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The Ten Wages Councils have agreed to revisit some of its proposals on the increase in wages in various sectors after a meeting with the Fiji Employers Federation. FEF President Dixon Seeto said the employers were serio
Interim Prime Minister, Commodore Frank Bainimarama today stressed to the chiefs who are present at the Bose ni Turaga at the Army Barracks that the Peoples Charter will be the way back to democracy. Speaking to the mor
Nasinu Mayor, Rajeshwar Kumar has been suspended and has questioned the actions of the Interim Government for taking such an action againt him. In a press conference, Kumar's Lawyer Rajendra Chaudhry confirmed that
The Former Prime Minister said their meeting with the two Interlocutors went fairly well with some differences in opinion ironed out today. SDL Leader Laisenia Qarase said their view that the People's Charter be exc
Officers from the Strike Back team are questioning a man who was allegedly involved in the robbery at the Kundan Singh Service station at Princes Road last Thursday morning. He was arrested in Raiwaqa by the strike back
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key has made it clear this hour that the NZ government will not amend its travel sanction policy against Fiji to suit the interim government. Key has revealed to the NZ media that he has
Labasa Magistrate Anare Tuilevuka sentenced a 28 year old man to six months imprisonment suspended for 2 years who pleaded guilty to the charges of unlawful possession of drugs. Police Prosecutor Dharmendra Kumar told t
The Foreign Minister of NZ, Murray McCulley said he does not know how the situation will play out today and he will speak directly to Commodore Bainimarama this afternoon. The NZ Labour Party Leader, Phil Goff said t
His Excellency, the President and Tui Vuda Ratu Josefa Iloilo, has called on the chiefs who are attending the Bose ni Turaga at Queen Elizabeth Barracks to have a broader perspective in taking the country forward.
The New Zealand government is expected to contact Fiji's Interim Prime Minister Commodore Frank Bainimarama this afternoon and hold talks on the reported planned expulsion of Acting NZ High Commissioner Caroline McDo
TVNZ journalist Barbara Dreaver has been deported back to NZ this morning. Dreaver was detained at the Nadi International Airport last night as she flew in to cover developments in relation to the Acting NZ High Commiss
Officers from the Strike Back Team are questioning a man who was allegedly involved in the robbery at the Kundan Singh service station on Princes Road last Thursday morning. He was arrested in Raiwaqa by the Strike Back
The Fiji Local Government Association president said they want the Review Committee's Report on the Local Government Act made public before January 31st next year. Peni Volavola said the interim government did not c
The New Zealand media is now reporting that the interim government is expected to expel the Acting NZ High Commissioner to Fiji Caroline McDonald later today. TV3, TVNZ and Radio New Zealand are saying that Interim Pri
While some high chiefs from the 3 vanua confederacies in Fiji have decided not to be part of the Bose ni Turaga which starts at the Army Barracks this morning, it has not stopped the vanua chiefs to be part of the 2 day
The Bose ni Turaga meeting today will determine the future of the new look Great Council of Chiefs. Fijian Affairs Ministry media liaison officer Kini Rarubi said the 185 chiefs called the Turaga i Taukei will determine
If those that continue to criticize the Charter were to do an about turn and support it, we would be really surprised. These are the words of NCBBF Technical, Assistance and Support Secretariat Head John Samy on those t
National airline Air Pacific is closely reviewing the fuel price and will make further reductions in the fuel surcharge next year should prices maintain levels that the company can sustain. Managing director and chief e
The impacts of the global financial crisis could force the Reserve Bank of Fiji to revise downwards the economic projections heading into the new year. In their November Monetary Policy Statement, RBF Governor Savenaca
President Ratu Josefa Iloilo this afternoon thanked the NCBBF members for their comprehensive work and said he appreciated their efforts as he was handed the final version of the People’s Charter. After beginning
