Latest Features news and updates from Fiji and the Pacific.
The Sai Sanjeevani Children's Heart Hospital has this year done 17 successful heart surgeries and there are plans to do 7 more in the coming days. This has been highlighted by the Director of Sai Sanjeevani Childr
Air Terminal Services expects 285 employees to return to work and staff to receive a $5,000 goodwill payment. This was highlighted by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Civil Aviation, Villiame Gavoka during t
The two day National Economic Summit that ended yesterday acknowledged with concern the increasing cost of living and the slow growth in real incomes. In one of the resolutions, the summit has called on the privat
The Swire Shipping Fijian Drua were comprehensively beaten 50-17 by the Chiefs in the Shop N Save Super Rugby last night. Drua’s tries were scored by Elia Canakaivata, Michael Naitokani and Ilaisa Droasese.
The Fiji Council of Churches members have today endorsed a motion to legalize marijuana for pharmaceutical or medicinal purposes only. This has been confirmed after the conclusion of their first consultation proces
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Professor Biman Prasad has today clarified that allowing fundraising for schools does not mean that students and parents will have the burden of paying school fees and othe
The government has very poor maintenance practices, we have been told that for every $5 we have been spending on new capital expenditure, we have been spending $1 on maintenance but we are told it should be the other wa
Chief of Intelligence and Investigations, ACP Sakeo Raikaci has made it clear that former Attorney General, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum and his lawyers were aware that he would be questioned yesterday as it was part of the ongo
Former Attorney General and FijiFirst General Secretary, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum was today questioned again at the CID Headquarters. This is the continuation from his questioning yesterday. Chief of Intelligence,
It cannot be business as usual, we are recommending VAT to increase to no greater than 15 percent but there will be re-targeted support for the poorer people. That is the message from the Chair of the Fiscal Revi
Many people are raising serious concerns about water disruptions continuing with supply only being promised for 6 hours a day. Calls are being made to the Water Authority of Fiji to explain whether the reservoir le
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Professor Biman Prasad says the absence of a genuine Economic Summit for the last 16 years has created the wrong thinking that only one group of people or even one person
A brighter future for our nation requires our communities to be united and move away from divisions, and we all know what those divisions have done to us. This was Prime Minister, Sitiveni Rabuka’s message to the
Discussions are expected to be held on the short and long term goals regarding our water infrastructure when the National Economic Summit gets underway today. According to the Ministry of Finance’s Summit Baselin
The New Zealand government has reaffirmed their 55-year partnership with University of the South Pacific and will contribute NZ$35.8 million to the University in the next five years to support USP’s long-term planning
The Opposition has raised questions as to why the coalition government transferred funds set aside for specific provisions to fund the $10 million grant paid to the University of the South Pacific and the Back to School
The World Bank technical analysis is recommending the broad application of an increased, single rate of VAT for Fiji in the latest Public Expenditure Review Report. It says returning to the pre-2016 VAT rate of 15
If Fiji’s debt level is left unchecked, it is likely to threaten the country’s ongoing recovery from the pandemic and sustainable economic development according to the World Bank’s Fiji Public Expenditure Report 2
A 17-year-old student has passed away as a result of injuries after he was trapped under a bus in Naila, Nausori yesterday. Police say the student jumped out of the moving bus and got trapped under one of its tyres
Prime Minister and Public Enterprises Minister, Sitiveni Rabuka says in consultation with the Minister for Public Works, he has appointed six highly experienced professionals to the Board of the Water Authority of Fiji
