Latest Business news and updates from Fiji and the Pacific.
BSP Health has launched a new insurance product called Value Health Care that will assist people get access to affordable, tailor-made insurance products, designed specifically for local needs. Managing Director, M
Vodafone Fiji's Head of eCommerce and Corporate Affairs, Shailendra Prasad says data usage on their network has increased by over 100% in the last one year as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and this has placed enormo
Digicel Fiji has donated $5,000 to Kanalevu Kitchen for their ‘Feed a Fijian’ initiative which will provide over 300 meals for frontline workers and food ration packs for 28 needy households. The Feed a Fijian
Between 15,000 to 17,000 Fijians will be employed by the Fijian Elections Office for the next general elections. Supervisor of Elections Mohammed Saneem says they have divided their recruitment program into three p
A member of Alcoholic Anonymous Fiji is raising concerns about alcoholism in Fiji as she noticed a lot of people have purchased alcohol using the $360 government assistance and the number of Public Health Infringement N
Fuel and gas prices will change from tomorrow. The price of unleaded fuel will go up from $2.46 to $2.54 per litre, an increase of 8 cents, the price of diesel will go up from $2.05 to $2.06 per litre, the price of
Serious concerns have been raised regarding an increase in the number of bush , grass, rubbish , and sugarcane fires. NFA Chief Executive Officer, Puamau Sowane says a total of 243 incidents of bush, grass, sugarc
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama has announced to kick-start the vaccine lottery Win Together Sweepstakes, the first draw will be for $8,000 on the seventh of September to coincide with the 8th anniversary of the Fijia
The Fiji Development Bank has so far received more than 3,000 applications under the COVID-19 Recovery Credit Guarantee Scheme whereby 1,100 applications have been approved valued at $21 million. This has been high
FNPF has paid 4,040 members $3.3 million for Phase 2 Round 7, Phase 3 Round 6, Phase 4 Round 4 and round 2 of the Voluntary members’ relief. FNPF CEO Viliame Vodonaivalu says this is the first payment cycle for t
Government has now paid out over $100 million to around 279,693 Fijians under the first round of the unemployment assistance. Minister for Economy Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says they expect another 3,900 people to be pa
Communications Fiji Ltd, the region’s largest commercial broadcast organisation and parent company of Legend FM, FM96, Viti FM, Navtarang, Radio Sargam and fijivillage, has announced a Group profit of $98,954 for the
21 farmers have received $400 worth of farming kit each under the Back To Rural Agriculture programme. The $400 package consists of $250 worth of farming tools, $100 worth of planting materials and $50 cash.
Energy Fiji Limited has provided the Government $30,516 to assist in its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. While receiving the donation, Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama says such assistance will certainly hel
More than 245,000 Fijians have received the $360 cash assistance under Government’s unemployment scheme. The total payout so far stands at $88.2 million. The Acting Permanent Secretary for Economy, Shiri Gou
Vodafone Fiji Regional Chief Executive Officer Pradeep Lal has clarified that their agents around the country cannot charge more than $3 when customers want to withdraw cash from their M-Paisa platforms. A nu
Digicel Fiji has clarified that there was an inadvertent technical error whereby some ineligible applicants received the $360 government unemployment assistance. Digicel says applications for the scheme was receive
While a number of people may be away from their families this Raksha Bandhan due to COVID-19, this has not stopped brothers and sisters around the country from showing their love and affection towards each other. R
To show their appreciation to the bronze medal-winning Fijiana 7s team at the Tokyo Olympics, the Nadina Fijian Authentic Restaurant at Denarau has organized a special seafood lunch for the players and team management w
Digicel has implemented BSP’s Internet Payment Gateway solution allowing customers to top up their MyCash mobile wallet directly from their BSP bank accounts using the Digicel Selfcare portal. MyCash is a mobile
