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President’s message for Fiji Day

Fiji Day is a time to remember our past experiences, to celebrate our present achievements and to look positively to the future. These are the words of the President His Excellency Ratu Epeli Nailatikau in his Fiji Day

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Body found floating at foreshore

Police have confirmed that the body found floating at the Suva foreshore this morning is of an Indo-fijian man. The man is in his 50s however full identification is still unknown. It’s also not clear how he ende

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Wallabies through to semis

The Wallabies have toppled the Rugby World Cup defending champions, South Africa in a trench warfare thriller of a quarterfinal last night. Robbie Deans men looked down and out as they soaked up a huge defence load and

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75 cases of overcharging by retailers

Seventy five cases of retailers overcharging customers have been received by the Commerce Commission this year. Chief Executive Officer Bobby Maharaj said they have resolved 19 cases involving supermarkets and small sho

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Russia congratulates Fiji on independence anniversary

The Russian government has sent a message to the Fiji Government congratulating the people on the occasion of the 41st anniversary of Fiji’s independence. Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergey Lavrov in his mess

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Wales and France to meet in first semi

The Wales team has engraved their name in Rugby World Cup history after booking their second semifinal since 1987 with a 22-10 victory over Ireland in Wellington last night. Early in the first half, the smallest man on

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More pharmacies likely to face suspension

More pharmacies are highly likely to face suspension pending investigations against retail pharmacies in the country. The Health Minister Doctor Neil Sharma said that so far preliminary foreclosure notices have been giv

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Parents urged to look after their children

The Land Transport Authority is calling on parents to closely monitor their children during the long public holiday following a fatal accident involving a child. According to Police and LTA, the student has died after h

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Police get complaint for Air Pacific regarding employee

Police have confirmed receiving a complaint from Air Pacific with regards to an employee allegedly breaching the company’s Code of Conduct. Director Operations, ACP Henry Brown said investigations are in their ini

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Fiji Day celebrations start

41 years ago, on the 10th of October 1970, the Fijian flag was raised for the first time at Albert Park when Fiji became an independent state. It was a historic day which saw the end of British rule and the beginning of

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Flying Fijians management and players to be interviewed

The Fiji Rugby Union has set up a board of inquiry to interview all of the 19 management team and the 30 players who represented the Flying Fijians to the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. FRU board chairman Colonel Moses

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Inquiry into Fiji’s RWC performance to begin soon

The Fiji Rugby Union board is currently meeting to set up a terms of reference to carry out a full inquiry to ascertain the reasons behind the disappointing performance of the Fiji team in the Rugby World Cup. Before go

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Proper inquiry will be held - Tikoitoga

The Fiji Rugby Union board will not rush into making any decisions and a proper inquiry will be held to ascertain the reasons behind the disappointing performance of the Fiji team in the Rugby World Cup. FRU Chairman Co

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Rajesh Patel is new Fiji Football President

Businessman Rajesh Patel is the new president of the Fiji Football Association. Patel won the Fiji FA presidential election last night with a landslide victory against second candidate Shailendra Prasad. Patel received

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Things will change-FFA opposing candidates

Promises have been made by both Fiji Football Association Presidential candidates that we will not see the sacking of National soccer coaches almost on an annual basis and the coach will also have the final say on the N

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How much does Fiji FA get from FIFA?

Both of the Fiji Football Association Presidential candidates for tonight did not reveal the amount of funding the Fiji FA received on an annual basis from the World Soccer governing body, FIFA in our special talkback on

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Fiji FA to have new President

A new person will run the show at the Fiji Football Association office from tomorrow after 26 years of Doctor Muhammad Samshud Dean Sahu Khan’s reign as the President. Dr Sahu Khan who has been holding the post si

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Will Tabua come back?

As the Fiji Rugby Union board gets ready to meet to decide on the future of Fiji rugby, there are indications that there will be changes in the coaching structure amongst other things after our disappointing performance

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Right people should select the best national team

Your team will be as strong as the players you pick. That is the statement of former Wallaby and Fiji’s 2007 Rugby World Cup coach, Ilivasi Tabua as the Fiji Rugby Union board gets ready to sit on Thursday to deci

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Heads may roll following FRU board meeting

Tough decisions will be made on Thursday by the board of the Fiji Rugby Union after the Fiji 15s team’s disappointing performance in this year’s Rugby World Cup. There are indications that some of the coac

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