Increase in price
Race card
IT is a pity that the government leaders used the remembrance day of
girmitiya to play their race card.
The Prime Minister Voreqe Bainmarama said that everyone should know the story of the girmitiya and this should be taught in school (FT 16/05)
My questions are, why did they not implement it back in 2014 or in 2018 when they were in power all the time? Why all these concerns now for the
girmitiya compared with last year and the past years?
Well I believe the answer is clear, the election is near.
KOSITATINO TIKOMAIBOLATAGANE Vuninokonoko Rd, Navua
The messenger
JUST pass the message, without the personal comments. We truly value your opinion and your freedom to say it.
But please always maintain, a personal and social distance and just give us the message.
You are supposed to be the messenger and not the social commenter. You're in my ear by invitation, don't ruin the unwritten obligation. It just creates frustration and unnecessary exasperation, when you cross the unwritten boundary,
between the acceptable and the unsavoury.
This may sound truly negative, but I'm really trying to be positive. EDWARD BLAKELOCK
Admiral Circle, Pacific Harbour
Cost of modernity
THE increase in prices of food items recently is hurting many ordinary Fijians and the increase in bus fare is even making matters worse.
While the FijiFirst government is boasting about the many developments it is making, boasting about lowering poverty level, boasting about economic growth, boasting about modernising Fiji, however, one cannot deny the fact that the consequences of these claims are befalling the ordinary Fijian who now struggle to cope with the increase in cost of living.
In my personal view, I believe in the pursuit of becoming a modern society, many Fijians are being left behind because they hardly can cope with the associated cost of modernity. KOSITATINO TIKOMAIBOLATAGANE Vuninokonoko Rd, Navua