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Manutahi becomes Tahiti's first ombudsman
The French Polynesian government led by Gaston Flosse has succeeded in appointing the leader of Porinetia Ora Party, Teiva Manutahi, as the territory's first ombudsman. Mr Manutahi was first chosen...
Updated at 3:26 pm on 21 April 2014
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French Polynesia's Rautahi Party disbands
French Polynesia's small anti-independence Rautahi Party has been disbanded and its members are being urged to join the ruling Tahoeraa Huiraatira of Gaston Flosse. Rautahi politicians have already been associated...
Updated at 12:51 pm on 21 April 2014
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Sage named as Tahoeraa candidate for French National Assembly election
French Polynesia's ruling Tahoeraa Huiraatira says it will propose Maina Sage as candidate to fill the seat in the French National Assembly being vacated by Edouard Fritch. The party leader,...
Updated at 3:34 pm on 15 April 2014
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Leak corroborates murder theory in 1997 Tahiti journalist death
New evidence appears to confirm that the French Polynesian journalist, Jean-Pascal Couraud, was killed by President Gaston Flosse's G-I-P militia in December 1997. The French newspaper, Le Monde, has obtained...
Updated at 6:47 am on 7 April 2014
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French Polynesia president loses parliamentary immunity
The French Senate has lifted the parliamentary immunity of French Polynesia's president, Gaston Flosse, who in February was charged with abuse of public funds by arranging free water supply to...
Updated at 3:10 pm on 3 April 2014
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Call for Tahiti's Flosse to drop le Monde defamation case
Reports from French Polynesia say the prosecutor has suggested that a defamation case brought by the president, Gaston Flosse, against the French newspaper Le Monde be thrown out. It was...
Updated at 2:46 pm on 2 April 2014
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Tahiti woman politician suggested for Paris seat
The French Polynesian president, Gaston Flosse, says he will suggest that his party nominate a woman for the likely by-election for a seat in the French National Assembly. A by-election...
Updated at 2:46 pm on 31 March 2014
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French-imposed laws not applicable in territories
New rules imposed by France on communes in French Polynesia are prompting ongoing strikes by municipal workers. The 'communal public service' rules seek to stop cronyism and the appointment of...
Updated at 4:50 am on 26 March 2014
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French Polynesian workers maintain strike pending meeting with President
Municipal workers on strike in French Polynesia are set to continue, pending a meeting with the President tomorrow. The workers are reacting against new rules imposed by the French government,...
Updated at 7:25 pm on 25 March 2014
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Mayoral win for ruling party in French Polynesia election first round
French Polynesia's ruling Tahoeraa Huiraatira has regained the mayoralty of Pirae in the first round of the municipal election. Edouard Fritch defeated the incumbent Beatrice Vernaudon by securing more than...
Updated at 8:13 am on 25 March 2014
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French Polynesia votes in municipal election
Voters in French Polynesia are going to the polls in municipal elections as polling has already ended in mainland France. 48 communes in French Polynesia are called to choose mayors.
Updated at 3:04 pm on 24 March 2014
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French Polynesia's Flosse on attack over bid to lift immunity
French Polynesia's president, Gaston Flosse, has sharply attacked the judiciary and the French state after it became known that another bid has been made to lift the immunity he has...
Updated at 3:06 pm on 10 March 2014
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French Polynesia President attacks French after attempt to remove immunity
French Polynesia's president, Gaston Flosse, has sharply attacked the judiciary and the French state after it became known that another bid has been made to lift the immunity he has...
Updated at 8:22 am on 10 March 2014
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Request for immunity to be lifted on French Polynesia leader
The president of the French Senate has been asked to lift the parliamentary immunity of French Polynesia's president, Gaston Flosse. Reports say the request was lodged last weekend to allow...
Updated at 10:02 am on 7 March 2014
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French Polynesia seals deal with Chinese aquaculture company
The French Polynesian government says it has signed a deal with a Chinese company for a vast aquaculture project on Makemo, which will see investments worth 1.7 billion US dollars...
Updated at 7:16 pm on 26 February 2014
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President of French Polynesia charged with abuse of public funds
The president of French Polynesia, Gaston Flosse, has been charged with abuse of public funds. The charges relate to the town of Pirae paying for the water supply to the...
Updated at 5:45 pm on 21 February 2014
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Tahiti assembly president Fritch charged with abuse of public funds
The president of French Polynesia's territorial assembly, Edouard Fritch, has been charged with abuse of public funds. The charges relate to him having arranged that the town administration of Pirae...
Updated at 2:21 pm on 21 February 2014
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French Polynesian president lashes out at bank fees
French Polynesia's president, Gaston Flosse, has lashed out at local banks, saying with the fees they charge they are committing authorised theft. Mr Flosse says he regrets that the territorial...
Updated at 9:32 am on 10 February 2014
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Tahiti opposition politician decries colonial justice
The French Polynesian opposition politician, Oscar Temaru, says it is a disgrace that a corruption trial scheduled for this week has not gone ahead. The president, Gaston Flosse, and five...
Updated at 4:29 pm on 29 January 2014
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Flosse lawyer dismisses Tahiti atoll embezzlement charges
The lawyer acting for French Polynesia's president says the corruption accusations levelled against his client over a 2002 atoll purchase are baseless. The comment came after the week-long trial of...
Updated at 1:15 pm on 29 January 2014
