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Litia Cava
25 May, 2021, 8:00 pm
Fiji Womans Crisis Centre and Human Rights Activist Shamima Ali during the Fiji Teachers Union International Woman s Day celebration at Berry Road. Picture: RAMA
The Fiji Civil Society Organisation Alliance states government leaders need to stop burying their heads in the sand and front up and tell Fiji what is going on in terms of how it intends to tackle the escalating COVID-19 outbreak.
“It is not the responsibility of a public servant to continuously be fielding questions from the media, on behalf of the people, for matters that are clearly in the court of the political Government,” the alliance claimed in a statement issued on Sunday.
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Phyllis Vatucawaqa . Picture: BALJEET SINGH
A FORMER Fiji Airways flight attendant says hundreds of her colleagues who lost their jobs and those who were working in the tourism industry are in a very desperate situation and in need of immediate help.
Phyllis Vatucawaqa made the emotional plea to national leaders during the Fiji Civil Society Organisation Alliance for COVID-19 Humanitarian Response two-day listening forum last week in Nadi.
She said she had decided to be the voice of hundreds of Fijians in the Western Division who were laid off work a year ago and continued to struggle today as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.