Fiji Supervisor of Election anticipates 65 percent voter turnout
Fiji's Supervisor of Elections, Mohammed Saneem predicts a roughly 65 percent voter turnout on 14 December.
Saneem derived this figure from the number of postal...
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Buildings damaged and power lost after earthquakes hit Solomon Islands
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Rabuka incapable of leading Fijians says FiijiFirst leader Bainimarama
FijiFirst leader Voreqe Bainimarama claims that if The People’s Alliance (PAP) leader Sitiveni Rabuka gets into power, he will take Fiji 100 years back.
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Fiji High Court finds Fijian lawyers Richard Naidu guilty of contempt of court
Fijian lawyer Richard Naidu has been found guilty of contempt of court.
Naidu is convicted of scandalising and ridiculing the courts and the judiciary in...
Multi-million-dollar Pasifika village coming to Waikato early next year
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Pacific tells Asian Development Bank: step up as climate bank for the region
By Makereta Komai in Samarkand, Uzbekistan
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By Makereta Komai, PACNEWS Editor in Samarkand, Uzbekistan
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