Tag: Fiji military
Wadan Narsey: Between a rock and a not so hard place...
ANALYSIS: By Wadan Narsey in Suva
The opinion polls about voting intentions for Fiji's 2022 General Election suggests that voters face the horrible challenge of...
‘My torturers carry a heavy burden in their hearts’, says Fiji...
COMMENTARY: By Pita Waqavonovono in Suva
I thank The Fiji Times for covering this story. I also thank Archbishop Peter Chong for providing a space...
‘Don’t blame us,’ says military chief over Fiji’s covid surge
RNZ Pacific
The head of the Fiji's defence force has rejected claims by opposition MPs in Parliament this week and has called for an apology...
Fiji’s covid navy cluster still rises as nation records 28 new...
RNZ Pacific
Fijian authorities have confirmed 28 new cases of Covid-19, taking the total number of active cases to 349.
The Ministry of Health said last...
Fiji government tries to allay covid concerns as 160 troops return
By RNZ Pacific
Fiji's health minister is trying to allay concerns about the health of more than 160 soldiers who returned from the Middle East...
Fiji 33 years after the first fateful coup – a failed...
COMMENT: Nik Naidu reflects on the 33rd anniversary of the original - first of four - coups in his homeland of Fiji.
Today is the...
RSF challenges Fiji over general’s ‘stifle criticism’ views on virus
The Paris-based Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned an op-ed by a pro-government military commander in Fiji last week defending curbs on freedom of...
‘I was coerced into the 1987 coup,’ admits Sitiveni Rabuka
By Sri Krishnamurthi of Asia-Pacific Report
A repentant Sitiveni Rabuka, the Fiji military strongman who sparked off the country's "coup culture" in 1987, admits he...
