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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

Today is a special day for us the SV team as this blog hit the 400,000 mark in number of hits so we have awarded ourselves a trophy in recognition of this achievement. We dedicate this achievement to you all and in particular our active sister weblogs sites FDN, Discombulated Bubu, Fiji Silence, Tard Watch Fiji and others we may have missed and we salute the pioneers who started this all even though they may have disapeared from cyber. We salute Why Fiji is Crying and Resist Franks Coup

The one day meeting at the upmarket Heritage Hotel in downtown Auckland city is specifically to look at Fiji which in December 5 2006 suffered its fourth military coup in 19 years.

Standing up to Pakistan?s military strongman Pervez Musharraf, Foreign Minister Michael Frendo is scoring points ahead of next Wednesday?s election for the post of Commonwealth secretary general.

Ten people accused of plotting to kill Fiji?s coup leader are expected to appear in a Suva court for a hearing today. They have been charged with a range of crimes including mutiny and conspiracy to murder, although treason charges have been dropped.

Today in History Submitted by Whaleoil on Fri, 2007-11-02 07:33 ... case 1964 - King Saud of Saudi Arabia was deposed by a family coup, and replaced by his half

SYDNEY ? Fiji coup leader and interim Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama on Wednesday promised democracy will return to the Pacific island nation by March 2009.

SYDNEY ? Fiji will remain suspended from the Councils of the Commonwealth nations as its military government's commitment to restore democracy any time soon is doubtful, Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer was quoted as saying by the Australian Broadcasting Corp on Sunday.

Fiji's deposed Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase arrives at the Nausori Airport within the next hour, the Soqosoqo Duavata Ni Lewenivanua party confirms.

SYDNEY ? Fiji's coup leader and self-appointed interim prime minister has said he will attend the Pacific leaders meeting in Tonga in October even if he does not get "kisses on the cheeks" from the leaders of Australia and New Zealand, who have criticized his government as illegitimate.

SYDNEY ? New Zealand imposed new sanctions against Fiji on Monday, following the expulsion of its ambassador by the military regime last month. The new sanctions, endorsed by New Zealand's Cabinet, broaden an existing travel ban on Fiji's coup leaders to include the country's senior public servants.

Left goes to war against US warship Left parties on Tuesday objected to the Government allowing a US aircraft carrier to dock in Chennai, ... plans a threat, says Fiji soldier Australian plans to boost the country?s navy are a threat to Fiji, a top Fijian military commander has said. Fiji?s Land Force Commander, Colonel Pita Driti, told

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SYDNEY ? New Zealand will need to see "concrete" evidence before it is convinced that Fiji's military ruler is genuinely moving to restore democracy in the wake of last December's coup, New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark said Wednesday.