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Today, Saturday, April 8, we have a story about an Australia-based mail logistics company that used Post Fiji’s logo to conduct business with postal agencies around the globe, and racked up a $9.6 million dollar bill that Post Fiji now has to pay for. The issue was highlighted by the Auditor General in his report on the review of public enterprises 2020-2021 that was tabled in Parliament this week.
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Headlines
Here are some headlines inside:
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- GOVERNMENT’S National Domestic Violence Helpline (1560) run by the Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre fielded 10,445 calls from August 2018 to February 2023 – with the highest recorded at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- ATTORNEY-General Siromi Turaga used The Fiji Times as an example of how aggrieved persons can use other legislation to seek redress after the Media Industry Development Act 2010 was repealed yesterday.
- TOO much influence from the media damages democracy, says Opposition parliamentarian Viliame Naupoto.
- DEPUTY Prime Minister Professor Biman Prasad dismissed comments made by Opposition parliamentarian Faiyaz Koya that introducing the Media Industry Development Act was not a sinister move by the FijiFirst government.
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- THE Coalition government is moving very confidently in ensuring all the freedom that has been taken away by the past administration is restored. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Professor Biman Prasad made this known to more than 300 believers who converged for the 61st annual Sanatan Convention in Ba yesterday.
- INTERIM Chairman of Then India Sanmargya Ikya Sangam (TISI), Parveen Bala yesterday said “we must always fight for our right as Fijians.
- THE distribution of food and groceries to Fijians by Then India Sanmargya Ikya Sangam (TISI) at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic was one of the finest forms of humanity, Japan’s Ambassador to Fiji, Kawakami Fumihiro.
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MORE than 50 procedures have been successfully carried out under the ongoing open heart surgery program at the Lautoka Hospital, says Aspen Medical Fiji CEO Annette Owttrim.
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- Crosswalk A 20-YEAR-OLD woman is undergoing psychiatric evaluation as Police investigate the death of a newborn baby in Savusavu.
- The Lautoka High Court has acquitted a woman who was charged with one count of Trafficking in Person.
- TWO men charged with the assault of a youth in Tamavua this week were produced in the Suva Magistrates Court on Thursday.
Opinions and features
We have seven pages of letters to the editor inside and opinion pieces by top writers including the likes of prominent Suva-based lawyer Richard Naidu, Professor Wadan Narsey, Deputy Prime Minister Professor Biman Prasad to name a few.
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