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Tuvaluan director champions Pacific voices in new film, Bati
Pacific Media Network
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Tuvaluan filmmaker Andrew John Fakaua Ponton is set to launch his first feature film, Bati, at the New Zealand International Film Festival (NZIFF) in August. The film will premiere in Auckland on 9 and 10 August, followed by screenings in...
Love Island USA: Cierra Ortega’s Parents Speak Out After Racism Scandal & Shocking Exit
Screen Rant
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July 7, 2025
Love Island USA star Cierra Ortega's parents have come to her defense after her shocking exit from the show. Cierra has been competing on Love Island USA season 7 since the very beginning, having entered the villa in Fiji as a bomshell early on....
King Tupou VI and Queen Nanasipau’u of Tonga to begin historic State visit to Fiji today
Fijivillage
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King Tupou VI and Queen Nanasipau’u of Tonga to begin historic State visit to Fiji today King Tupou VI and Queen Nanasipau’u, of the Kingdom of Tonga. [Image: Fiji Government] In a landmark diplomatic engagement for the Pacific region, Fiji will...
Love Island Star Cierra Ortega Speaks Out After Her Abrupt Exit From the Villa
Glamour
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July 7, 2025
Love Island USA brought the drama on Sunday night’s episode—but not in a fun way. Cierra Ortega, a Love Island USA bombshell who entered the villa during episode one of the seventh season, made a shocking exit, and fans are reeling. For Love...
Love Island USA Stars’ Social Media: Who Runs It While They Are in the Villa?
Recently Heard
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July 7, 2025
The Love Island USA season 7 solid doesn’t have entry to their telephones whereas filming in Fiji — so who’s posting from their social media accounts? The Peacock collection, which premiered within the U.Ok. on ITV2 in 2002, follows a special...
Fiji's Prime Minister calls for treaty-level pact with Australia amid China concerns
Pacific Media Network
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Sitiveni Rabuka says he's interested in elevating Fiji's relationship with Australia to a treaty-level partnership, suggesting Fijians could serve in the Australian Defence Force (ADF). Addressing the National Press Club in Canberra this week, the...
Fiji looks to soften up Wallabies before Lions series
Japan Times
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July 2, 2025
Melbourne – All but forgotten in the hype of a British and Irish Lions tour, Fiji has gathered in a rain-soaked corner of eastern Australia to plot a confidence-killing defeat of Joe Schmidt's Wallabies. Fiji's Australian coach Mick Byrne has...
Another contestant leaves 'Love Island' early; what happened to Cierra
The North Jersey Record - New Jersey
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Love Island USA contestant Cierra Ortega left the show right before Sunday's episode aired. And once again, the show's production gave no explanation for her departure. This is the second contestant to abruptly leave the show's seventh season...
‘Love Island USA’ star Cierra Ortega abruptly exits show after racist posts resurface — and her family speaks out
New York Post
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July 7, 2025
Not so lovely. “Love Island USA” star Cierra Ortega, 25, made a shocking and abrupt exit from the Peacock reality dating series on Sunday. On Sunday, narrator Iain Stirling made the vague announcement that Ortega left the American version of the...
Trade wars: Kuala Lumpur says no to United States' waste
Asia News
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July 3, 2025
On 1 July, a ban came into force on countries that are not signatories to the Basel Convention, the international treaty against the transport of hazardous waste, including plastic. In 2024, 35,000 tonnes of rubbish arrived in Malaysia from the...
Fiji PM Says Chinese Military Base in the Pacific ‘Not Welcome’
The Epoch Times
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July 3, 2025
Fiji's Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka speaks to media during a joint press conference with New Zealand's Prime Minister Chris Hipkins at Parliament in the Wellington on June 7, 2023. (Photo by Marty MELVILLE / AFP) Photo by MARTY MELVILLE/AFP via...
Understrength ACT Brumbies eye ‘big opportunity’ against British & Irish Lions
The Straits Times
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July 7, 2025
Canberra – Coach Stephen Larkham said on July 7 that the ACT Brumbies have a “big opportunity” against the British and Irish Lions, but admitted they face a tough task with a team stripped of key Wallabies. The Brumbies are the strongest of...
“Chessum vs Hooper” – 3 Key Battles: British & Irish Lions vs Brumbies
Ruck
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July 7, 2025
The British & Irish Lions’ 2025 tour of Australia rolls into Canberra, as Andy Farrell’s side take on Super Rugby’s best-performing Australian franchise, the ACT Brumbies. With just one more warm-up fixture after this before the Test series...
Love Island USA’s Belle-A Walker Addresses Cierra Ortega’s Exit
E! News - Canada
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July 7, 2025
"The threats. The cruel messages. The attacks on her family, her friends, even her supporters, it's heartbreaking," they continued. "It's uncalled for. And no one deserves that kind of hate, no matter what mistake they've made." Cierra's parents...
Love Island USA Season 7 Episode 31 – Release Date, Schedule, How To Watch
Newsweek
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July 7, 2025
Entertainment gossip and news from Newsweek's network of contributors It was a dramatic weekend in the villa with the departure of Cierra Ortega, who was said to have "left the villa for personal reasons", leaving Nic Vansteenberghe open to new...
Why Did Cierra Ortega Leave ‘Love Island USA’? Here’s The Latest On The Controversy
Forbes
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LOVE ISLAND USA — Episode 726 — Pictured: Cierra Ortega — (Photo by: Ben Symons/Peacock via Getty ... More Images)Ben Symons/Peacock via Getty Images Love Island USA Season 7 contestant Cierra Ortega is no longer in the villa, becoming the second...
‘Love Island USA’ star Cierra Ortega makes sudden exit after past racial slurs resurface
Page Six
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July 7, 2025
Cierra Ortega has left the villa. Narrator Iain Stirling revealed the contestant’s shocking “Love Island USA” departure on Sunday’s episode of the reality show, explaining that she left due to “personal reasons.” No further details were given...
President backs remote civil servants
FBC News
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July 3, 2025
[Source: Fiji Government/Facebook] Too many hardworking civil servants in Fiji’s remote and rural areas are still being left out of national recognition, says President Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu. Speaking at a Civil Service Medal awards ceremony at...
‘Love Island’ Dumps Contestant Cierra Ortega After Posts Using Racial Slur Surface
Rolling Stone
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July 7, 2025
The 25-year-old is no longer in the villa, but has not yet returned home and her parents have pleaded for "compassion, for patience, for basic human decency" from the show's intense fanbase Love Island Season Seven bombshell Cierra Ortega has been...
Fiji missing out on cocoa potentials
The Fiji Times
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July 3, 2025
BLUE Phoenix Group Limited owner Darius Singh said Fiji must position itself as a serious player in the global cocoa industry, with international prices hitting record highs and demand outpacing supply. Mr Singh told attendees present at the...