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With the rising prices of several goods, the Interim Finance Minister said there are no plans to make Cost of Living Adjustment payments for civil servants this year. Mahendra Chaudhry agrees that the plight of the poor
The Interim Finance Minister has today stressed that two newspaper outlets have a personal agenda against him and the interim government as they have not published his explanations in relation to the recent attacks print
It is simply not practicable to identify all the prerogative powers vested up the President of Fiji. Those are the words of state lawyer, Queens Counsel Gerad McCoy in the case to determine the legality or otherwise of
Lawyer representing the state in the December 2006 case, Queens Counsel Guy Reynolds said the people of Fiji should trust in President, Ratu Josefa Iloilo to exercise his discretion and powers appropriately following the
President Ratu Josefa Iloilo was put in an awful situation during the months of December going into January 2007 where he had to act due to a vacuum in the governance of Fiji and no government that seemed to be in power
Those were the words of one of the Queens Counsels representing the interim government and others, Guy Reynolds, as he made submissions in the case filed by Ousted Prime Minister, Laisenia Qarase and others against Commo
People are finding it really hard coping with water cuts. Fijivillage News visited residents of Tacirua, Cunningham and 8 miles who are currently facing water cuts. Here is what they had to say: Some even say their
Prices of some food items are bound to increase as they are subject to global supply and demand factors. Interim Prime Minister Commodore Frank Bainimarama in a press statement today said the Interim Administration is d
Fiji Media Council Chairman Daryle Tarte has raised his concerned on the way the interim government is treating the media after Interim Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khiayum summoned the Fiji Times Publisher Evan Hannah t
There are only two sections in the 1997 constitution which deals with the appointment and dismissal of the prime minister. The lawyer for ousted Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase, QC Nye Perram, said there is no other way
The High Court should determine how Army Commander Commodore Frank Bainimarama assumed executive authority and became the President in December 2006. The lawyer for ousted Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase, Queens Counsel
It’s time to act said President of the Suva Grammar School Parents Teachers Association committee Commander Viliame Naupoto following several comments about the low academic performance at Grammar. Naupoto said th
As the December 5th 2006 case continues in the High Court, Queens Counsel representing the ousted Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase and other has stressed that they do not seek to review the decisions of the President Ratu
Queens Counsel representing ousted Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase and others stressed that there were no legal powers in play in the actions from December 5th, 2006 to the appointment of the interim government by the Pre
As the December 5th 2006 case continues in the High Court, the lawyer for Commodore Frank Bainimarama and others, Gerard McCoy has today produced a document which shows that almost all of the SDL ministers had applied an
My government was not dysfunctional and everything was running smoothly leading up to the events of December 5th, 2006. Those were the words of Ousted Laisenia Qarase while being cross examined by the lawyer for Commodo
The lawyer for Commodore Bainimarama and others in the December 2006 High Court case, Gerard McCoy has questioned Ousted Prime Minister, Laisenia Qarase why he did not commence court proceedings straight after the events
Ousted Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase had requested the Prime Minister's Office to pay him pension he would be entitled to as a former Prime Minister of Fiji, only three days after the interim government was sworn in
The lawyer for Bainimarama and others, McCoy maintained to Qarase that it was not a letter of enquiry but a letter to confirm his decision that he had accepted that he was the Former PM. Qarase maintained that he is sti
The man whose government was ousted in 2006 took the witness stand today to try to prove to the High Court that the events of December 5th were illegal. After some adjournments, Ousted Prime Minister, Laisenia Qarase to
