''Fijilive'' is an online
newspaper
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and business and cultural
directory in
Fiji
Fiji, officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists of an archipelago of more than 330 islands—of which about ...
. The site is owned by the
Future Group of Companies
The future is the time after the past and present. Its arrival is considered inevitable due to the existence of time and the laws of physics. Due to the apparent nature of reality and the unavoidability of the future, everything that currently e ...
owned by Fiji entrepreneur
Yashwant Gaunder Yashwant or Yashawant is a given name.
People
*Yashwant Vithoba Chittal (born 1928), Kannada fiction writer, Academy Award recipient for his work ''Purusottama''
* Yashwant Jadhav, Indian politician
*Yashwant Singh Parmar (1906–1981), Indian po ...
.
''Fijilive'' is one of Fiji's largest websites. The site rose to prominence in May 2000 during the
nationalist coup orchestrated by
George Speight
George Speight (; born 1957), also known by his pseudonym Ilikimi Naitini, is a Fijian businessman and politician who was the leader of the 2000 Fijian coup d'état, in which he and rebel soldiers from Fiji's Counter Revolutionary Warfare Unit sei ...
. While communication links with the outside world were cut off by the coup plotters, ''Fijilive'' was one of the few sources of news to reach the international audience. Since 2003 the site has undergone a massive transformation with a focus on
infotainment
Infotainment (a portmanteau of ''information'' and ''entertainment''), also called soft news as a way to distinguish it from serious journalism or hard news, is a type of media, usually television or online, that provides a combination of inform ...
. However, it remains a major supplier of Fiji news for an international audience.
See also
*
Culture of Fiji
The culture of Fiji is a tapestry of native Fijian, Indian, European, Chinese and other nationalities. Culture polity traditions, language, food costume, belief system, architecture, arts, craft, music, dance, and sports will be discussed in t ...
References
External links
''Fijilive'' website
Culture of Fiji
Newspapers published in Fiji
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