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With one hour remaining for polling stations to close around the country, more than 527,000 people are expected to cast their vote at 1,460 polling stations. Supervisor of Elections, Mohammed Saneem is urging voter
With three hours remaining for people to cast their votes, Supervisor of Elections Mohamed Saneem has stressed that people who have lost their voter ID cards can still cast their vote. At a press conference this
More than 527,000 people are expected to cast their vote at 1460 polling stations around the country. Supervisor of Elections Mohammed Saneem confirmed at a press conference this morning that 598 polling station
Around 5.30 this morning members of the public were already lining up in front of various polling stations eager to cast their votes. The registered voters also said that they were surprised how the Fijian Election
Provisional results from majority of the polling stations for the 2014 general elections will be known tomorrow night. Supervisor of Elections, Mohammed Saneem confirmed that live updates of the provisional results
Preliminary figures indicate that 49 thousand 505 registered voters cast their votes during the pre-polling period which ends today. Supervisor of Elections, Mohammed Saneem said they are yet to receive some figure
Commissioner of Police Ben Groenewald is urging all political parties, candidates, members of the media and the public to abide by the restrictions of the Electoral Decree as the country has entered the political campai
The political campaign blackout period is now in force and will finish at 6pm Wednesday when polling closes around the country. Supervisor of Elections, Mohammed Saneem has confirmed that all campaign material was
Be alert as our role and responsibility is very critical next week with the general elections to be held next Wednesday. Those were the words of the Commander of the 3FIR Unit, Lieutenant Colonel Manoa Gadai to the
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama said that he is happy that none of the 45 Fijian UN peacekeepers were harmed while they were held in Syria. This is after the soldiers were released. Bainimarama said all the
A video has now been released of the 45 Fijian UN peacekeepers who are held in Syria. In the video, the 45 peacekeepers are seen sitting behind two men. One of our peacekeepers, Captain Savenaca Siwatibau Rabu
Suva will not be allowed to burn as it did in 2000 in one of the most disgraceful episodes in our nation’s history. Those are the words of Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama while speaking at the launch of Fi
The Social Democratic Liberal Party confirmed that the former SDL led government did transfer i-Taukei land to state land and then freehold land when it was dealing with the Momi land. One of the SODELPA campaigner
Fiji’s Ambassador-At-Large Major General Ioane Naivalurua said that all efforts to release the Fijian peacekeepers are continuing. The Fijian envoy who is in New York to work on the release of the Fijia
Some of the politicians are using land as a political football before the general election. These are the comments of the FijiFirst leader Voreqe Bainimarama after he was asked to clarify the Land Use Decree during
The Social Democratic Liberal Party Leader Ro Teimumu Kepa has reiterated that she will be appearing on the special elections talkback, Straight Talk with FijiFirst Leader Voreqe Bainimarama. SODELPA spokesperson S
Police have now classified the case of a 12-year-old girl as alleged murder who was found dead by her father at their home in Samabula on Sunday. Police spokesperson Ana Naisoro confirmed this is after looking at t
The common name for all citizens was not Fiji Islanders under the 1997 constitution. Although some parties have been saying that they want the common name to be Fiji Islander as in the 1997 constitution, it is not
Members of the Republic of the Fiji Military Forces lined up to cast their votes at Reverend Tuvasu Hall at QEB today as pre-polling continues in the interior of Viti Levu, Vanua Levu and on the islands in Lomaiviti and
The FijiFirst Party states that it will continue with its stand to strongly oppose racial discrimination if it forms the next government after the September 17th general elections. Speaking to more than a thousand
