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The Constitutional Officers' Commission has announced the appointment of New Zealand-based lawyer Dr. Maurice Coughlan as the new Supervisor of Elections. Commission Chairman Rishi Ram confirmed that they have concl
The Electoral Commission has confirmed that they had recommended in their presentation to the National Council for Building a Better Fiji, that the current Electoral Act is undemocratic. Commission Chairman, M.R. Khan
Ousted Prime Minister and leader of the SDL Party, Laisenia Qarase said it was not right for the NCBBF team to go to President Ratu Josefa Iloilo asking him to hold a forum to change the Electoral Act. Qarase said it is
American Ambassador to Fiji Larry Dinger has urged members of the Fiji-US Chamber of Commerce to encourage a return to normal governance, via free and fair elections as soon as possible. While speaking a the Fiji-US Cha
A Methodist Church minister, who has raised serious concern about some churches using school dropouts as young as 12 years to be evangelists, said the parents and churches should take action to stop the practice now. Th
The Ministry of Agriculture supports the call by Rewa Rice Chairman, Hari Pal Singh for landowners to utilize their land and plant rice noting the current shortage in the world market. Singh had earlier called for peopl
Police are investigating the death of a nine-month-old baby at his home last night. Deputy Divisional Crime Officer ASP Waisea Kadawa said Krishneel Singh of Saweni Lautoka was found dead by his parents at about 11pm.
The Electoral Commission has stressed that it is still independent and their presentation to the National Council for Building a Better Fiji meeting on Tuesday was part of their awareness program. Commission Chairman M.
The Constituency Boundaries Commission today denied claims that they had proposed to the National Council for Building a Better Fiji to make changes to the Electoral Act. Chairman Suresh Chandra said they did not propo
Ousted Prime Minister and leader of the SDL Party Laisenia Qarase said there is now total confusion after the NCBBF announced that the current electoral system will be changed, as they do not have the constitutional righ
A mini van driver has been rushed to the Lautoka Hospital after a serious road accident in Sigatoka at about 8am. Sigatoka Police confirmed the minivan was travelling towards Lomawai from Sigatoka when it went on the o
The National Council for Building a Better Fiji stresses that it is now actively looking at changes to the current electoral system after the Constituency Boundaries Commission and the Electoral Commission advised the co
Co-Chair of the National Council for Building a Better Fiji, Archbishop Petero Mataca will appear in a special talkback on Fijivillage on Legend FM Live Radio today. Archbishop Mataca has agreed to come on the special t
Naitasiri high chief and SDL patron Ratu Inoke Takiveikata said the party has already identified the person to be the next president of the SDL party after Ratu Kalokalo Loki resigned last month. Speaking to FijiVillage
Fiji Sports Council Co-Chairman Rajendra Chaudhry has stressed that he has not resigned from his post and has voluntarily stepped aside until the case brought against him is dealt with by the court. Chaudhry told FijiVi
Interim Finance Minister Mahendra Chaudhry presented a paper to the National Council for Building a Better Fiji yesterday and stated that the media was imposing its own views on the people of Fiji and is therefore denyin
A 21-year-old shoeshine boy, who allegedly stabbed his younger brother on Monday evening in Navakai, Nadi, has been charged with acting with intent to cause grievous harm. Assistant Police PRO Corporal Josaia Weicavu sa
The Fiji Taxi Union has written to the Land Transport Authority raising concerns in the manner in which LTA officers on the roads are conducting smoke tests on diesel operated vehicles. General Secretary, Rishi Ram said
The Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption today said that Suva Lawyer Rajendra Chaudhry's comments that FICAC is incompetent is an insult to the law fraternity. FICAC Spokeswoman Maraia Vavaitamana, has als
The application by Lautoka Magistrate Sayed Mukhtar Shah to stop the Independent Inquiry into the Magistrates Court by Justice John Connors has been denied by High Court Judge Justice Jocyln Scutt. In her ruling Judge S
