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Parliament is back on so there will be interest on what goes on in the House.
In fact there were some interesting discussions.
We also know that Niko Nawaikula has been disqualified from being a candidate in the 2022 election in the wake of his seat being declared vacant by the Speaker.
However, the big one on the front page of The Fiji Times’ edition for Tuesday, May 10, is on a village on Kia Island which is off the coast of Macuata, Vanua Levu.
Almost 18 months after Tropical Cyclone Yasa devastated Yaro Village on Kia Island, we learn that only three of the 26 houses destroyed have been rebuilt.
Village headman Kemueli Lautiki said TC Yasa destroyed 26 houses and partially affected 12 houses when it swept through on December 17, 2020.
The three homes were rebuilt through support from families living abroad.
Villagers claim they did not receive any housing assistance from the Government. Read their story in The Fiji Times.
HEADLINES
Here are some headlines that made The Fiji Times for Tuesday.
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- THE years 2017 and 2018 saw one of the most ‘reckless economic governance and government expenditure management in Fiji’s history’, says National Federation Party leader Professor Biman Prasad.
- The Fijian Competition and Consumer Commission’s role is to ensure that the prices of items do not get out of hand.
- INDIVIDUALS heading organisations that are supposedly independent, should resign and fight the elections if they want to engage in politics.
- THE Public Accounts Committee is limited in carrying out its role, said Opposition MP Aseri Radrodro during the review of the 2017-2018 whole of government audit reports consolidated report compiled by the public accounts committee in parliament.
- THE Fijian Government had to pay $30.4 million to fund the Suva Arterial Roads Upgrading (SARUP 1) Project.
- THE factors that affect prices of food and goods are beyond national control, says Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama.
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- THE Fiji Media Association (FMA) does not endorse any report it has not participated in, secretary Stanley Simpson said in response to Reporters Without Borders (RSF) report about press freedom in Fiji.
- LAWYER Niko Nawaikula has lost his seat in Parliament and ruled out of contesting the 2022 General Elections.
- AUTHORITIES in Fiji had notified the US government that the Amadea had arrived in Fiji on 12 April, court documents filed in the District Court of Columbia said.
- NINETEEN people were charged with 76 separate counts of rape and sexual offences against 20 victims in April.
- Policeman caught with Meth.
SPORTS
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- THE Canberra Raiders Rugby League club held its 40th Anniversary Gala last Saturday and commemorated its past players who contributed immensely to the club inducting four players to its Hall of Fame. One notable name among those four is 54-year-old Namatakula, Nadroga, man Noa Nadruku.
- THE Les Fidjiens, Magiciens du Rugby (The Fijians, Rugby magicians) book was officially launched by the French ambassador to Fiji, François-Xavier Léger, at the Pacific House in Suva yesterday. The launching of the book was to commemorate ties between Fijian and French rugby which dates back to 1988.
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