Tag: Fiji Times
Fiji’s longest active newsroom keen for ‘kicking out’ of tough media...
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist
The man in charge of Fiji's oldest newspaper has high hopes for press freedom in the country following the...
Richard Naidu: It’s your freedom – so speak up and step...
COMMENTARY: By Richard Naidu in Suva
Five weeks on from Christmas Eve, I think most of us are still a bit stunned at what has...
Fred Wesley: Our environment message needs to be in every corner...
EDITORIAL: By Fred Wesley
Today is a special day. On June 5 every year there is a concerted effort to promote awareness on the importance...
Drop ‘politically-motivated’ sedition case against Fiji Times, says AI
The Fijian authorities must immediately drop politically-motivated sedition charges against The Fiji Times newspaper group, says Amnesty International.
“By charging The Fiji Times with sedition,...
Wadan Narsey: Are there two sets of prosecuting rules in Fiji?
ANALYSIS: By Wadan Narsey in Suva
In 2016, two of Fiji’s main media organisations, the privately owned Fiji Times and state-owned Fiji Broadcasting Corporation, came...
Court bars overseas travel for accused Fiji Times publisher
By Tokasa Rainima in Suva
Fiji Times publisher Hank Arts’ bail variation application has been dismissed by the Suva High Court.
Justice Thushara Rajasinghe told Arts...
‘Beaten and left in cell screaming in pain’ – Amnesty alleges...
By Tevita Vuibau in Suva
It has been more than eight years since Nimilote Baleiloa saw the body of his late son Josefa Baleiloa in...
Fiji Times speaks out: ‘We’re not pro or anti-government’
The Fiji Times has defended itself against comments that were made by a Fijian politician who told members of the public not to read...
Reporters urged to be gender sensitive at Fiji rights forum
By Felix Chaudhary in Nadi
Women and girls' news and issues make up only 24 percent of all reports in print, radio and television media.
This...
Wadan Narsey: Silent censorship denies Fiji public ‘alternative voices’
OPINION: By Professor Wadan Narsey
Just living in Australia for a few months and watching television, makes you see clearly, how the Fiji public is...
Fiji Times challenges government over exclusive advertising deal
By Talebula Kate in Suva
The Fiji Times is challenging the selection of the Fiji Sun as the government's exclusive carrier of newspaper advertisements for the...
Prepared? Yes, but devastation of Winston was overwhelming
As aid has started to flow to parts of Fiji left devastated by severe tropical cyclone Winston, the Fiji Times chief editor says that...
Newspapers claim neutrality along with right to be partisan, says Fiji...
By Nasik Swami in Suva
While insisting their right to be partisan, some newspapers still claim to be neutral or objective in Fiji, says University...
Both Fiji daily newspapers perform useful roles, says FMA
By Tevita Vuibau in Suva
The Fiji Times and Fiji Sun perform useful roles in Fiji society by balancing each other, says an executive...
Fiji Times a better newspaper with more reach, says Tebbutt poll
By Tevita Vuibau and Nasik Swami in Suva
The Fiji Times is publicly perceived to be a consistently better newspaper with better reach than its...
