Laisenia Qarase

The late Mr Lakepa Junior, from Mavana, in Vanuabalavu, Lau, was a chief engineer on the Tahiti Nui II vessel. Speaking on behalf of the vanua and the family, an uncle and former Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase, said as they stood at the service all they could see was a framed photo of the late engineer.

He said upon the Party's request through his company, Pacific Islanders Printing Limited, they managed to print the Party's posters, built a counting shed at Suva Grammar School and provided an SDL Cluster Office in Suva. He further alleged that in 2006, when Laisenia Qarase won the elections, he was ...

... he cannot claim that the reforms are working in terms of creating cohesion in terms of what the civil servants can do," Prof Prasad added. While also responding to the statement, Opposition Whip Salote Radrodro said the civil service reform was an initiative of the Laisenia Qarase led government, but was ...

It is understood that former Prime Minister in the Soqosoqo ni Duavata ni Lewenivanua government, Laisenia Qarase receives a pension of about $70,000 annually. Former Prime Minister in the Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei government, Sitiveni Rabuka receives about $68,000. Apart from their ...

FORMER prime ministers Laisenia Qarase and Sitiveni Rabuka have each received an official "ministerial-type" vehicle together with a driver as Fiji's former leaders. Mr Qarase and Mr Rabuka have confirmed that the vehicles have been given to them as per the relevant provisions stipulated under the ...

Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama has rubbished a video, featuring Laisenia Qarase, and claiming that iTaukei rights and land will be taken away under the 2013 Constitution and the FijiFirst Government. The video is circulated on social media and it is allegedly being used by some SODELPA politicians ...

A chorus of voices continually argued for the restoration of “democracy” – not only the flawed version of democracy that had persisted in various forms since independence from colonial Britain in 1970, but specifically the arguably illegal and unconstitutional government of merchant banker Laisenia Qarase ...

But Laisenia Qarase, who attended the election as a representative for several shareholders, said he saw no evidence such an error was made. Mr Qarase said it was a complete shock when the election result was reversed. "The change was done within a small group of people who decided on the issue ...

Former Fijian Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase has been sentenced to a year in jail for corruption. He was found guilty of nine charges involving the abuse of office and failure in discharging his duty when he served as a director of a government investment company in the 1990s. The 71-year-old became ...

She became Minister for Commerce and Industries in the multi-party cabinet of Laisenia Qarase. In the last elections, she contested under the People's Democratic Party (PDP) with trade unionist Felix Anthony as party leader. She managed to secure 438 votes. In 2016 she resigned from PDP. Not one to ...

Her political career began in 2006 where she served as the Minister for Commerce and the Minister for Industry in the multiparty cabinet of Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase. Adi Sivia, who is an independent consultant and a monitoring and evaluation specialist in the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific region, ...