIFS   (Pacific Media Centre/Wansolwara) Climate change issues seem to loom larger than the impending election in the minds of The University of the South Pacific (USP) students. Pacific Media Centre's Sri Krishnamurthi speaks to students about this issue. COP23, which refers to the 23rd annual Conference of the Parties to the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC), and Fiji holding the presidency last year is the reason university students in Fiji…

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Research vital for development, says Samoan PM

Samoa's Prime Minister and chairman of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF), Tuilaepa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi, officially opened The University of the South Pacific’s (USP) Research Week at Laucala campus yesterday. Picture: WANSOLWARA STAFF   By MEREONI MILI Research plays a vital role in assisting governments and businesses to develop services and policies that are responsive to an identified need, says Samoan Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi. While opening The University of the South Pacific’s Research Week event at the Laucala campus yesterday, Mr Malielegaoi said research contributed to a country’s economic wellbeing by ensuring organization of responses were relevant and properly targeted.…

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Youths rise for ‘Pacific Pawa’

School students show their support for Rise for Pacific Pawa campaign at the 2018 USP Open Day. Picture: SUPPLIED   By VIRASHNA SINGH September 8, 2018 was the global day of action for 350.Org. The organization planned to hold thousands of rallies in countries around the world to urge the local leaders to commit to building a fossil fuel free world that puts people before profits. “350.Org is a global climate movement that brings together leaders from grassroots, from frontline communities that are working to publically stigmatize the fossil fuel industry," said Fenton Lutunatabua, the Pacific communications and regional co-ordinator. The…

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USP community legal center offers free legal information

The newly-established USP Community Legal Center is open to the public and offers free legal information. Picture: CHRIS HA'ARABE/WANSOLWARA ONLINE   By CHRIS HA’ARABE Members of the public can now access free legal information from The University of the South Pacific’s Community Legal Center at its Laucala campus in Suva after its official opening last week. The centre was established to provide law students with the opportunity to ply their trade and gain practical experience before venturing into the workforce. USP Community Legal Center manager Samanunu Vaniqi said the centre offered free legal information to members of the public who…

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Cultural exchange deepens China-Fiji friendship

The Ark Peace delegation with USP and Confucius Institute staff members at the Australia-Pacific Performance Space in Laucala Bay, Suva. Picture: USP Communications   By WANSOLWARA STAFF STAFF and students of The University of the South Pacific in Suva were treated to a night of Chinese cultural performances last Friday by the visiting medical team from the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) navy hospital ship, Ark Peace. This is the ship’s second visit to Fiji after four years and the third stop on its Mission Harmony-2018 goodwill and humanitarian visit around the Pacific. Their visit to the University was facilitated…

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Rugby a tool for change

Former All Blacks rep Rocky Khan during an interview with Radio Pasifik today. Picture: WANSOLWARA STAFF   By MARCUS FRASER There is huge potential to develop women’s rugby in Fiji. And with professional contracts now being offered to women ruggers in New Zealand, the drive to promote rugby in other Pacific Island countries can be seen as a step in the right direction. Speaking to Wansolwara Online, former New Zealand rugby 7s fly-half Rocky Khan, who is the first Fijian of Indian ancestry and first Rotuman to represent New Zealand in sevens, said women’s rugby was making progressive strides the…

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