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Judge rules case to answer in trafficking trial

There is a case to answer. That was the ruling made by Suva High Court Judge, Justice Paul Madigan this morning in relation to the trial against Inoke Raikadroka and Mohammed Sagaitu.  Raikadroka is charge

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Key stressed the return of Fiji to Pacific Islands Forum.

New Zealand Prime Minister John Key is reiterating potential support for Fiji to return to the Pacific Islands Forum. Key’s comments come as he leaves for a tour to visit Samoa, Tonga and Niue. Key says th

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5 still in hospital following bus accident

Five people are still recovering at the CWM hospital after receiving injuries in a bus accident at Kubukawa Road in Makoi 8 miles on Wednesday morning. Police spokesperson Inspector Atunaisa Sokomuri said two studen

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Fiji U20 soccer team creates history

The Vodafone Fiji Under 20 Soccer team have created history by becoming the first team to qualify for the FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand next year.  Fiji managed to defeat the Solomon Islands 2-1 in their l

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FRU elects new board members after vote of no confidence

A vote of no confidence in the Fiji Rugby Union national council elected board members were tabled by Lautoka Rugby Union in the FRU AGM in Nadi today.  The vote of no confidence was against FRU board members,

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FijiFirst now a registered party

The FijiFirst is now a registered political party. FijiFirst Leader, Voreqe Bainimarama said he is glad to receive the news that FijiFirst is now registered, after having fully complied with the provisions of the re

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Proposed FijiFirst responds to objections

The proposed General Secretary of the proposed FijiFirst, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum has invited the Registrar of Political Parties to reject all the objections against the proposed party as he said that the objections lack me

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Fourth phase of voter registration to begin tomorrow

The fourth phase of voter registration will start in the country from tomorrow. Supervisor of Elections, Mohammed Saneem said they have 554,566 voters registered so far. Saneem said voter registration officials

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I will file my nomination - Chaudhry

Fiji Labour Party Leader, Mahendra Chaudhry said he will hold on to the leadership of the FLP and file his nomination to contest the September 17th general elections. Although Chaudhry is ineligible to contest the g

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Beddoes seeks police investigation update

The United Front for a Democratic Fiji spokesperson, Mick Beddoes has written to the Police Commissioner, Major General Bernardus Groenewald to provide an update on their complaints filed against the proposed FijiFirst.

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Proposed FijiFirst asked to respond to objections

Six objections have been received in relation to the registration of the proposed FijiFirst Party. Supervisor of Elections and Registrar of Political Parties, Mohammed Saneem said they are now awaiting the response

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NLC plans to take VKB registration issue to Minister

The Native Land Commission is planning to take up an issue to the Minister for iTaukei Affairs soon which relates to the non-registration of children in the Vola Ni Kawa Bula whose father is non iTaukei and mother is iT

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SODELPA joins other parties in criticizing health system

With less than four months remaining for the general elections, another party is now raising concern about the health facilities and services in the country. The General Secretary of the Social Democratic Liberal P

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Man sentenced to 9 years for rape

A Tailevu villager who is convicted of one count of rape and one count of attempted rape involving a 10 year old girl has been sentenced to 9 years, eight months and three weeks in prison. The first incident happened o

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NFP reveals plans if elected into government

With less than four months to go for the general elections, the National Federation Party has revealed some concrete plans on what they will do if they are elected to form the next government.  While speaking

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Tourist allegedly drowns in Sigatoka

An Australian tourist has died while snorkeling along the Coral Coast in Sigatoka. The tourist from Melbourne was reporting missing on Saturday afternoon.   A government statement said that Fiji Police, resor

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NFP mum on campaign budget

The National Federation Party has refused to reveal how much has been budgeted to do their campaigns for the September 17th general elections. Leader Biman Prasad said many of their candidates may be sorting funds f

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