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2 unusual facts about Fiji Times


Narendra Singh Arjun

The Fiji Times reported on 16 January 2006 that Arjun had died in Brisbane, Australia, after a long illness.

Vaileka

The Fiji Times reported on 4 October 2006 that Uraia Waqa, Chairman of the Rakiraki Local Government Authority, had called for Vaileka to be officially incorporated as a Town, to be known as Rakiraki Town, in order to attract government investment.


Imraz Iqbal

An article he published in Fiji Living resulted in Navy Commander Francis Kean summoning him to Suva's Queen Elizabeth Barracks and warning him against speaking out against the Military, according to the Fiji Times and Fiji Village (11 December).


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Josefa Dimuri

A former Fiji Times journalist, Dimuri contested the Macuata Fijian Communal Constituency on behalf of then-Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka's Fijian Political Party (SVT), but was defeated by the Christian Democratic Alliance candidate, Poseci Bune.