Latest Features news and updates from Fiji and the Pacific.
Minister for Education Premila Kumar has confirmed that students from Years 1 to 11 will return to school from 29th November this year if everything goes well. Kumar says this is based on the fact that there is an
About 40 people are now unemployed after the Baobab Marine and Seal Superyachts Fiji in Port Denarau, Nadi was destroyed in a fire early this morning. Owner Chase Smith says he was informed about the incident at ab
The Reserve Bank of Fiji Governor and Chairman of the Board, Ariff Ali says in the months ahead, economic prospects are relatively favourable as the appetite to travel to Fiji is visible from the growing airline and hot
Hotels and resorts around the country are in the process to ensure that they have enough rooms available for many guests coming in from abroad when international borders open on December 1st. The CEO of Fiji Hotel
Commissioner of Police Brigadier General Sitiveni Qiliho has personally thanked the former Commissioner to the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) Unaisi Vuniwaqa for proudly representing Fiji and the Fiji Po
91% of the eligible population in the Bua Province have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine while 62% have received their second dose, and the Bua Provincial Council is now aiming to increase that number b
The Health Ministry has recorded 60 quarantine test results of concern from around 700 travellers to the North over the 7-day period from 20th to the 26th of October. Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James F
The President of the Fiji Flight Attendants Trade Union, Joe McGowan says none of the 245 union members who are former workers Fiji Airways were bullied into taking legal action against the airline company after comment
People will be able to use fireworks from 5pm to midnight this Diwali. Acting Director Mineral Resources, Raymond Mohammed says according to the Explosives Act 1937, no one is permitted to use or discharge firework
People’s Alliance Party Leader, Sitiveni Rabuka says Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama should have attended the COP26 meeting in Glasgow virtually from Suva and he is also calling on the Prime Minister to donate his
A 17-year-old boy who is charged with a count of aggravated robbery and was granted bail by the Suva High Court on the 17th of August was still kept in remand until today. The lawyer from the Office of the Director
Acting Permanent Secretary for Economy, Shiri Gounder says the Fijian Government is taking steps to convert the $173.8 million debt owed by FSC to Government into equity, with the intention to strengthen the balance she
Investigators have gathered witness statements and obtained CCTV footage that have determined the circumstances surrounding 17-year-old Aryan Narayan’s death after his body was found in the Rewa River last Thursday.
ANZ has today revealed it is not offering the government’s COVID-19 recovery credit guarantee scheme as they believe customers are well supported through their existing COVID-19 support packages. ANZ says their p
A man who raped and sexually assaulted his maternal granddaughter in Nausori has been sentenced to 15 years and 8 months imprisonment by High Court Judge, Justice Riyaz Hamza. The incidents happened between 2016 to
86.3% of the target adult population is now fully vaccinated while 96.3% have received their first jab. Permanent Secretary for Health Dr James Fong says 13,869 students aged between 15 to 17 years have now been fu
People’s Alliance Leader, Sitiveni Rabuka is calling for answers from the Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama on what is being done regarding the oil spills at Draunibota Bay in Lami, the pollution along Suva Harbour
Australia’s leading telecommunications and technology company, Telstra has announced it would acquire Digicel Pacific for $US1.6 billion, subject to government and regulatory approvals, plus up to an additional US$250
A man in his 40s is in Police custody for allegedly causing the death of his de-facto wife. Police say the man allegedly stabbed the woman at their Nanuku Settlement home yesterday afternoon. She was conveyed
As Clubs, Bars and Taverns get ready for re-opening from the 11th of next month, the Ministry of Commerce and Trade has set out COVID Safe Operation Protocols which states that to maintain physical distancing, dancing i
