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The Fiji Times is a daily English-language newspaper published in Suva, Fiji.Established in Levuka on 4 September 1869 by George Littleton Griffiths, it is Fiji's oldest newspaper still operating.
This is a list of newspapers in Fiji. Daily Post; Fiji Focus; Fiji Live; Fiji Samachar; Fiji Sun (in English) [1] Fiji Times (since 1869; daily, in English) [1] Fiji Village [2] The Jet Newspaper (monthly, in English) [1] Sartaj (weekly, in Hindi) [1] Shanti Dut (weekly, in Hindi) [1] The Stallion; South Sea Times; Nai Lalakai; Kaila; Fiji ...
Fiji Focus; Fiji Live; Fiji Sun; Fiji Times; Fiji Village; J. The Jet Newspaper This page was last edited on 12 June 2020, at 05:49 (UTC). Text is available under ...
Europeans visited Fiji from the 17th century, [2] and, after a brief period as an independent kingdom, the British established the Colony of Fiji in 1874. Fiji was a Crown colony until 1970, when it gained independence as the Dominion of Fiji. A republic was declared in 1987, following a series of coups d'état.
The Fiji Truth and Reconciliation Commission is a restorative justice body established in Fiji to inquire into human rights violations during the period of political disturbance following the 1987 Fijian coups d'état, including the subsequent 2000 and 2006 coups d'état and the Bainimarama military regime. It is chaired by Austrian diplomat ...
Suva Central Business District in the 1950s Suva, Fiji, c. 1920. In 1868, when Suva was still a small village, the Bauan chieftain, Seru Epenisa Cakobau, granted 5,000 km 2 (1,900 sq mi) of land to the Australian-based Polynesia Company, in exchange for the company's promise to pay off debts owed to the United States.
Rev Lelean was an Australian missionary who served in Fiji for 36 years. Amongst his students were Rusiate Nayacakalou , who later became the first South Pacific Islander to graduate with a PhD and Jimione Samisoni who became the first Fijian to become the dean of the Fiji School of Medicine .
The following timeline chronicles the crisis that saw a virtual breakdown in relations between Fiji's government and military fores in late 2005 and early 2006, until it was resolved on 16 January with a truce brokered by Acting President Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi. Source: Fiji Times, 15 January 2006; some details from other sources.