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This season of ‘Love Island USA’ is a lesson in voter turnout
The 19th News
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July 11, 2025
“Love Island USA,” the reality show of the summer, has launched thousands of memes and nationwide watch parties that could rival any sports bar in town. It’s a marathon of 36 episodes streamed over six weeks on Peacock that follows singles looking...
Sabrina Khan shines at Bollywood
Fiji Sun
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June 30, 2025
This impressive sweep highlights the collaborative strength of the production team. Brisbane-based filmmaker Sabrina Khan. Brisbane-based filmmaker Sabrina Khan is celebrating a string of international successes for her powerful short film, Mercy...
Letters to the Editor | June 26, 2025
The Fiji Times
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June 26, 2025
MSG baton passed to Fiji! History repeats itself. Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka, who was PM of Fiji in 1997, played an instrumental role in bringing Fiji into the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) in 1997. In 2025 as the PM, he accepted the role...
Slightly increased expenditure policy in 2025-26 budget
The Fiji Times
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June 30, 2025
THE 2025-2026 National Budget will see a slightly increased expenditure policy, in anticipation of the ongoing global trade war between the larger world economies. Speaking at the 50th Fiji Institute of Chartered Accountants (FICA) Annual Congress...
DAY 17 | 4.15 TONNE METH BUST TRIAL | Justin Ho named mastermind in meth case
The Fiji Times
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July 11, 2025
Deputy Director for Public Prosecutions John Rabuku says the intended recipient of the methamphetamine haul was first accused, Justin Ho. During the closing submissions by the State at the High Court in Lautoka today, Mr Rabuku said the first...
Lions banter is good fun -- but also an utter embarrassment for Australian rugby
ESPN Australia
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June 30, 2025
The British & Irish Lions got their Australian tour off to the ideal start, hammering Western Force 54-7. Meanwhile, the Wallabies are continuing their preparation for the one-off Test with Fiji. Sam Bruce looks into both camps ahead of the...
Ministry enhances livestock surveillance
FBC News
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June 28, 2025
The Ministry of Agriculture is prioritizing the development of comprehensive plans to improve surveillance of insect populations and pest activity, especially in the livestock sector. The Ministry has received an increase in funding to $115...
Reduce tax on essential goods – Shandil
The Fiji Times
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June 26, 2025
THE 2025-2026 National Budget must prioritise the rising cost of living which continues to place significant strain on Fijian households. Consumer Council of Fiji chief executive Seema Shandil said consumers needed a budget that ensured...
Samoa citizen arrives home safely from Israel amid unrest in Middle East
Samoa News
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June 30, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Ms. Polino Falevaai from The Scientific Research Organization Of Samoa (SROS) who was attending a 10-month training on agricultural research and innovations in Israel has returned home safely on Saturday 28 June, after...
Lost upgraded eTransport cards leaves users unable to recover balances
Fijivillage
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An increasing number of consumers in Fiji are expressing concern over the inability to transfer balances or block lost upgraded eTransport cards. The issue came to light recently during fijivillage Straight Talk with Vijay Narayan, when it was...
Budget must reach the vulnerable, FCCC warns
FBC News
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June 28, 2025
While the government’s intentions to support ordinary Fijians were made clear in yesterday’s national budget announcement, the real challenge now lies in ensuring that this support reaches the most vulnerable. The Fijian Competition and Consumer...
Ukraine on track to withdraw from Ottawa anti-personnel mines treaty
FBC News
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June 29, 2025
[Source: Reuters] President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday he had signed a decree to pull Ukraine out of the Ottawa Convention banning the production and use of anti-personnel mines as a necessary step in view of Russian tactics in their...
Taskforce to ensure no price gouging after VAT cut
FBC News
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June 28, 2025
[File Photo] A National Price Monitoring Taskforce will be established to safeguard consumer interests. The taskforce will be responsible for ensuring that the tax and duty reductions are properly implemented by retailers and that consumers see...
Voice of a Nation, Voice of the World: PM Modi’s Historic Addresses to Foreign Parliaments
Goa Chronicle
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July 11, 2025
An Unprecedented Journey of Words and Will In the grand halls of parliaments across continents, where voices echo the aspirations of nations, one leader has risen to stand not merely as a head of state, but as a storyteller of a civilisation....
Facebook complaints won’t fix issues, says Kamikamica
FBC News
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June 28, 2025
File photo Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Communications Manoa Kamikamica is calling on Fijians to stop raising e-ticketing complaints on Facebook and instead report them formally with evidence. Kamikamica’s comments come after an...
Explosives found in water tank
The Fiji Times
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June 30, 2025
Dynamite and a detonator normally used by mining companies have been found on a farm in Sigatoka. Police have sought the assistance of Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) to investigate the discovery of explosive ordinances. The dynamite...
Australia Obstructed Probe Into Deadly ‘Rainbow Warrior’ Bombing
Consortium News
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July 10, 2025
Forty years later, David Robie, the only journalist on board the Greenpeace ship in the weeks leading up to its bombing on July 10, 1985, looks back on this act of French state terrorism in a New Zealand port. The Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior...
Fit-again Kyle Steyn relishing prospect of Scotland return after year away
Southern Daily Echo
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After taking part in last summer’s four-Test tour of the Americas, the Glasgow captain picked up two separate untimely injuries just before the Autumn Series and then the Six Nations. The 31-year-old wing has fully recovered from his respective...
Victim of Laos alcohol poisoning warns holidaymakers of dangers
STV News
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July 11, 2025
Bethany Clarke, a survivor of alcohol poisoning, has joined calls urging holidaymakers to be aware of the dangers of counterfeit and contaminated drinks. In 2024, a British woman, Simone White, and four other tourists died in Laos after suspected...
Samoan citizen home safely from war torn Middle East
Talamua
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June 30, 2025
Apia, Samoa – 30 June 2025 – A Samoan official who was on a ten months training on agricultural research and innovations in Israel has returned home safely after diplomatic efforts to move her out safely in the middle of the war between Israel and...