25 articles tagged "itaukei-affairs"
Funding limitations is one of the major challenges in filling iTaukei customary titles by the Ministry of iTaukei Affairs as the process remains costly and time-consuming across Fiji’s 14 provinces. Deputy Secret
Tui Namosi Ratu Suliano Matanitobua and Turaga na Tui Nayau Na Sau ni Vanua o Lau, Ratu Tevita Uluilakeba Mara are the new Deputy Chairs of the Great Council of Chiefs. The names of the two chiefs were recommended
The Ministry of iTaukei Affairs, with support from the Online Safety Commission, is taking proactive steps to regain control of its facebook page. The Ministry’s page was hacked on Thursday, being used to upload
A dream has become a reality for Josaia Turagacati, who owns Blade Lines Barber Shop after he was selected as one of the 10 first recipients to receive the Business Ready Support Scheme Grant that is implemented by the
Roma villagers in Naitasiri are tired of raising the issues of their road conditions at district and council meetings where the only response they get is that the matter has been raised to the government. While spe
The Naitasiri Provincial Council has agreed for Fiji to adopt the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Naitasiri Provincial Council Chairman, Ratu Jone Baledrokadroka says this declaratio
Forty-five villages in Fiji will be relocated as they have been impacted by climate change. The Permanent Secretary for i-Taukei Affairs, Pita Tagicakirewa, says the whole of Fiji is prone to climate change, even i
As sea levels are rising, more frequent storms are being experienced and certain plants and animals species are gradually disappearing, representatives from 14 provinces today had a meeting to raise their issues of clim
The landowners of Serua believe in safeguarding the rights of iTaukei resources. Chairman of the Serua Provincial Council, Tevita Boseiwaqa highlighted this and says they need to get a fair share of the benefits fr
Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has urged the leaders and the people of Kadavu to inform the government if a budgeted project has not started as yet because he has been informed by the Ministry for Finance that the funds
It is important now to begin to look at how the iTaukei can engage in entrepreneurship apart from other ethnic groups as a cause of their source of socio-economic conditions and see how land can be utilised. This h
The temporary suspension of the i-Taukei Land Trust Board’s consultations on Crown Grant and the Native Grant land is due to the establishment of a Steering Group by the Cabinet, tasked with developing a structured po
The Turaga na Tui Cakau, Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu has reminded the chiefs who are part of the Cakaudrove Provincial Council Meeting about the importance of advocating for the value of education among youths in the commun
Good news for students in Vanuabalavu as the Vanuabalavu Festival Committee has collected $115,405 for the development and refurbishment of Adi Maopa Secondary School and Wainiqelei Circuit School. The festival co
Sports can be a weapon to minimise issues such as drugs and teenage pregnancy which is prevalent in iTaukei communities. While speaking to fijivillage News, former Nakavu Village headman, Mitieli Nanita Moceyawa s
A landowner from Naitasiri has requested the Government to put a ban on those landowners going overseas under the PALM Seasonal Worker Scheme as most of the villages are starting to empty out. The landowner says mo
The people of Serua Province are asking for assistance from Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka if he can assist the province with an investor that can invest in opening a bottled water factory at Navutulevu Village, where t
The people of Namosi have questioned the Prime Minister as to how Gold Rock Investment Limited was given a license to operate a quarry business in Wainadoi after the Village Headman of Mau, Ananaiasa Roko alleged that t
Attorney General Siromi Turaga has called on members of the Lomaiviti Provincial Council to ensure that good teachings are being conducted in a household to prevent a disastrous future for Fiji. While speaking at
Minister for iTaukei Affairs Ifereimi Vasu will chair the Great Council of Chiefs meeting on Wednesday after the opening by President, Ratu Wiliame Katonivere on Bau Island. Vasu says cabinet has approved the iTauk
