Ex-criminals helping solve Tonga's drug crisis and former Fiji PM Bainimarama jailed | The Pacific

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  • Опубликовано: 8 май 2024
  • This week on The Pacific, we speak people forcibly returned to Tonga despite having little to no connection with the Kingdom. We also look at how science could finally help prove a famous story passed down through oral tradition in Solomon Islands - and we go to PNG to hear all the latest about the autonomous region of Bougainville’s push for independence. Plus former Fijian Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama is sentenced to one year in jail.
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Комментарии • 56

  • @buzzliteyear11
    @buzzliteyear11 16 дней назад +8

    Awesome reporting guys, great to see the Pacific news get coverage by Australian media

  • @user-gx7ei7du3r
    @user-gx7ei7du3r 18 дней назад +12

    This is ridiculous, the question is why should he (FB) be given special treatment..???
    When he was the Prime Minister, did he give the same treatment to “Prisoner 302” who was falsely incarcerated and who by the way was a former Prime Minister of Fiji as well?

  • @matanasameyes3734
    @matanasameyes3734 17 дней назад +11

    U deserve to go to prison mr bainimarama...corrupt leader..

    • @EddieTomasi
      @EddieTomasi 17 дней назад +1

      I agree 👍 💯

    • @ddd-us7zw
      @ddd-us7zw 16 дней назад +1

      Thats a bold statement to make. If you actually understood the whole situation, would you still make that statement? Not saying that he doesn't. That's you're opinion I'm not arguing it.

    • @EddieTomasi
      @EddieTomasi 15 дней назад

      @@ddd-us7zw. You're blind like him. We don't need a year 4 to run our country.

    • @Astro679
      @Astro679 14 дней назад

      @@ddd-us7zw there are a total of 35 corruption charges lined up so yes he is corrupt

  • @nanchu2151
    @nanchu2151 19 дней назад +10

    What an amazing TONGAN programme..God bless these wonderful Tongan men who want to save their people..may they SUCCEED!!❤COURAGE comes with sacrifice..God bless you all..

    • @TwoOnTheTar
      @TwoOnTheTar 18 дней назад

      I agree. Tears were streaming watching this story. Very moving.

  • @kamakoa
    @kamakoa 19 дней назад +10

    Prayer for all Polynesian Island God bless (A) Samoa Tonga Fiji New Zealand etc

  • @ibringtherain7669
    @ibringtherain7669 18 дней назад +3

    The old police fella is genuine. You can see the pain and hurt he has for the youth given the road ahead. This battle will forever be present as long as there is poverty and low social economic conditions. Pray for your children people of Tonga.

  • @modesto1663
    @modesto1663 6 дней назад +2

    That’s crazy 2 Tongans guys I was in prison with Big Raymond and 2Dog aka Latu aha good to see you brothers are still alive n well ofa atu tokos

  • @eugenio1542
    @eugenio1542 19 дней назад +2

    Great show. Fascinating cultures and history. Thank Yous ☝️♥️✌️🌍🙏

  • @philipfereni5334
    @philipfereni5334 18 дней назад +2

    I’m solomon 🇸🇧 but Never heard the story of Teonimanu before . Pretty interesting !

  • @PositiveVibesOnly5774
    @PositiveVibesOnly5774 19 дней назад +4

    wow, the story of teonimanu is amazing

  • @lopinitupou4626
    @lopinitupou4626 18 дней назад +2

    God bless you guys

  • @pauliewalnuts6734
    @pauliewalnuts6734 19 дней назад +2

    thanks abc for representing polynesian culture :)

  • @joeruriti8418
    @joeruriti8418 19 дней назад +1

    Why this history left our in our school curriculum. Live in Ugi ni masi for 4months but just unfortunately not to hear the story 28:05. I think late Uncle Luke Susuta have this in archives. Missed Saturdays customs story. Great story.

    • @chrisharohau3031
      @chrisharohau3031 19 дней назад

      Most of our stories are lost in time ,we tend to love European and western technology as means to replace our oral stories and the truth that it represent.

  • @littlellama8405
    @littlellama8405 19 дней назад +1

    Would be a good idea for Pacific islands to have a reach out program for their citizens overseas who might be going through a hard time and susceptible to crime. Give them a pathway home before making life worse for themselves and their family.

  • @user-ud5yy2dk1c
    @user-ud5yy2dk1c 18 дней назад

    Well said 🤙🏽

  • @MarisiaSaukuru
    @MarisiaSaukuru 18 дней назад +1

    God bless brothers.

  • @user-ob6hy8wn5n
    @user-ob6hy8wn5n 18 дней назад +4

    Samoa is also full of addicts now smh

    • @Taleni4.-
      @Taleni4.- 16 дней назад

      Yep Samoa is more worse nowadays even police department n some politicians ☹️☹️☹️

  • @VbyzKawika
    @VbyzKawika 19 дней назад +4

    Tongan NRL and Union players overseas should really invest in the powerful ongoing programs these deported Tongans are walking.🔥
    It would definitely bring closure as well for these founders- just like far from home🙏🏾💪🏾

  • @9612jimbo
    @9612jimbo 17 дней назад

    Much love to all islander's ❤️ stay safe keep true ✊🏽

  • @andrewk7090
    @andrewk7090 17 дней назад +1

    I agree the moderator must be from the Pacific. Australia can't be the moderator because they have too much invested in west Papua with the Indonesians and all the human rights laws broken would be uncovered

  • @terenceleonardkassman4971
    @terenceleonardkassman4971 2 дня назад

    Our children of today will see in their eyes what the future holds for them, it’s now their upbringing which also helps to steer them towards a better life in their future.

  • @lawnworkshawaii1598
    @lawnworkshawaii1598 16 дней назад

    Keep on. Tell the children the truth. Malo Dare To Dream e ngaue lelei. Ofa atu

  • @PacifikaGodz
    @PacifikaGodz 17 дней назад +4

    those fijian police look really unfit.. and the uniforms untidy

    • @EddieTomasi
      @EddieTomasi 17 дней назад +2

      Yep, and they all looked corrupt.

    • @RokoMals
      @RokoMals 11 дней назад +2

      Yes, they just finish Kava around 4 o'clock that morning

    • @joshanderson7358
      @joshanderson7358 День назад

      Very true.👏👏👏💯💯💯

    • @user-nj5dm7tb6i
      @user-nj5dm7tb6i День назад

      Same here in png.

    • @EddieTomasi
      @EddieTomasi День назад

      @@user-nj5dm7tb6i. Our Melanesian police are all the same. 😁😁😁. They've been drunk by our local alcohol.

  • @nevmat1595
    @nevmat1595 15 дней назад +1

    The drug problem “in all the world” will never be solved as long as young people covert the lives and toys of those they see on social media. In the west, your existence in a tropical land is perceived as idealic paradise. Tongan people hear me! You do not want to live in the west. It is rotting from the inside with no morality. I am Australian but live on a remote island in the bay of Thailand, a better upbringing for my grandchildren.

  • @osaiasilolohea6107
    @osaiasilolohea6107 19 дней назад +1

    I thought Hikule'o was both God & Goddess hmm

  • @user-bo5rl6mj7j
    @user-bo5rl6mj7j 19 дней назад +2

    The PM has rescued native Fijians from being second class citizens.Why you are showing disrespect to a great man who stood up for native Fijians rights to run the affairs of Fiji native.

    • @denmark7679
      @denmark7679 19 дней назад +11

      What rescue did he do stop lying he never did anything infact he use us Itaukei for his own gain

    • @wolgarolisal
      @wolgarolisal 19 дней назад

      Wrong,lies.Stop your lies,there would have been a lot more outcry.have a look and see how many people were there to support them.Nil/Zip.that speaks in itself before we start digging and hearing about the atrocities and law breaking acts that they committed to ordinary people.

    • @eparamaravinatata1041
      @eparamaravinatata1041 19 дней назад +11

      They changed the laws and introduced a bill that took the rights away from the itaukei.

    • @waiteboii3641
      @waiteboii3641 19 дней назад +5

      Lol... so you're asking this gang why they doing their jobs? It's News. Go and ask the rain why it's wet

    • @wolgarolisal
      @wolgarolisal 19 дней назад +1

      Sa baci sogosogo o YT.leqataka vakalevu na Dina de qai kilai.