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May 19, 2024 · Great Council of Chiefs. The Bose Levu Vakaturaga was a formal gathering of Fiji's indigenous (iTaukei) chiefs. It was established by the British Colonial Government in 1875 as an advisory body and named the Council of Chiefs (the term “Great” was added sometime later in the twentieth century).
May 12, 2024 · During the presentation of the tabua, they also thanked the chiefs for their protection for the past 145 years and hope that their generations to come will also be protected and blessed. The Vasu ...
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Apr 30, 2024 · THE Great Council of Chiefs generally accepted recommendations for a multi-party government and the composition of members of Parliament on May 2, 1997. An article in The Fiji Times the following day reported that the chiefs generally agreed that: l The prime minister was to have been a Fijian as provided for in the 1990 […]
Apr 29, 2024 · Picture: FT FILE. The Fiji Police Force received a major financial boost of $2.8 million from the government on July 6, 1995 and police commissioner Isikia Savua outlined at a press conference the details of how the funds would be utilised to boost strategies in combating crime.
5 days ago · Flag description. light blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Fijian shield centered on the outer half of the flag; the blue symbolizes the Pacific Ocean and the Union Jack reflects the links with Great Britain; the shield - taken from Fiji's coat of arms - depicts a yellow lion, holding a coconut pod between its paws, above a white field quartered by the cross ...
5 days ago · c.1900. Nabekwa had a new village site prepared at present-day Sorokoba. The name is believed to have been shortened from Soro-ko-Ba-vei-Karisito which means “Giving way of Ba to Christ”. A burenivanua was built overlooking the rara (parade ground). Nabekwa called upon all the people of the surrounding areas to bring soil from their land to ...
May 15, 2024 · May 9, 2024, 2:56 AM ET (AP) Fiji's ex-leader, Frank Bainimarama, sentenced to prison for interfering in police investigation. Frank Bainimarama (born April 27, 1954, Kiuva, Fiji) is a Fijian military leader who led a 2006 coup that resulted in his becoming acting president (2006–07) and later acting prime minister (2007–14) of Fiji.
