Today in History
Thursday, October 20, 1976
A 14-year-old girl was chased by a man for more than a mile following an incident at a riverside picnic spot at Colo-i-Suva, near Suva.
Monday, October 20, 1997 Queen agrees to talk to Rabuka PRIME Minister Sitiveni Rabuka is to have a private audience with Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle in London, it was revealed. Mr Rabuka said it was a great privilege to meet the Queen personally immediately after Fiji had been readmitted to the Commonwealth.
Rabuka defends cash gifts PRIME Minister Sitiveni Rabuka said he was disappointed that his birthday party, organised by his family and friends, was "misinterpreted" as a political fundraising campaign. He said guests who gave cash donations did so on their own volition, knowing that their contribution would be used to assist community welfare and charitable causes. Friday, October 20, 1989
Shutdown over arson protest A ONE-DAY stop-work protest against the burning of Indian temples in Lautoka mounted by the Indians community brought all business activities to a virtual halt in centres throughout Fiji. Leaders of five Hindu organisations – the Sanatan Pratindhi Sabha, the Arya Samaj, the Sikh community, TISI Sangam and the Andhra Sangam - had called on Hindus not to celebrate Diwali that year as a mark of protest. Landowners set up camp on Denarau PROTESTING landowners from Nakovacake in Nadi set up camp on the beachfront at the Regent of Fiji Hotel on Denarau Island. The move took hotel workers and house guests by surprise as scores of men, women, and children put up banners, placards and pitched a tent to protect them from light showers. Suva-based solicitor for the protestors, Tevita Fa, told The Fiji
Times, the gathering was one of their "sporadic moves" to highlight the grievances of the people of Nakovacake, claimants of the rights to the fishing grounds near which the hotel is built. Wednesday, October 20, 1976
Koya must go, says Ratu Julian A TOP National Federation Party leader called on the Leader of the Opposition, Mr Siddiq Koya to resign. The call came from Ratu Julian Toganivalu, a high ranking Fijian chief and member of the working committee of the party.
Girl chased for a mile A 14-YEAR-OLD girl was chased by a man for more than a mile following an incident at a riverside picnic spot at Colo-i-Suva, near Suva. A police spokesperson said the girl and a friend were on their way to the cinema at about 8am when they accepted a lift from two men in a car. As it was too early for the show, the girls agreed to go to Colo-i-Suva. The 14-year-old girls fled following the incident when they arrived at the river. She ran for more than a mile before seeking safety in a house at Tamavua.
Wednesday, October 20, 1965
Awareness on land