A group of civil society organisations is warning that the Coalition Government’s plan to introduce a new Constitution by Christmas Eve could disrupt Fiji’s next general election.

Britain’s King Charles sounded “like a lottery winner” after the death of his late first wife Diana, her brother writes in his forthcoming book, new extracts of which were published ​on Thursday.

Fiji’s services imports jumped by almost $100 million in the June quarter, driven mainly by higher sea transport costs.

A 19-year-old man has had his two-year-five-month prison sentence suspended for eight years.

The Social Empowerment Education Program is calling for public awareness of Fiji’s proposed national referendum to begin now.