Fiji’s Prime Minster last week announced that a consultation process will take place on Fiji’s constitution between July and September. There has been speculation that this announcement would give an opportunity for a change in policy towards Fiji in Australia and New Zealand. New Zealand Foreign Minister, Murray McCully, has already broken ranks and begun to engage with Fiji. While Read more
Kiribati is investigating the purchase nearly 3,000 hectares on Fiji’s main island, Viti Levu. Kiribati President, Anote Tong, said fertile land, being sold by a church group for about $9.6 million, could be insurance for Kiribati’s entire population of 103,000, though he hopes it will never be necessary for everyone to leave. Tong said some villages have already Read more
Voreqe Bainimarama has condemned Australian and New Zealand policies in the Pacific while new power brokers are at work in their backyard. Shunned by Canberra and Wellington since Bainimarama’s 2006 coup, Fiji now has new friends – such as Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, making the first ever visit to the region by a Russian leader. Read more
The Fijian leader, Frank Bainimarama, has strongly denied claims made by two prominent former local journalists – writing in the New Zealand media – that he made three coup attempts before his successful takeover in December 2006. In his interview with Grubsheet in Suva, the Fijian leader said the allegations were “not true”. In the Read more
Thousands of Catholic in Fiji of Catholics attended services around the country to mark Ash Wednesday the first day of the Lentern period preceding Easter.
Lent a 40-day fast in which the faithful are called to engage in prayers, almsgiving and fasting occurs as they prepare for Easter.
Father Tavite Naiveli reminded his congregation of the importance of self discipline during lent at the Sacred Heart Cathedral yesterday.
“We have to change our hearts and prepare ourselves,” Fr Naiveli said.
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Resident in the squatter settlement of Tauvegavega in Ba are calling for help after three months without water Ashok Kumar, a resident in the area said even before the floods hit the area, there was no water in the taps. “There has been no water in the day or night and as a result the residents Read more
Because of the damaged caused by the Fiji floods, 165 students from Votua Catholic School have been relocated to Khalsa Primary and Khania Primary schools as part of contingency measures by the Education Ministry to minimise disruptions to classes. Prime Minister Commodore Bainimarama said the unity shown by students in the face of devastation caused Read more
A hearing has been set for four senior Methodist leaders in Fiji to face charges of organising and participating in a meeting in contravention of the Public Emergency Regulations in 2009. Suva lawyer Aseri Vakaloloma, who is representing Methodist leaders Reverend Tomasi Kanailagi and Reverend Manasa Lasaro, submitted an affidavit with Reverend Kanailagi’s medical report, Read more
A Macuata chief has called on men of her district to reduce kava consumption and increase the utilisation of land. Tui Labasa, Adi Salanieta Tuilomaloma, in an interview with The Fiji Times yesterday said it was time her people increased cultivation of land. “We need to make use of available resources and cultivate the land Read more
The Methodist Church in Fiji needs some of its practices reformed to suit 21st Century believers, says Education Minister Filipe Bole. Mr Bole, who was chief guest at the Davuilevu Methodist Theological College graduation on Wednesday, told the gathering many Methodists were joining Pentecostal churches which, according to him, was an indication of “something missing”. Read more