Latest Features news and updates from Fiji and the Pacific.
Fiji has some of the highest rates of Acute Rheumatic Fever and subsequently Rheumatic Heart Disease in the world. There are approximately 60 Rheumatic Heart Disease related deaths per year in Fiji, and it is estim
Minister for Economy Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum has confirmed that ordinary Fijians will not have to pay for the open heart surgeries at the Ba and Lautoka hospitals under Aspen Medical. Sayed-Khaiyum say currently all th
Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre Coordinator and Human Rights Activist Shamima Ali says since election campaigning has started, it is in the interest of all of us and for good governance, integrity and honesty to have a Car
The condition of the Golden Age Home facility in Lautoka is deteriorating but the quality of care provided to senior citizens has not been compromised. This was highlighted by the Minister for Women, Children and P
People’s Alliance Leader, Sitiveni Rabuka says he is a proud Fijian who will defend the lives of all Fijians because it is the calling of his God to love his neighbour. Rabuka says for him the constant attacks re
Unemployed people in the North can expect an announcement on the one-off assistance of $100 which was announced in the Revised National Budget in March. This has been confirmed by Minister for Economy, Aiyaz Sayed-
SODELPA Leader, Viliame Gavoka says Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum made some threats here to them saying “You watch what you say†however, Sayed-Khaiyum says all he did was read out the provisions of the Finan
An investigation is currently underway following allegations that a man indecently assaulted a woman at the Nausori Health Centre this morning. The alleged victim was admitted at the hospital at the time of the inc
Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre Coordinator Shamima Ali and FRIEND Fiji Director Sashi Kiran are calling on the World Bank to give more details after they estimated Fiji’s national poverty rate for 2019-2020 to be 24.1%
National Federation Party Leader, Professor Biman Prasad says we all know that the Office of the Auditor-General has been under severely intense scrutiny by this Government for a while and its role, performance and inde
A former hotel worker from Labasa, Sunit Prasad says he has opted to join the Pacific Labour Scheme because it’s the only way to overcome the financial challenges his family is facing today. Prasad is amongst the
Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong says they are concerned that there are travellers who are not adhering to the 7-days of isolation and continue to be mobile during that 7-day COVID isolation period.
Attorney General, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says no journalist has been imprisoned in Fiji, and he then accused CFL and Fiji Times of inaccurate reporting, and that they are obviously doing it without any fear. Sayed-Kha
The Fijian Media Association says the Reporters Without Borders report is another clear reminder to the Government to review and remove sections in the Media Industry Development Authority Act that imposes harsh penalti
Attorney General, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says it is an enormous insult to people seriously affected by the 1987 coup to hear Sitiveni Rabuka say that they are grateful to those that received those that left Fiji after 1987
There were heated exchanges between Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum and NFP Leader Professor Biman Prasad in parliament today after Professor Prasad questioned the independence of the Fijian Competition and Consume
Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama says supermarkets are now working with the Fijian Competition and Consumer Commission to rework their business model to focus on maintaining lower and affordable food prices for ordina
The ruling in the case of dismissed Solicitor General Sharvada Sharma will be delivered on the 16th of this month by High Court Judge Justice Deepthi Amaratunga. Sharma filed legal action in relation to the termina
After 2 years of praying for a miracle to happen, the parents of 13-year-old, Thrisha Prasad, are grateful to the Sai Prema Foundation for allowing their daughter to be one of the first 27 children to have free surgery
Undefeated WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol has shocked the world and defeated 2021 boxer of the year, Saul Canelo Alvarez in their bout in Las Vegas this afternoon. The Russian Bivol has now won all of
