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Former Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation, Mereseini Rakuita has the raised the question on whether women in leadership will continue to be called names everytime they speak on issues that matter to th
As the international visitors start arriving in the country from today, Attorney General, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says as the planes arrive, a lot of people have returned to work and there is a real buzz of activity. S
People flocked to Sydney International Airport this morning to catch the first flight into Nadi in more than 20 months, with the plane touching down just before 11.30am today. Fiji Airways will run 14 flights a wee
The Ministry of Health says the public is advised that if indeed the COVID-19 variant, Omicron is more transmissible than Delta, then it will be inevitable that it gets to Fiji. Permanent Secretary for Health, Doct
The Ministry of Health and Medical Services has started the booster doses of the Moderna vaccine to the frontliners and the vulnerable population from current vaccination sites. The Ministry says the target populat
Fiji Television Limited has today announced that their analogue free to air television transmitter in Tamavua, Suva and Sabeto in Nadi will be shut down from tomorrow after the Government’s decision for the companies
Speaker of Parliament, Ratu Epeli Nailatikau has told parliament that no one puts pressure on him as the Speaker and any other appointments that he has held. He made these comments after National Federation Party
Assistant Minister for iTaukei Affairs Selai Adimaitoga has claimed in Parliament that the Opposition politicians and other politicians like People’s Alliance Party Leader Sitiveni Rabuka and Unity Fiji Leader Savenac
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama says he is concerned that some communities in the Ra to Rewa corridor which includes pockets of Ra, Tailevu, Naitasiri and parts of Rewa along with a few villages in Yasawa have very lo
People’s Alliance Leader, Sitiveni Rabuka says in light of the World Health Organisation declaring the new COVID variant Omicron a concern and with several countries, including our neighbour Australia, banning or rest
The Fijian Government says it has strengthened its strict conditions for entry for incoming travellers from red list countries in response to the newly-reported Omicron variant of COVID-19. Permanent Secretary for
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong is expected to issue a statement later after a full analysis of the cases detected of the new COVID-19 variant of concern, Omicron in different parts of the world.
Three Lautoka families are homeless after three separate fires in the last 24 hours. The incidents occurred in Natabua, Barara Flat and Lovu seaside. In the latest incident this morning, a three-bedroom corrugate
The body of a tertiary school student was found at Thurston Garden this morning. Police spokesperson Ana Naisoro says the woman who was in her 20’s was reported missing on Friday. The body was found in a pub
A former hotel worker is thankful to have supportive parents that helped her start her massaging business Urban Thera Spa at Dio Street in Nadawa. Teresia Tagamalo who was working as a beauty therapist for Sheraton
The Australia women's 7s team has won the Dubai 7s beating the Fiji Airways Fijiana 7s team 22-7 in the Cup final. Fiji struggled in defence as Australia dominated the first half. Australia scored a total of f
Dubai 7s Cup QF: Fiji vs Kenya
Dubai 7s, Pool A, Fiji vs Australia
The Ministry of Economy is yet to appoint peer review consultants for the yet-to-be completed Lautoka Swimming Pool Project for which the cost has escalated from the budgeted amount of $2 million in 2016 to $12.6 millio
The Governor and Chairman of the Reserve Bank of Fiji Board, Ariff Ali says the bounce-back in domestic economic activity is underway, although it remains below pre-pandemic levels. Ali emphasised that the resumpti
