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Burns commends Fiji’s recent general election

The United States of America Deputy Secretary of State William Burns has commended Fiji’s recent general election and the way it was conducted. Deputy Secretary Burns highlighted this at a meeting with 14 Pac

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Current dry weather situation affecting water dams

The Water Authority of Fiji said the current dry weather situation is mostly affecting the water dams in the Central and Northern Divisions. CEO Opetaia Ravai said this is the reason why there are a lot of water cu

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Methodist Church strongly opposes Fiji being a secular state

The Methodist Church of Fiji said it will remain apolitical but it strongly opposes Fiji being a secular state. This follows the newsletter that was disseminated by the Secretary of the Christian Citizenship a

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Rev Naivalu refuses to speak about contents of letter

The Secretary of the Christian Citizenship and Social Services of the Methodist Church of Fiji, Reverend Iliesa Naivalu who is the author of a newsletter that was read out in some Methodist churches on the Sunday b

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Cabinet Ministers appointed at Government House

15 Ministers and 5 Assistant Ministers will be part of the Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama led cabinet. Prime Minister Bainimarama is also the Minister for i-Taukei Affairs and Sugar. Former Attorney General

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5 parties need to move on and accept the election result - PM

Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama stressed that the five parties including the Social Democratic Liberal Party need to move on and accept the election result and stop making allegations about the result without produci

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Bainimarama to announce his cabinet soon

Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama is expected to choose his cabinet ministers in the next few days. The FijiFirst has secured 32 seats in parliament and Bainimarama will now assess and decide on who takes up minis

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FijiFirst secures 32 out of the 50 Parliament Seats

The FijiFirst Party will form the next government as it has secured 32 out of the 50 seats in the new parliament. Fijivillage has also received confirmation that FijiFirst Leader Voreqe Bainimarama wil

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Elections was free and fair - Elections Office

The Chairman of the Electoral Commission, Chen Bunn Young stressed that the 2014 general election was conducted in a free and fair manner. While speaking in a press conference in the last hour, Young said that

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FijiFirst in a comfortable lead so far

The Voreqe Bainimarama led FijiFirst continues to enjoy a comfortable lead in the 2014 general elections with 70 percent of the results from the polling stations released. Based on the provisional results and on

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2014 General Election count begins

It is now 2014 General Election Night and it is results time as the whole nation including the seven political parties and two independents await the outcome of this year’s polls. The FijiFirst has 50 candida

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