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For The Fiji Times’ edition for Thursday, September 1, we have the Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum responding to comments made by Aman Ravindra-Singh in an interview at the weekend. That’s on the front page!
Read about this on Pages 1 and 7.
HEADLINES
Here are some headlines inside:
PAGES 4-5
- OPPOSITION parliamentarian Inosi Kuridrani said what kept the economy functioning during the COVID-19 crisis was $652.75 million remittances in 2020 and not government’s claim that it was their good decisions and prudent macroeconomic and microeconomic policies and programs.
- THE sale of 44 per cent of Energy Fiji Ltd (EFL) shares indicates EFL’s financial position was either fake or information and data was distorted, says Opposition parliamentarian Inosi Kuridrani.
- THE Education Ministry’s asset management unit used to be managed by “school teachers with industrial arts qualifications” who hand no experience in handling big projects.
- A SOCIAL Democratic Liberal Party (SODELPA) government will bring back the more than 300 fishing vessels that used to call into Suva Port, says party leader Viliame Gavoka.
- FIJI Airports Limited (FAL) offered a $22.7 million of discount to its tenants during the COVID-19 pandemic, states the company’s 2020 annual report that was tabled in Parliament on Monday.
- THERE is a need for the Fiji Ports Corporation Limited to pay compensation by way of annuity to the Tui Suva and the three landowning units linked to the harbour area, says Opposition MP Ro Filipe Tuisawau.
- THE Fiji Qualifications Council needs to make sure that teachers who train skilled workers have the industrial skills and not just paper qualifications.
- THE Ministry of Waterways is facing major challenges in delivering its expected outcomes because it can’t recruit civil engineers and surveyors, states the Ministry’s 2017-2018 annual report that was tabled in Parliament on Monday.
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- AROUND 6000 children in Fiji will be assisted with education supplies after the Foundation for the Education of the Needy Children in Fiji (FENC) raised over $25,000 through a 10km walkathon event yesterday.
- PEOPLE’S Alliance leader Sitiveni Rabuka says his discussions with three political party leaders last week could be viewed as “baby steps” but the message it sent to the Fijian people was “powerful.”
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- TOPPING up e-ticketing cards before travelling should be a part of the daily routine of travellers.
- THERE is no requirement in the law for the Financial Intelligence Unit to vet candidates of political, the Fijian Elections Office said.
- TWO men were produced in the Suva Magistrates Court charged in relation to a daylight robbery at Walu Bay, Suva, last week.
SPORTS
Page 51
- THE Swire Shipping Drua’s bid for more impacts in the Super Rugby Pacific competition has been boosted with the Fijian Government fulfilling its $6 million investment into the franchise.
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- AKUILA Rokolisoa will compete in his second Rugby World Cup 7s tournament when he runs out for New Zealand in Cape Town, South Africa next weekend.
Page 49
- THE Ba Football Association is urging fans to come out in numbers to boost the morale of players at the Punjas Battle of the Giants as they gun for their first major tournament title since 2018.
Page 47
- THE Fiji Swimming Short Course Grand Prix 3 at the Nadi Sports and Social Club this weekend will serve as the qualifiers for Team Fiji to the FINA Short Course World Champions in Melbourne, Australia in December.
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- CHELSEA’S stuttering start to the season continued as they suffered a 2-1 defeat at Southampton.
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