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Education Minister Rosy Akbar says their investigating team has received responses from the RKS Principal regarding allegations laid out in a letter by the RKS Student Council. Akbar says they hope to resume classe
Minister for Economy, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says former Prime Minister, Mahendra Chaudhry may be bitter about what Fiji Airways has achieved after realizing an objective Chaudhry himself had talked about in 2008 however C
Attorney General and Minister for Economy Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says Fiji Airways is the only airline in the world that is contending with two crisis, one the COVID-19 pandemic and the other one is what he calls the lies
Education Minister Rosy Akbar has urged the members of parliament not to get involved in the RKS issue and let the Ministry sort things out. Akbar highlighted this in parliament and says they hope to resolve the si
Education Minister Rosy Akbar says that she has asked the heads of schools to ensure that no child is unfed in school as they have money and savings in the Free Education Grant which they can access. Akbar highligh
SODELPA parliamentarian Lynda Tabuya says the government should be working with unions and employers on economic recovery and not working on their own but Employment Minister Parveen Bala says they don't want people to
A 25 year old female nurse is a new COVID-19 border quarantine case for Fiji however Acting Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong confirms the nurse was not exposed to the members of the public. Doctor
Minister for Education, Rosy Akbar has today confirmed that a ministry team is now investigating allegations levelled against the Principal of Ratu Kadavulevu School, Arvind Prasad by the RKS Student Council. The c
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama has told NFP President Pio Tikoduadua in parliament that he should not forget that Bainimarama sacked Tikoduadua twice and brought him back. Bainimarama went on to say that this wa
The Ratu Kadavulevu School’s Student Council has claimed that the school Principal, Arvind Prasad has made a lot of changes within the school system like abolishing the tradition and culture of what RKS is known for.
Attorney General, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum has today tabled the Television Amendment Bill which requires people who livestream sporting events online for commercial gain to get a licence. While tabling the bill in parli
Ministry of Education officials are at Ratu Kadavulevu School to mediate and resolve the situation where some students are protesting to have their Principal, Arvind Prasad removed. The Ministry has asked that stud
Water Authority of Fiji CEO, Barry Omundson says their raw water pumps are expected to be online by tonight or tomorrow morning however it is expected to take up to 5 days to fill up the reservoir. This is after an au
Thousands of residents between the Suva and Nausori corridor are facing water disruptions as an automatic transfer switch that runs raw water pumps to the Waila Water Treatment plant has burned out causing all 5 Raw Wat
Thousands of residents between the Suva and Nausori corridor are expected to face water disruptions as an automatic transfer switch that runs raw water pumps to the Waila Water Treatment plant has burned out causing al
The Naitasiri under-19 rugby player who allegedly assaulted the referee yesterday is currently in Police custody. Police say they continue to investigate the matter. They have also confirmed that they are awai
Minister for Education, Rosy Akbar says the reason for the protest at Ratu Kadavulevu School yesterday by some students was due to an issue with the new Assistant Principal and the matter has been resolved. Akbar s
A citizen has raised concerns on why the land that was supposed to be given to him was declined at the last minute even though he has incurred so much cost in trying to get a piece of land to build his house. Ashni
A 26-year-old man who murdered Sanjesh Kumar, a taxi driver in Labasa has been given life imprisonment by High Court Judge, Justice Daniel Goundar. Viliame Ratubukete killed the man on 28th July last year. Wh
Firefighters have managed to control the major fire at the Courts Fiji Outlet in Nadi Town yesterday afternoon. The fire started after 4 pm. Eyewitnesses near the scene could hear explosions in the building.
