Articles Tagged: editorial

Public funds gone to waste Tomorrow is Fiji Day. It should be a day to celebrate our independence, our democracy and our national unity. The military display at Suva?s Albert Park will be a colourful affair with all the marches, bands and demonstrations of martial skill and precision. But behind the colour and the pomp there is a quite different picture of Fiji. In this snapshot, people are suffering. Many breadwinners have lost their jobs, others are working reduced hours while school leave

Uphold the truth Thursday, October 09, 2008 THE call by the Archbishop of Suva, Petero Mataca, for the disciplined services to fight for the truth is timely - albeit two years too late. Mataca made the call at a mass held for soldiers, police officers and members of the prison and correctional service at the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Suva last Tuesday. In his call on the uniformed service, the head of the Roman Catholic Church and co-chair of the National Council for Building a Better Fiji remi

On his return to this country last June, expelled high commissioner Michael Green delivered a bleak verdict on Fiji's prospects.

More than one reader has taken us to task for highlighting the New Year Honour awarded a donor to the Labour Party more prominently than the higher honour bestowed on Don McKinnon, a leading member of the previous National government and soon to retire as Secretary-General of the Commonwealth.

Don McKinnon, former Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand, now Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, hosted a dinner for heads of government at the Pacific Islands Forum this week and invited Fiji's coup leader, Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama. Helen Clark objected, almost throwing

FIJI TIMES EDITORIAL A MUST READ July 17th, 2007 by whyfijiscrying Wednesday, July 18, 2007 - Fiji Times Online AS each day passes, ... on particular persons from statute-guided institutions such as the Fiji Development Bank, Fijian Holdings and Fiji Inland Revenue and Customs Authority. The morale of workers in these institutions

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At first glance there is nothing too intimidating about the further sanctions imposed on Fiji by the Government after High Commissioner Michael Green's expulsion from Suva. Much more was on the table.

from w Church and politics in Fiji has been a topic of conversation, discourse, debate for many years. A couple of days ago, a thoughtful editorial in the Fiji Post again raised this topic ... Church in Fiji. 2. There may be diverse views within that church also. 3. It is probable that many

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