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24 people including 2 juveniles were charged for sexual offences last month. There were 21 victims of whom 14 victims were under the age of 18 years while there were 13 incidents where the victims and the accused
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Communications, Manoa Kamikamica says the FijiFirst MPs’ opposing the repealing of the Media Industry Development Act 2010 and the iTaukei Land Trust Budget Amendment Act 2021 or
The bill to repeal the Media Industry Development Act 2010 has been tabled in parliament by the Attorney-General Siromi Turaga. While tabling the bill, Turaga says there is a real need to urgently repeal the Act a
Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation, Lynda Tabuya says the Prime Minister and ministers apologise for the inconvenience caused to Drua fans last Saturday who expressed disappointment for not spending en
The Fiji Airways Men’s National 7s team were edged 24-17 by New Zealand in the cup final of the Hong Kong 7s. The win in Hong Kong ends a nine-year drought for New Zealand, as the last time they won the title was
The Fiji Airways Men’s National 7s team have beaten Great Britain 19-14 in extra time. Fiji’s first try was scored by Waisea Nacuqu, followed by Vuiviawa Naduvalo in the 9th minute of play. A quality
The Fiji Airways Men’s National 7s team edged South Africa 10-7 to book a cup semifinal spot in Hong Kong. Iowane Teba scored the lone try for Fiji in the first half as South Africa led 7-5 at halftime. Napo
The Fiji Airways men’s 7s team made a brilliant second half comeback to beat a strong Argentine side in their final pool encounter. Josese Batirerega scored Fiji’s lone try in the first half as Argentina led 1
The Rooster Chicken Fijiana Drua has thrashed the Rebels 39-12 in their Super W match at the HFC Bank stadium. The Rebels were no match for the flair of the defending champions. Vitalina Naikore and Vani Arei
The Fiji Airways Men’s National 7s coach Ben Gollings says it was a fantastic start to their Hong Kong 7s campaign. Speaking after beating Samoa 12-7, Gollings says every game they have to get better. Gollin
The Fiji Airways men’s national 7s team edged a strong Samoan side 12-7 to kick off their Hong Kong 7s campaign. It was an extremely physical first half with Fiji struggling to break the Samoan defence. How
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Professor Biman Prasad says they are funding new ministries under the Financial Management Act after identifying all the wastage, where the expenditure was not done or dis
Police are currently at the scene of an accident whereby a digger fell into the Navua River with the operator trapped inside. Police say attempts are being made to retrieve his body. The incident occurred at a
Communications Fiji Ltd (CFL), the South Pacific region’s largest commercial broadcaster and parent company of fijivillage, Legend FM, FM96, Viti FM, Navtarang and Radio Sargam, has announced a final group profit afte
The Housing Authority Board and Management has undertaken significant steps to address the issues highlighted in the Housing Authority – Special Investigation Report by the Office of the Auditor General. Housing
Meenal Shweta Prasad was full of joy as all her hard work has paid off after she received two gold medal awards at the University of the South Pacific graduation ceremony today. The gold medal awards were for the
A prisoner has passed away after he was allegedly assaulted by some Fiji Corrections Service officers. The Criminal Investigations Department is investigating the death of the man who was allegedly assaulted whilst
The Chairman of Communications Fiji Limited, William Parkinson says the Prime Minister’s announcement that a Bill will be tabled to repeal the whole Media Industry Development Act 2010 is exciting news as the media in
The police officer driving the vehicle that hit a man in Votualevu last week is being dealt with through internal disciplinary measures handled by the Internal Affairs Unit. In a statement, Police say the Divisiona
The Deputy Prime Ministers in the coalition government say it is only right that the Media Industry Development Act 2010 is fully repealed while the Leader of the Opposition has not made his stance known for now.
