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An outspoken Labour Party MP in Fiji is denying that there is any split at the highest level of the party. The leader of the party, Mahendra Chaudhry is threatening...

The Fiji Labour Party leader, Mahendra Chaudhry, has admitted there is a serious split at the highest levels of his party. And he has threatened disciplinary action against five management...

Members of the Fiji Labour Party who questioned the legitimacy of Mahendra Chaudhry's leadership and his list of senate nominees say there is no need to discipline them. The Fiji...

Fiji's new Senate held its first meeting this morning without the presence of any Labour Party senators. This follows infighting in the Labour Party about who their senators should be.

The acting leader of the Fiji Labour Party, Poseci Bune, has overruled his leader, Mahendra Chaudhry, and withdrawn the list of opposition senate nominees prepared by Mr Chaudhry. Mr Chaudhry...

The future of the once-dominant Fijian political party, the SVT, is uncertain with it likely to field just one candidate in the general election. The candidate will be an ethnic...

The once-dominant Fijian Political Party, the SVT, is likely to have only one candidate when nominations are filed tomorrow for next month's general election. And the candidate will be an...

The Fiji Labour Party has filed a writ asking the High Court to order delaying or postponing the general elections until the Elections Office complies with all sections of the...

Farmers in a highland area in Fiji's West have started using chains and padlocks to secure their cattle following an increase in stealing. The Fiji Sun reports that seven bullocks...

A Fiji union leader says some indigenous Fijian students and their families will be better off to the tune of 900 US dollars this year under what he calls a...

The Fiji Teachers Union is threatening to take legal action against the government over its decision to provide fee free education to indigenous Fijian students only. The union's general secretary,...

Fiji's prime minister, Laisenia Qarase, has distanced himself from the education ministry's controversial plan to provide free Form 7 education only for indigenous Fijian students and not those of…

Fiji's education ministry is facing allegations that it is proposing the most racially discriminatory policies that the Qarase government can ever put in place. Fiji TV says this follows…

A major Fiji trade union is planning to set up its own commercial bank to offer services to members and customers at lower fees and interest charges. The Fiji Teachers...

The Fiji Teacher's Union says the country's schools are suffering because of government policies to reserve training places for indigenous Fijians. The union's secretary, Agni Deo Singh, says by…

The Fiji Teachers Union says it will continue with a ballot of its members over strike action despite the referral of its case to arbitration. Its general secretary, Agni Deo...

Members of Fiji's parliament are likely to vote themselves a substantial pay rise when the House of Representatives meets early in February. The Fiji Sun newspaper reports a 36-percent pay...

All sixth formers in Fiji may have to sit for a new Fiji School Leaving Certificate mathematics paper after it was leaked in several Suva schools before the examination. The...

The general secretary of the Fiji Teachers Union says leaked examination papers may just be the tip of the iceberg. This follows reports of some students who were found with...

Fiji has been hit by another scandal over the leaking of examination papers just as thousands of secondary school students have begun sitting public exams. Reports say that some students...

There's outrage in Fiji over the education ministry's decision to freeze the development of new educational establishments next year. Fiji TV reports that a ministry memo sent to schools says...

The Fiji Teachers Union is to protest to the Education Minister over what it calls blatant discrimination to fund tuition fees for indigenous students only. The union's general secretary, Agni...

Fiji's cabinet has agreed to provide full tuition fees for indigenous Fijian students studying acounting and economics in Forms 5 and 6. The Daily Post reports the cabinet has also...

Students in the north of Fiji are continuing to take classes in temporary shelters, nine months after cyclone Ami destroyed many school buildings. The secretary general of the Fiji Teachers...

The Asian Development Bank has proposed growing Indian hemp, which is part of the marijuana group of plants, as an alternative to Fiji's ailing sugar industry. The Fiji Times quotes...