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Residents of Sakoca, upper Tacirua, Dokanaisuva, Colo-i-Suva, and upper Samabula areas are facing water cuts due to a blockage at the Savura Raw Water Pumping Station. Water Authority of Fiji Chief Operating Office
99 candidates have so far been approved for the 2022 General Elections. Following the verification exercise, Supervisor of Elections Mohammed Saneem has approved 41 nominations submitted by the Fiji Labour Party wh
A team of Police officers are conducting house to house and business visitations along the stretch near Navo, Malolo in Nadi where a 61-year-old man passed away after he was hit by an unknown vehicle. Chief Operati
FijiFirst General-Secretary Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says other political parties do not have good policies as they are going around campaigning on previous emotive issues, however, People’s Alliance Leader, Sitiveni Rabuk
People’s Alliance Leader Sitiveni Rabuka says the nation is putting it’s hope in them. While speaking at a party rally in Lami today, Rabuka says they are the change and not the people who have put billboard
A 61-year-old man from Koronubu in Ba has passed away following an accident close to midnight last night along Queens Road near Malolo in Nadi. Police say the man was a passenger in a car driven by a 48-year-old fa
FijiFirst Party General Secretary Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum has confirmed that all 55 of their candidates have been accepted by the Fijian Elections Office. Sayed-Khaiyum filed the nominations in the presence of the Supe
Unity Fiji Leader, Savenaca Narube says the crowding out impact of government debt can result in essential government services getting affected as more debt repayments will eventually have to be made. With governme
A visit to Levuka by the team from the Sai Sanjeevani Children’s Hospital Fiji has resulted in the discovery of 163 children affected with heart disease. All the children diagnosed with Congenital Heart Disease
Unity Fiji Leader Savenaca Narube has questioned why do we need to spend more than a billion dollars on a road from Suva to Nadi across Viti Levu when our health system and the people of Fiji are struggling. While
Business executive, Nouzab Fareed who was earlier convicted of a charge of indecent assault by the Suva Magistrates Court has been acquitted by High Court Judge Justice Salesi Temo following an appeal against conviction
Applications for the 2023 Tertiary Scholarships and Loans Service open on December 2nd. Permanent Secretary for Education Doctor Anjeela Jokhan says students are encouraged to apply after the TSLS announced a total
To ease the burden of cost of living on all Fijians, Unity Fiji Leader Savenaca Narube says they will be addressing this crisis by doing two things which is putting more money into people’s pockets and reducing the co
Director of Public Prosecutions, Christopher Pryde has categorically rejected, what he calls, the unsubstantiated and defamatory allegations made by the Police Commissioner Brigadier General Sitiveni Qiliho that the dec
SODELPA Leader Viliame Gavoka says in a country where they want everyone to be equal, they will provide free tertiary education to everyone at a total cost of about $200 million and they will also forgive the TELS debt
SODELPA Leader Viliame Gavoka says if no party gets 28 seats in Parliament after the release of the results of the general elections, there will be very intense negotiations, and they will not rule out any party in thei
The Fiji Police Force is concerned about the decision by the Director of Public Prosecutions not to lay any charges on the National Federation Party Leader Professor Biman Prasad as the Commissioner, Brigadier General S
Thousands of people are expected to face water cuts in many parts of Suva, Samabula, Tamavua, Lami and surrounding areas as there is a rupture on the Waimanu Raw Water Rising Main due to unplanned power fluctuations at
Government, through the National Disaster Management Office will be spearheading a whole-of-government and whole-of-society clean-up campaign today across all four divisions to mitigate the risks of flooding in communit
The Acting Leader of the New Generation Party, Varinava Tiko who served time in prison for holding people hostage in Korovou Town during the 2000 coup says no one has the right to accuse him because he has stood before
