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Fiji's Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka will attend a presidential prayer breakfast in Washington on Thursday, the first opportunity for a Pacific Islands leader to press the region's aid and ...
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On 7 December, Rabuka resigned from Parliament and his position as Opposition Leader of Parliament. He made the announcement while responding to the opening of the 2020–2021 Parliament Session by President Jioji Konrote. [41] [42] On 25 July 2021, he was arrested by Fijian police after criticising government moves to amend land legislation. [43]
By Kirsty Needham. SYDNEY (Reuters) - Fiji will strike a deal with Australia to upgrade ports and shipbuilding infrastructure, months after its prime minister said it was likely to partner with ...
An indirect election was held in Fiji on 31 October 2024, in which members of parliament elected the president.Incumbent Speaker of the Parliament of Fiji Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu was nominated by Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka following the withdrawal of the previous nominee, President Ratu Wiliame Katonivere.
29 March: Prime Minister of Fiji Sitiveni Rabuka announces that the Media Industry Development Authority will repeal a controversial 2010 law which strictly controlled media in the country. [2] 14 June: Fiji and New Zealand sign a defence pact in Suva, including military cooperation and humanitarian aid. [3] Scheduled. 2023 Super Rugby Pacific ...
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka told parliament on Wednesday the Pacific Islands nation was likely to collaborate with China on a key port modernisation and shipyard project ...
Mahendra Chaudhry was born in an Indo-Fijian family in the town of Ba in Fiji. His paternal grandfather Ram Nath Chaudhry was from a Hindu family of the village of Bahu Jamalpur in Haryana, India (then the British Raj) and arrived in the British Colony of Fiji in 1902, as an indentured labourer, to work on Fiji's sugarcane plantations.