Fiji Times Online

The Fiji Times is a daily newspaper published in Fiji. Established in Levuka on 4 September 1869, it is Fiji's oldest newspaper still operating. Image File history File links Fijitimes. ... Levuka, Fiji Levuka is a town on the Fijian island of Ovalau, in Lomaiviti Province, in the Eastern Division of Fiji, of which it is the capital. ... September 4 is the 247th day of the year (248th in leap years). ... 1869 (MDCCCLXIX) is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ...

The Fiji Times is owned by the Fiji Times Limited. Its board is chaired by Ross McDonald (as of 1996), and includes Mahendra Motibhai Patel (appointed 1974). A third position on the board is held by Adi Davila Toganivalu, a businesswoman named on 7 January 2006 to replace Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi, a former judge who resigned from the board upon becoming (in 2005) the Vice-President of Fiji. The Managing Director is Anthony Yianni (since 2001); the Company Secretary is Umesh Prasad (since 2004). 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1974 calendar). ... Adi is a title used by Fijian women of chiefly rank, namely female members of chiefly clans. ... Adi Davila Toganivalu is a Fijian chief, academic, businesswoman, and newspaper publisher. ... January 7 is the seventh day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ratu is a title used by Fijians of chiefly rank. ... Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi (born 1957) is the Vice-President of Fiji. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Fijian vice-presidency is a mostly ceremonial office. ... Managing director is the term used for the chief executive of many limited companies in the United Kingdom and some other English speaking countries. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The Rabuka administration censored the Fiji Times for a while following the first military coup of 14 May 1987. In protest, the newspaper published an edition with large blank spaces, where articles censored by the military would have been placed. Sitiveni Ligamamada Rabuka, OBE, (born September 13, 1948) is best known as the instigator of two military coups that shook Fiji in 1987. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... Fiji Coups of 1987 refers to the 1987 overthrow of the government of Fiji by Lieutenant Colonel Sitiveni Rabuka, then third in command of the Royal Fiji Military Forces. ... May 14 is the 134th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (135th in leap years). ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

An online edition is published, featuring local news, sport and weather, but without any of the international features from the print version.

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