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Fijian Elections in 2014 – Overseas Fijian Citizens Can Participate
I’m so immensely excited about having the chance to vote in the first Fijian elections in more than a decade. I’ve never had the chance to vote! And I’m absolutely uninterested in voting for the lesser of two evils in Read More …
Pani (Water), Memory and Post-Colonial Identity
Miles from a place fondly called home, a small plastic bottle of FIJI Water peers at me through the doors of a convenience store, teasing and tormenting, begging me to take it back. I reach out fondly, only to jerk Read More …
What Do Google Users Know About Fiji and Fijians?
Searching Google for Fiji? Try stopping for answers here. Where do Fijians Come From? I am sure the question above is asked by Americans the most. Where do Americans come from? Fijians come from the South Pacific Island country of Read More …
Getting Over Sex Tabboo Critical to HIV+ Prevention
It’s World AIDs Day and nothing hampers the prevention of HIV and AIDS more than ignorance and tabboo. Sex is still a taboo subject in most Indian and Fijian communities. In India, over 2.3 million adults live with HIV. Even Read More …
Fiji Falls On the Press Freedom Index
The latest press freedom index rankings released by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has Fiji plunging 73 places to 152 after a crackdown on the media by Fijian dictator Frank Bainimarama. No criticism whatsoever is allowed of Commodore Bainimarama or the Read More …