[ap-intact] INFO: Pacific Anti-Corruption Updates (30 Jan 2015) - Youth, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Tonga


Facilitator’s note: Thank you to Annika Wythes, Luisa Senibulu, and Samita Singh of the joint UNDP-UNODC Pacific Regional Anti-Corruption Project, for these updates.]
 
Pacific corruption through the eyes of youth. Young people in the Pacific are being urged to use photography to become a community voice against corruption. http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/radio/program/pacific-beat/pacific-corruption-through-the-eyes-of-youth/1409919
Fiji: FRCA terminates officers. The Fiji Revenue and Customs Authority has reiterated its stand against corrupt practices in the workplace, terminating about 40 staff members in the past seven years because of breaches to its code of conduct and regulations. http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=293086
Fiji: PAC seeks answers. Ministry representatives have been invited by the Public Accounts Committee to verify and detail discrepancies highlighted in the Auditor-Generals reports. http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=293084
Fiji: $30M heroin bust good example of sharing information. The $30 million worth of heroin which was caught by Customs and Police in Lautoka last December is an example of how authorities can work together to secure our borders. http://www.fbc.com.fj/fiji/26396/30m-heroin-bust-good-example-of-sharing-information-#sthash.hAC2RGYW.dpuf
Solomon islands: PM assures nation they will  fight corruption head-on. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare on Tuesday announced plans to fight corruption and boost the economy in a major speech to launch the government’s policy document. http://www.solomonstarnews.com/news/national/5741-pm-assures-nation-we-ll-fight-corruption-head-on
Tonga: House in uproar after PM hires his own son. The revelation that Tonga’s new Prime Minister, ‘Akilisi Pohiva has appointed his own son as his personal assistant in the Prime Minister’s Office, caused an up-roar in parliament this week. http://www.pina.com.fj/?p=pacnews&m=read&o=70969153354c19c5764425d4285020
Tonga: Former Deputy PM files counterclaim. Tonga’s former Deputy Prime Minister and current Vava’u No.15 People’s Representative to Parliament has denied allegations made against him by an unsuccessful candidate who filed an election petition with the Supreme Court, in Nuku’alofa. http://matangitonga.to/2015/01/28/former-deputy-pm-files-counterclaim

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