Letters To The Editors
Letters to the Editor: Sunday December 15, 2019
Single-use plastic bag Single use! What is a single use plastic bag? Does it actually disintegrate after one use? ALLEN LOCKINGTON, Kava Place, Lautoka Thank you Grahame Southwick, thank you for sharing the broad...
14th December
Letters to the Editor – Saturday, December 14, 2019
Child safety The photos on the front page of Tuesday’s and yesterday’s The Fiji Times brought back memories of my beautiful childhood days in the Hidden Paradise! The picture on Tuesday’s front page showed a family swimming in a bid to cool off from the heat in the Central Division while the one on yesterday’s...
13th December
Letters to the Editor – Friday, December 13, 2019
Fiji’s historical ships Thank you John Kamea for your article “Fiji’s historical ships” on Page 6 of yesterday’s (12/12/19) The Fiji Times. The article not only gives insight into the manner of sea transportation at a given time in our history in the Pacific but also add commendation to our beloved The Fiji Times for...
12th December
Letters to the Editor – December 12, 2019
GCC building burns Watching the Great Council of Chiefs (GCC) building burn in Nasese yesterday morning, I wondered whether it was symbolic. I sent the picture to a friend who replied – “Na vanua e vamatana, e vadaliga talega” — meaning that the vanua has eyes and ears. All day I wondered what those words...
11th December
Letters to the Editor – December 11, 2019
Fit iTaukei men THE “Back In Time” article about the Germans of Levuka (FT 10/12) has an interesting photo with supposed Germans of Levuka and a number of iTaukei men. The photo was taken at Naikorokoro, Levuka, Ovalau in 1886. Here is a picture that is worth a thousand words, an image that just confirms...
10th December
Letters to the Editor – December 10, 2019
Still my champions Battle on the Dunes, featuring Anthony Joshua and Andy Ruiz was much talked about by many. Some went to the extent of posting on social media and saying that AJ is not a worthy champ. This is my 2 cent thought on this. AJ did what any champ would do, learn from...
9th December
Letters to the Editor – December 9, 2019
Poor Dubai outing AFTER struggling to beat Japan, Fiji lost to Argentina in a must-win match and despite beating France, our boys were bundled out of pool play. It was the first time in 21 years that Fiji failed to qualify from the pool. Argentina, with the likes of Luna, Moroni, Schulz, Ulloa, Etchart, Alvarez,...
