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The man behind the 2000 coup in Fiji, George Speight, and the head of the mutineers, former soldier and CRW leader Shane Stevens have been granted Presidential pardons and have been released today. After seeking a pardon through the Mercy clause, the two are among seven pardoned by the Mercy Commission, during its meeting held […]
Following his historic 200m gold meal win at the recently concluded Paris Olympics, Letsile Tebogo and the Botswana Olympics team were weclomed home by a massive cheering crowd.
Fiji, a small nation rich in culture and traditions, uniquely preserves its stories not in conventional libraries but throughout its natural and human landscape. The essence of Fijian history and knowledge is found in rock, wood, leaf, flower, and especially in people, collectively forming the Vanua. Without a written language before colonization, Fijians used oral […]
From Ruve Ni Yawini Pictures comes this short Fijian language horror film that is genuinely scary. Kaciva tells the story of two students who call on Dakuwaqa, an ancestral Fijian deity to help them in their exams.
With everyone once again talking about Tracy Chapman’s Fast Car after she performed the song with an obviously awestruck Luke Combs who has done a cover at the recently held Grammy Awards and the song now at number 1 on charts all over the world. But what many may not know is that the […]
Quinta Brunson took home an Emmy on Monday for the best actress in a comedy series, becoming the first Black actress to win the category since 1981. Brunson snatched this award for her performance in ABC’s sitcom “Abbott Elementary”, which she created and served as a writer. […]
Mister Sevudredre recently took to Facebook with a wonderfully articulated reason for some of our New Years traditions. FIJIAN NEW YEAR TRADITIONS – NA VAKATAWASE Fijian New Year is known as Na Vakatawase. Many are not aware of its ancient roots in high Fijian culture. Allow me to share a few insights. Long before Christianity, […]
Well, kind of. Whilst there never was a doll that looked like and was named Annabelle, there is however a well documented case of a doll which the movies are loosely based on. Below, paranormal investigator Lorraine Warren holds the original Annabelle doll, a “possessed” Raggedy Ann that began terrorizing her owner in 1970. Allegedly, […]
With the Pacific Games beginning shortly, we felt it was fitting to cast our minds back to the first time the nations of the region came together in Suva for the first South Pacific Games (as it was called then) in 1963. Specifically we’d like to talk about one person who was too young […]
Remember the 2000b Sydney Olympics? 23 years later, the New South Wales government announced that the eastern grandstand of Accor Stadium at Sydney Olympic Park will be known as the Cathy Freeman Stand. It’s the same venue Freeman lit the flame to start the 2000 Sydney Olympics, and then won the 400m gold medal in […]
