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The Director of the Fiji Financial Intelligence Unit Razim Buksh says in the last 24 months they have seen an increase in the number of Fijians falling victim to several types of digital platform scams, and romance scam
Supervisor of Elections Mohammed Saneem has stressed that people should update their voter cards from green to blue to save the hassle on election day. Saneem highlighted this during the fijivillage Straight Talk
Prominent Suva Lawyer Richard Naidu says Economy Minister Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum does not seem to understand basic accounting or banking after Sayed-Khaiyum yesterday said that they know banks have made a provisioning of o
Minister for Education, Premila Kumar says National Federation Party Leader, Professor Biman Prasad is obsessed with the coming election and forgets that there is a current Government which has to carry out its responsi
All registered political parties in Fiji can begin their election campaign for the 2022 General Election on the 26th of April and end it 48 hours before the date of the General Election, as announced by the President.
A 70% pass rate for the Year 13 exam has been recorded by the Education Ministry with a Nadi Sangam College student scoring the highest mark of 395 out of 400. This is a slight decrease compared to the 79% pass rat
A couple will be produced in the Nausori Magistrates Court today charged with allegedly trafficking their 16-year old daughter for sexual purposes in 2018, and the father is facing separate charges of allegedly raping h
People are raising serious concerns about huge traffic jams along the Suva-Nausori corridor in the morning due to Police not controlling traffic any more. Frustrated road users are saying more time is being spent i
The Fiji Bus Operators Association is proposing that the government provides immediate support through duty-free fuel and the grant of an increase in bus fare. Association President, Nisar Ali Shah says a workshop
UN Resident Coordinator for Fiji, Sanaka Samarasinha says there are a number of economic and financial benefits of having the United Nations in Fiji following confirmation that the Fijian Government is paying for the re
Minister for Economy Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says nobody in Fiji has plantations of things like ivi, mangoes and breadfruit and we are just picking off whatever grows. This is after a man asked Sayed-Khaiyum during the
The Fijian Elections Office says it has issued multiple notices under Section 144A of the Electoral Act 2014 today to the administrators of One Mind One Goal, a facebook page that is run by anonymous people riddled with
Health Minister Dr Ifereimi Waqainabete says if somebody has decided not to keep a health centre open, then that person has to be disciplined after a man told Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum that he took his grandf
Police have confirmed they will be investigating the claims made by Nausori businessman Zulfikar Ali about drug dealing, prostitution, loitering, drinking in public areas and street kids causing havoc in Nausori Town.
The Acting Permanent Secretary for Communications Tupoutua’h Baravilala says the Fijian Government has never purchased social media “likes†directly or indirectly through contracted entities. She made this co
Minister for Economy, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says when rolling out government initiatives, they have to assess how will people steal from the system as there is a culture of dishonesty and culture of people looking at one
Minister for Economy Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says he agrees that hospital services in the country need improvement after a man raised concerns regarding the Sigatoka Hospital during the budget consultation in Kulukulu, Siga
Minister for Economy Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum say NFP Leader Professor Biman Prasad and FLP Leader Mahendra Chaudhry are going around saying Government should reduce VAT but that is the only thing they talk about however Pra
Fijians turned up in numbers to access voter services as the Fijian Elections Office's Voter Registration and Awareness Drive continues throughout Fiji. We spoke to some people that were present at the Damodar City
The Permanent Secretary for Health Dr James Fong says they are supporting current efforts to have more testing sites throughout Fiji to which travellers can book for testing, without requiring a hotel stay, as part of p
