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The Fijian Elections Office has requested Facebook to shut down an account which is known by the name of “Jay Jayâ€, because this account is spreading misinformation around candidate numbers for the elections. T
People’s Alliance Leader, Sitiveni Rabuka has raised concerns about the state of the media in Fiji, and stresses that they will scrap the oppressive undemocratic media legislation because it has no place in the kind o
The General Secretary of FijiFirst Party Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum claims during the 2000 coup, women in Dreketi were forced to get naked and cook while the Leader of the National Federation Party, Professor Biman Prasad says
FijiFirst Party General Secretary and Minister for Housing, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says titles for residents of Waidamudamu Settlement in Nausori will be issued in the next 1 and a half month to 2 months. Sayed-Khaiyu
There were 2 lives lost in fatal road accidents over the weekend. The first was a 29-year-old man who was a passenger in a car driven by a 28-year-old man on Friday night along Princes Road near Colo-i-Suva. T
FijiFirst General Secretary Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says the Fiji Labour Party has candidates who are bhajaniyas (bhajan singers) and they do not have the capability to stand in the parliament and speak, while the Fiji Labo
Reserve Bank of Fiji Governor, Ariff Ali says Unity Fiji candidate, Mohammed Riyaz Khan has made some unsubstantiated and false allegations. Ali says with regards to the proceeds of the borrowing from RBF being use
606,092 voters will be eligible to vote on the 14th of next month, while 77,907 voters will vote during pre-polling that starts on the 5th of next month, according to the Supervisor of Elections Mohammed Saneem. Sa
A 36-year-old woman is in police custody after she allegedly stabbed a 34-year-old man during a drinking party in Kashmir, Lautoka, yesterday morning. Chief Operations Officer Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP)
The complaint by Unity Fiji supporter and former Opposition Leader Mick Beddoes has been dismissed by the Supervisor of Elections, Mohammed Saneem. In dismissing the complaint, Saneem found that Beddoes is incorrec
Supervisor of Elections, Mohammed Saneem has referred FijiFirst candidate, Alexander O’Connor to the Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption for probable breach of Section 113(3), (4) and 141 of the Electoral A
Villagers of Vusama in Nadroga are calling on the government to assist in their water problems that has existed for decades. Village Headman Saula Nadokonivalu says the call for water assistance started from their
A former economist of the Reserve Bank of Fiji and Unity Fiji Party candidate, Mohammed Khan says in the fourth quarter of 2018 and the first quarter of 2019, the government took a $100 million loan from RBF to pay for
It is the time to both celebrate and take pride in our collective achievements but to also ask ourselves, what more is needed to truly eliminate violence against all women and girls from the country. Minister for W
“We have been hearing stories of this water issue so many times in this council meeting and it is like an old tale as nothing is done about itâ€. Those were the words of Ratu Tuakitau Cokanauto as he raised the
People’s Alliance Leader, Sitiveni Rabuka says Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama talks about building the seawall in Rabuka’s village and flying on his plane to go to America but he wants to tell Bainimarama that th
The Health Ministry has noted an increase in COVID-19 cases in the country. From last Thursday to yesterday, the Ministry recorded 68 new COVID-19 cases. Permanent Secretary for Health, Dr James Fong says the
FijiFirst Leader, Voreqe Bainimarama says political party leaders such as Mahendra Chaudhry and Professor Biman Prasad are running around after hearing Bainimarama’s bloodshed statement. While speaking in the iT
People’s Alliance Deputy Leader, Manoa Kamikamica confirms that they will forgive the current TELS loans if they come into government after next month’s general elections and they will also replace the Tertiary Loan
The Fijian Elections Office is concerned with the low number of postal voter applications received for the general election, as the Supervisor of Elections, Mohammed Saneem says it could lead to a low turnout of voters.
