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         Spying on detractors             being ‘tailed’ by suspicious looking
         Constitutional review may be on the   figures, with directives being issued
        cards for Fiji, but some ghosts of the   from high up to dig into their records.
        previous government appear to have   That kind of thing used to be the
        attached themselves to the halls of   hallmark of the previous government. A
        power in Suva. Following the pay rise   rather worrying sign.                  Front Page Pte Limited
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                                                                                          Fiji stockists
                                                                                 Dominion Bookshop - BSP Life Building Arcade, Suva
                                                                                       Ginger Kitchen - Fiji Museum
                                                                                Hot Bread Kitchen - Damodar City, Suva/LICI building,
                                                                              Butt St, Suva/Namaka, Nadi/Rajendras Foodtown Complex,
                                                                                     Valelevu/Namoli Avenue, Lautoka
                                                                                     Kundan Singh Supermarket - Tamavua
                                                                               Maui Bay TOTAL Service Station - Lot 15, Maui Bay Estates
                                                                                 Nausori Airport Kiosk - Nausori International Airport,
                                                                                            Nausori
                                                                                Palm Court Bistro - QBE Arcade, Victoria Parade, Suva
                                                                                     Raiwaqa Bakery - Flagstaff/Nausori
                                                                                      Samabula Drug Store - Samabula
                                                                                The Projects Collective - Colova Estate (The Beachouse),
                                                                                        Coral Coast, Korolevu
                                                                                   USP Book Centre - USP Laucala Campus, Suva
                                                                                 Vuda Marina General Store - Vuda Marina, Lautoka
                                                                                  Yees Xpressmart - Unit S22, Port Denarau, Nadi
               Karalo Maibuca (Tuvalu) and William Reed (Marshall Islands) in heat 1 of the men’s 100m
                                                                                           Regional
                                                                                 ASCC Le Bookstore - Pago Pago, American Samoa
                                                                                 Friendly Islands Bookshop – Nuku’alofa, Tonga
                                                                                 Hachette Pacifique – Papeete, French Polynesia
                                                                                 Heritage Park Hotel – Honiara, Solomon Islands
                                                                               Naoero Postal Service Corporation (Nauru Post) – Civic
                                                                                      Centre, Aiwo District, Nauru
                                                                                Palau Community College Bookstore - Koror, Palau
                                                                                   Samoa Stationery and Books - Apia, Samoa
                                                                                      Tuvalu Post - Funafuti, Tuvalu
                                                                                     Vanuatu Post - Port Vila, Vanuatu
                                                                                 Yap Cooperative Association – Colonia, YAP, FSM









               Fiji’s Sophia Morgan maneuvering her dinghy through the waves. Photos: Courtesy of the
               Oceania National Olympic Committee





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