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Here are some headlines that made The Fiji Times’ edition for Friday, February 11.
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- FIJI Labour Party leader Mahendra Chaudhry says he hopes US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will discuss human rights violation issues in Fiji with Government during his visit this week.
- Acting Prime Minister and Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum dismissed as “conspiracy theory”, questions on whether the ruling FijiFirst was linked to a pharmacist wanted by INTERPOL.
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- MINISTER for Trade, Faiyaz Koya’s statement in Parliament that no one was suffering in Fiji “is total ignorance and a slap in every Fijians face”, says Human Rights Activist Shamima Ali.
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- NATIONAL FEDERATION Party Lenora Qereqeretabua yesterday asked the Fiji First Party if they had any connection with a businessman in the Western Division who had a red notice issue against him by Interpol in connection with hard drugs related investigations.
- MINISTER for Rural and Maritime Development and Disaster Management Inia Seruiratu warned non-government organisation FRIENDS Fiji to refrain from disregarding the provisions set out in the Natural Disaster Management Act for organisations intending to assist people in the immediate aftermath of a disaster.
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- OPPOSITION MP Niko Nawaikula says Government abused Parliament when it brought – without notice – a motion by Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum that Government guarantee the Fijian Development bank borrowings of $200 million for the 12-month period from March 1 this year to February 28 next year.
- GOVERNMENT has never borrowed money to pay off a National Bank of Fiji (NBF) scandal or for operational cost but instead it has borrowed money for capital works.
- OPPOSITION MP Mitieli Bulaunauca told Parliament that there was a need to protect our coastline, rivers, streams and tanks or buffer zones
- “A disorganised piece of writing from a disorganised Government,” is how the Amendment of the Liquor Act was labelled by National Federation Party member Lenora Qereqeretabua.
- ACTING Prime Minister and Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum hit out at Opposition MP Mikaele Leawere for comments he made in Parliament.
- IT is rather unfortunate that the deceased Dr Brij Lal is being used as a political tool by the National Federation Party, says Mr Sayed-Khaiyum.
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- THE Hope Opportunity Prosperity Equality party (HOPE) has been de-registered as a political party with immediate effect.
- A YEAR 12 student who appeared in the High Court in Suva on a charge of aggravated robbery has been allowed to sit his Fiji School Leaving Certificate Examination.
- STUDENTS of Nakavika Village in Macuata, Vanua Levu, can be absent from school for a period of up two months in a year, due to the flooding of a river they have to cross.
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- THE bridge that connects the district of Nakorotubu to Bureiwai in Ra – which allows people access to Korovou and Suva – was washed away by flooding last weekend.
- WHERE else can we go? That was the lament of frustrated Lomolomo Village headman Jolame Nailaruwai, who could not contain his emotions over the constant flooding that swamps their community almost every year.
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- FIJI Rugby Union chief executive officer John O’Connor says the future for aspiring women rugby players in Fiji looks bright now with the inclusion of the Fijiana Drua in this year’s Buildcorp Super W Championship.
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- THE Fiji Rugby Union (FRU) is calling on the rugby public to be wary of illegal poaching and recruitment of Fijian players for overseas contracts.
- The Fiji Times, last week, reported the concern amidst efforts to recruit some Fijian women players for a possible playing stint in China.
