Letters: Rugby 7s Loss
There is a saying that you can take a horse to water, but you cannot make him drink. The status of the Fiji Rugby 7s team is similar. Coach Ben Gollings can teach the players all the tricks and...
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‘Letters’: Isa Na Defence Club
Seeing reports of Suva’s iconic Colonial-era landmark in the form of the Defence Club being engulfed by fire is an extremely sad and unfortunate event. Such timber structures from our colonial past...
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Letters: 7s Rugby
With the current rate, our national team will soon lose interest in the 7s altogether. The losing streak has gotten fans to be more going for the Drua games than watching them. Statistics show that of...
View ArticleLetters: Visa Free Travel
The issue of visa-free travel for Fijians has been raised by Deputy Prime Minister Biman Prasad ever since the Coalition came into power. Now the Prime Minister has added his voice to the call. The...
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LETTERS: Climate Change
Climate change is impacting our small nation in many ways. The deteriorating structures speaks for itself. The laxity in this matter is getting dangerous and will be very costly. It cannot be left...
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‘Letters’: Namosi and GCC
It’s sad and not of iTaukei nature to eliminate or totally ignore the province of Namosi from our first GCC meeting after a lapse of almost 20 years. Why penalise them for doing no wrong? I would like...
View ArticleLETTERS: Tarakinikini’s Submission
Fiji’s United Nations’ ambassador Filipo Tarakinikini’s submission to the ICJ that “Fiji strongly believes the only way to achieve truly sustainable peace between Israel and the Palestinian people … is...
View ArticleLETTERS: Future Of Nadi
Due to short notice, I did not attend the recent meeting in Nadi – Re: Future Strategic Development Planning Sessions. Few things to include in the plan for Nadi. 1.There’s no need for another...
View ArticleLETTERS: Bad Eggs
Recently, I came across the country’s largest egg producer, (I think) delivering eggs at a major shopping complex in Martintar, Nadi. I was horrified to notice many big blow flies hovering at the back...
View ArticleLetters: Presidency
It’s funny how Ro Teimumu Kepa has refuted claims and cleared the air that she was never interested in becoming President of our country, two years after the 2022 General Election. She was never...
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LETTERS: No EFL Tariff Increase
Wow! My personal and heartiest congratulations, together with the many thousands of “silent voices,” must go to the Fijian Competition and Consumer Commission for declining a proposal by Energy Fiji...
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LETTERS: Drua’s Fast Rugby
Drua coach Mick Byrne’s analysis of the Fijian Drua having to play fast rugby this weekend and every weekend is a great suggestion. With the young age of the Drua players, speed is plentiful. However,...
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LETTERS: Sleeping Law Enforces
leap year, I found there were several cases and incidents that were either not solved, unattended to or took some time to attend to by law enforcers, even though critical incidents are reported at the...
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LETTERS: GCC Independent
To become autonomous and an independent body the GCC does not have to look too far ahead then our neighbours New Zealand, through their indigenous Polynesian Maori Economics up. The invitation of the...
View ArticleLetters To The Editor: HSBC LA 7S
What a shameful performance by our men’s 7s team in the Cup quarter finals. Fiji squandered a handsome 19-0 lead. We copped a yellow; upgraded to red and as if we didn’t learn from the two, copped...
View ArticleLetters To The Editor: 7s Fans And Foes
Every time our team wins critics and fans alike praise the players only. They all forget about the people behind the scenes who make it all happen. All the focus shifts to the players only. The...
View ArticleLetters To The Editor: Why Is Ben Still Around?
Fiji’s performance is worse than ever. Who would believe we could lose to Spain! What’s wrong Fiji Rugby. Does Ben Gollings still need to prove himself? Whoever wants him to continue needs to explain...
View ArticleLetters To The Editor: Sugar Industry Woes
In an article titled ‘Challenging Times’ on the sugar industry, Chair Nitya Reddy tries to provide some reasons for the current sad state of the industry. He is correct in attributing some of these to...
View ArticleLetters To The Editor: Being More Equal
Jioji O Toronibau’s letter (FS 3/3) containing the Orwellian Animal Farm quote ‘All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others’, made me wonder if the Minister for Women and...
View ArticleLetters To The Editor: Who Is The Boss In Fiji?
Is Ratu Inoke Takiveikata the boss? Is it GCC or the Government of the day? Pardoned Naitasiri paramount chief said in his interview during the GCC meeting at Pacific Harbor that our Government must...
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