Letters: BBQ Stalls
Recently two restaurants in Labasa were closed by Ministry of Health (MOH) due to their non-compliance with food safety regulations. It’s great to see that MOH is coming down hard on restaurants not...
View ArticleLetters: To The GCC
Dear GCC, With relation to indigenous affairs and to the welfare of Fiji as your first nation and with all due respect to you, our first minds and indigenous leaders, I make this request. Could you...
View ArticleLetters: Beware Of PEV
There are agents making announcements on social media that the long awaited Pacific Engagement Visa (PEV) or Australia’s Green Card will officially open on March 29, 2023. It is now 3am and I have just...
View ArticleEditorial: Easter: A Season of Reflection, Renewal, Hope
Easter is the Christian holiday commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus and His death at Calvary. We find ourselves once again on an occasion marked by reflection, renewal, and hope. For beyond the...
View ArticleLetters: Milk Price
Rewa Milk used to come in 450gram packets, then they reduced their packets to 400grams. There was a reduction in the price of the 400gram packets. Just lately, I have noticed an increase in the price...
View Article‘Letters’: Lack of support
Both our Drua men’s and women’s teams played in a double header match at Lautoka’s Churchill Park. Despite the rainy weather, a significant crowd of spectators had turned up to support the teams....
View Article‘Letters’: CWM Water Woes
As reported, it is definitely saddening, and heart-breaking to read of the below human dignity water woes currently experienced in some sections of Fiji’s premier century-old CWM Hospital. There is one...
View Article‘Letters’: Swimming pool saga
There are two controversial swimming pool saga that has been highlighted many times by Fiji Sun for some years now. My good friend Suka Singh has been highlighting a lot about the Labasa swimming pool...
View ArticleScratch My Back
It is great to read the headline: Rabuka Closes Tabuya’s Case, She Remains Minister (FS 31/3). He had earlier stated that claims made against Ms Tabuya were mere allegations. Can the ruling Rabuka...
View ArticleRogue Leader
President Jacob Zuma is not allowed to stand for election on May 29 South Africa’s Independent Electoral Commission has decided basically because he is a rogue leader ( Daily Maverick 28/3/24 ). That...
View ArticleSewage Spillage
The heavy rainfall in Lautoka not only caused flooding, but it has also caused spillage of raw untreated sewage in our creeks, rivers and even on the road side curbs (pictured above). Many children are...
View ArticleLetters: Concerns Against The Scaling System
I, Mohammed Zuber, a concerned Year 13 student, wish to express my views and opinions on the current decision undertaken by the Minister for Education, which is in regards to the re-introduction of the...
View ArticleLetters: Which Law Is Supreme?
According to Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka, there is a Supreme Law in Fiji, but what does that mean for our 2013 Constitution or any other laws of the country? Where and how do they rank? Ooh,...
View ArticleLetters: TVET Education and Franchise Programmes
The Higher Education Commission Fiji’s proposal in the introduction of competency-based technical and vocational education in secondary schools in Fiji by its director, Doctor Rohit Kishore must be...
View ArticleLetters: Internal Political Bickering
Why is Government so engrossed in the internal affairs of their three-way political party rhetorical nonsense including our country’s Supreme Law idiocracy? There are so many Cabinet ministers having...
View ArticleLetters: Banning Last Remaining Media in Gaza
Israel intends to ban Aljazeera from Gaza. There is only one reason for that. Israel does not want the truth about the atrocities it is committing in Gaza to be exposed. It finds Aljazeera’s reporting...
View ArticleLetters: Bangladeshi Workers
I am so happy for these Bangladeshi workers who have come as farm workers. Could the Minister for Labour tell us if there is any contract in place, how will they be paid and their working conditions....
View ArticleUnanswered Questions
I have asked a few questions via the letters column like why should we appoint three administrators for the Labasa Town Council. Why give a $500,000 pool for a $1000 per year rent and raise the Labasa...
View ArticleTemo Tantrum
I learn from the news from Fiji that the acting Chief Justice, Salesi Terna, is considering contempt of court proceedings against Magistrate Seini Puamau because, in his opinion, she was “way off...
View ArticleToso Drua
The Melbourne Rebels sits 6th spot while the Fijian Drua is 7th on the Super Rugby 2024 points table. Both teams lost three games and won three but the Rebels are ahead because of a bonus point it...
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