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President?s dialogue forum a waste of money, says Rabuka   10/2/2008 Former Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka yesterday said the interim government had lost its credibility in the international arena. He said the international community had focused its attention on Fiji since the 5th December 2006 military coup. Soon after the removal of the democratically-elected government and when military Commander Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama stepped into the President?s shoes, he promised the nation his go

In a dark time the eye begins to see (with apologies to the wonderful poet T. Roethke this is one of my favourite poems). We can be smug on SOLIVAKASAMA and say ?I told you so? about this illegal regime but we?re not going to do that because the first line from Roethkes poem says it all. I personally feel this poem along with another ?The Reckoning? could be all about voreqes coup and all it?s coup coupness plus the three previous coups. One wonders how life would be today if Rabuka had not

Officials from the China Development Bank have been to Fiji at least three times in the past few months to look at the possibility of setting up a bank here.

The Foreign Affairs Ministry is expected to forward names of new diplomatic appointments to the office of the interim Prime Minister soon. CEO to the Prime Minister's Office Parmesh Chand said the Foreign Affairs Ministry is currently carrying out a review of the appointments.