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Suva has had a somewhat turbulent electoral history. In the 1985 municipal election, the newly founded Labour Party won 8 of the 20 seats on the City Council to become the largest single party, and succeeded in electing Bob Kumar as Lord Mayor in a harbinger of the national election two years later, when an FLP-led coalition ousted the long-time Alliance Party government.
Local elections in Fiji are held for two cities (Suva and Lautoka) and ten towns (Ba, Labasa, Lami, Levuka, Nadi, Nausori, Nasinu, Savusavu, Sigatoka, and Tavua).Each city or town has a council comprising between 8 and 20 members, elected for three-year terms, although the government announced legislation on 15 February 2006 to extend the term to four years.
In addition, municipal governments have been established for the cities of Suva and Lautoka, and for ten towns. Each has a city or town council elected for a three-year term, presided over by a Mayor chosen by the councillors from among their own members. On 15 February 2006, the government announced legislation to change the local government ...
Congress TV is a Philippine digital television channel owned and managed by state-run networks People's Television Network (until November 17, 2024) and Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation in collaboration with the House of Representatives of the Philippines.
Bilyonaryo News Channel is a Philippine free-to-air and pay television news channel based in Quezon City, Philippines and it is currently owned by the Prage Management Corporation, the company behind business news website Bilyonaryo and other media platforms including Politiko and Abante. [1]
Suva has municipal status and, until 2009, was governed by a lord mayor and a 20-member city council. The Suva City Council was the municipal law-making body of the city of Suva, Fiji's capital. It consisted of 20 councillors, elected for three-year terms from four multi-member constituencies, called wards.
The ABS-CBN News Channel, commonly known as ANC, is a 24/7 Philippine pay television news channel. It was launched in 1996 as the first all-news network in English language. [ 1 ] The majority of its programs are produced by ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs .
On May 28, 2018, Cignal TV formally launched One News, an English-language news channel which features content from the news divisions of the MediaQuest group (News5, The Philippine Star and BusinessWorld) as well as Bloomberg TV Philippines and Probe Productions. [6] [7] Most of the programs from its predecessor were retained on this new channel.