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Christian state will not help nation-building: PM By Maika Bolatiki “Fiji will be a secular state,” says Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Banimarama. This was the Prime Minister’s response to the Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua’s party submission summary handed to the Constitution Committee by the party constituent leaders. The SDL said Fiji should be a  Christian [...]

By SITERI SAUVAKACOLO The investigative skills of a Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption (FICAC) investigator was questioned during a high court trial in Suva yesterday. FICAC investigator Ilaisa Macau was questioned under cross-examination by defence lawyer, Rajendra Chaudhry in the trial of former Roko Tui Rewa, Savenaca Kamikamica. The court had heard that the Rewa [...]

By LITIA MATHEWSELL A leading showcase of exemplary art from across the region was launched on Monday night at the Radisson Blu Resort in Nadi. The Western Arts and Crafts Society’s (WACS) Annual Art on the Island Exhibition drew a large crowd of art lovers and patrons. WACS president and Nadi-based lawyer, Azeem Khan, said [...]

By JYOTI PRATIBHA Retired Public Works Department employee, Kaminieli Bukarama, 70, got himself registered under the electronic voter registration (EVR) system at Namaka in Nadi yesterday. According to an Elections Office press update, a total of 8144 people registered at all centres on Monday alone, bringing the total provisional figure to 408, 861 people registered [...]

By MAIKELI SERU There were discrepancies in the use of Government funds at provincial councils in 2004, a new report shows. This was revealed by the Auditor-General’s Report released  by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) after it was tabled in Cabinet by Prime Minister, Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama. The discrepancies highlighted in the report were on [...]

By Leone Cabenatabua Fiji Television’s Sky Pacific pay-TV service – now a monopoly again – disappeared from screens across the country yesterday. Technical difficulties, the company said in an email. It happens. But Dickie Bird flew in to ask what happens for those who have paid for a service they were not getting?

By JYOTI PRATIBHA The law does not require medical evidence as a rule to sustain a conviction in a case of rape, says High Court Judge Justice Priyantha Nawana. Justice Nawana made the comment in a ruling where he quashed the appeal of a convicted rapist. He said that in conviction of rapes, what mattered [...]

By SITERI  SAUVAKACOLO The Suva Magistrates Court will today rule on whether politician and businesswoman, Mere Samisoni, will be allowed to travel to Brisbane, Australia, for her dental treatment. Samisoni’s lawyer, Queens Counsel Peter Williams had earlier filed an application for travel before Chief Magistrate Usaia Ratuvili. Samisoni had applied for bail variation to travel [...]

By SITERI SAUVAKACOLO A taxi driver who damaged his electronic voter registration (EVR) identification card was bound over to be on good behaviour. Satya Nand Prasad squashed his EVR card in front of EVR clerk Karalaini Viala at MH Superfresh Supermarket in Tamavua on July 18. The court heard that Prasad got himself registered on [...]