Letters: Sugar Industry
British colonial masters had introduced the concept of sugar cane farming in Fiji along with other crops. To make it happen they imported indentured Indian labourers from 1879 to 1916. The indentured...
View ArticleLetters: Waterless Advisory
For the past six days and counting, I have not seen a single drop of water from our taps. There was rain early yesterday and yet not a drop of water in the taps. Like the Neanderthals before us, it was...
View ArticleLetters: No Water
Seven days now of not a drop of water and counting. No rain this morning, so had to look for a house to shower to get to work. And for the Water Authority of Fiji, no word on when we will have water at...
View ArticleLetters: Media Freedom
Full Rights to Express and Direct Ones Message (FREEDOM) Most Extensive Deliverance of Information Abundantly (MEDIA) Freedom to express one’s opinion and relay rightful information to and for the...
View ArticleLetters: Girmit Festival
Why have a four-day Girmit carnival to celebrate Girmit Day? Our forefathers are dead and gone are the days of Girmit. A public holiday is ok but spending $200,000 this year on Girmit festival is...
View ArticleLetters: FIJI Water Strike
FIJI Water staff union are on strike demanding better treatment, pay rise, cost of living adjustment and many other demands from the company. This is after two decades I can see a democratic legal...
View ArticleLetters: Moral Decay
Let us not blame the coups of 2000 and 2006 for the increasing moral decay among youths and school-aged children and even among us adults today. Fiji’s first coup and the Sunday law restrictions that...
View ArticleEditorial: Journalism In The face of Throttling Fijian Media
Journalism is one of the oldest professions in the world. In Fiji, journalists faced various challenges over the years, with media outlets and journalists often operating under the shadow of political...
View ArticleLetters: Education Sector
The Ministry of Education is the largest ministry, and it deals with the life of our children, teachers and the school community in general. First term school holidays began with a bang with Coca-Cola...
View ArticleLetters: Drug Trade
For Attorney-General Siromi Turaga to point a finger at the FijiFirst government’s laxity shows how childish, shallow and naive he is. Instead, he should be looking at ways to arrest the narcotics...
View ArticleLetters: Education Crisis
This is the result of the past few years, probably post-COVID-19 effects. Thirty-nine percent out of the 90,000 student population, which is 35,100 students. This is a great figure when considering...
View ArticleLetters: Coca-Cola Games
The crowd seemed to multiply in my view on almost every occasion, with additional schools joining the annual party each year. For more than 40 years, this part of the world’s largest annual secondary...
View ArticleLetters: Girmit Celebrations
Indo-Fijians are deeply grateful to Government for restoring Girmit Day celebrations. It was cruelly expunged from the record of our national holidays by the previous administration, which was a cruel...
View ArticleLetters: Toso Drua
The Fijian Drua game against the Western Force did not turn out as expected, as we lost 48-10. The Force will be playing against the Waratahs at home this week and currently sits in 9th position with...
View ArticleLetters: Samabula Health Centre
As a conscientious member of the Samabula community, I urge the Ministry of Heath to scrutinise the service efficiency of the Samabula Health Centre. I believe it is crucial to address these issues for...
View ArticleYoung Children, Youths Selling Food Items And Products In Town
“It is a sad sight to witness young children and youths between the ages of 8-16, making ends meet to feed their family. As a few households within the Suva area and out-skirts rarely have a solid...
View ArticleLETTERS: Girmit Commemoration
Girmit commemoration functions were held on a large scale in Labasa and Lautoka (13/5/24) to mark the arrival of indentured labourers in Fiji. Moving and highly emotional scenes were enacted to recall...
View ArticleLetters: 80 minutes Only
The waterway to Super Rugby Pacific’s quarterfinals is now up to the currents for the Fijian Drua. A positive tide will get them there, however, a game like the one they performed against the Western...
View ArticleLetters: MPs Under Probe
What has happened to our MPs who were under investigation by the Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption (FICAC)? Has it been stalled until after the 2026 General Election? The Fijian public...
View ArticleLetters: Strike
It is good to hear that the Government will look into ending the Vatukoula strike that is decades old. I know some of those families in Vatukoula personally and I was told the strike story by them as...
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