The Fiji Sun is a daily newspaper published in Fiji. A newspaper is a written Publication containing News, information and Advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called Newsprint. Owned by Sun (Fiji) News Limited, it was first published in September 1999. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) [1] An internet edition is also published.
The Fiji Sun website claims that the paper is wholly owned by Fijian nationals, and employs a total of 92 staff plus some forty sub-contractors.
In March 2008, the newspaper's publisher, Australian citizen Russell Hunter, was deported on the orders of the interim Defence Minister, Ratu Epeli Ganilau, who claimed that Hunter was a threat to "national security. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Russell Hunter ( February 18 1925 – February 26 2004) was a popular Scottish Television, stage and film Actor Ratu is a title used by Fijians of chiefly rank An equivalent title Adi (andi is used by females of chiefly rank Brigadier-General Ratu Epeli Ganilau, MC, MSD, (born 10 October 1951) is a Fijian soldier and statesman who " Opponents of the military-backed government, which took power in a coup d'état in 2006, claim that it was a blatant attempt to intimidate the media. The Fijian Coup d'état of December 2006 occurred as a continuation of the pressure which had been building since the military unrest of the 2000 Fijian coup d'état Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.