95 articles tagged "gcc"
Former Republic of Fiji Military Forces 3 FIR Commanding Officer and Wainibuka, Tailevu Chief, Ratu Viliame Seruvakula is the new chairman of the Great Council of Chiefs. Ratu Viliame was elected by members of the
As an elected politician I do not act only for the iTaukei, I’m the servant of all communities that call Fiji home. That was the message from Prime Minister, Sitiveni Rabuka as he opened the Great Council of Chie
Despite living in a community where males are always the head in everything, it does not diminish women to participate in meetings like the Great Council of Chiefs because some of us a born with chiefly titles. Thi
The Great Council of Chiefs traditional ceremony has just ended at the Yatu Lau Lagoon Resort. Prime Minister, Sitiveni Rabuka is the chief guest. Na Marama Bale na Roko Tui Dreketi, Ro Teimumu Kepa, Vunivalu
Na Marama Bale na Roko Tui Dreketi, Ro Teimumu Kepa, Vunivalu na Tui Kaba, Ratu Epenisa Cakobau and the Turaga Bale na Tui Cakau, Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu are amongst the six nominees to take up the Great Council of Chie
The people of Bau Island will be hosting dignitaries from Maori, Samoa and Hawaii today. Spokesperson for the Roko Tui Bau Kinijoji Toganivalu told fijivillage News that the dignitaries will be having a talanoa ses
The Minister for i-Taukei Affairs Ifereimi Vasu has confirmed today that the Chairman of the Great Council of Chiefs will be appointed at the GCC meeting that will be held next Wednesday and Thursday at the Yatu Lau Lag
The 2024 Great Council of Chiefs meeting will be held at the Yatu Lau Lagoon Resort in Pacific Harbour next week. The Ministry of i-Taukei Affairs has confirmed that the meeting will be held next Wednesday and Th
The Great Council of Chiefs will meet on the 28th and 29th of February. Cabinet has endorsed the iTaukei Affairs (Great Council of Chiefs) Regulations 2024. The regulations are intended to ensure that the GCC
Today marks the momentous occasion as Turaga na Tui Suva, Sanaila Madanavosa traditionally approved the reconstruction of the Vale ni Bose or the Great Council of Chiefs Complex. Madanavosa says this was a histori
The reconstruction of the destroyed Vale ni Bose formerly know as the Great Council of Chiefs building at Queen Elizabeth Drive is currently underway following a tender process which saw Pacific Building Solutions selec
The Great Council of Chiefs building which burned down in 2019, is expected to be completed by the end of January 2025. While highlighting the Ministry's achievements of 2023, Minister for i-Taukei Affairs Ifereim
The Great Council of Chiefs will be able to sit in the next 12 months to 2 years as the Government has enacted the i-Taukei Land Trust Amendment Bill last month. While speaking on the Attorney General’s Office an
iTaukei communities are now being targeted to be assisted with innovative poverty elimination plans and sustainable rural development. Minister for iTaukei Affairs, Ifereimi Vasu says the Great Council of Chiefs to
As a Great Council of Chiefs delegation departs for China today, Minister for iTaukei Affairs Ifereimi Vasu says main agenda for this visit is to learn from China's successful poverty alleviation and rural development s
FijiFirst MP Viliame Naupoto says the Great Council of Chiefs is the westernisation of a very traditional iTaukei governance system. While debating on the iTaukei Affairs (Amendment) Bill 2023 which will allow the
Opposition MP Jone Usamate has claimed in Parliament that the Attorney General Siromi Turaga is giving wrong advice to the government and the Great Council of Chiefs meeting that was held in May was illegal, while Turag
The Great Council of Chiefs Regulation 2023 guided the appointing of the chiefs to the GCC through the Ministry of iTaukei Affairs. Minister for iTaukei Affairs, Ifereimi Vasu says the criteria for membership remai
Two bills to amend the iTaukei Affairs Act and iTaukei Trust Fund Act will be presented to cabinet during their next meeting to allow for the total reinstatement of the Great Council of Chiefs. While making the ann
The University of Fiji says the only role they can see for the Great Council of Chiefs that will be meaningful in the 21st century and survive in centuries to come, is that of service. Uni Fiji Vice-Chancellor Prof
