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Taxi drivers who have been caught doing illegal activities in their taxis should be banned from driving. This has been highlighted by the Fiji Taxi Association General Secretary Ashwin Lal after three taxi drivers
Three taxi drivers were arrested after a raid conducted in a house resulted in the discovery of apparatus and equipment allegedly used to produce hard drugs. A 45-year old taxi driver of Nasinu was arrested after a
Police are currently working with relevant stakeholders to address issues regarding their services which includes lack of urgency in issuing domestic violence restraining orders, lack of professionalism when handling re
Police investigations are continuing in relation to a case where 1-year-old child drowned in the Utelei River in Korovuto, Nadi on Friday. The incident occurred near the Matavouvou Settlement. Police say the c
Beneficiaries of the Poverty Benefit Scheme, Care and Protection Allowance and the Disability Allowance Scheme will receive additional cash and voucher assistance apart from their existing monthly food voucher and cash
The son of the 66-year-old man who has passed away due to COVID-19 complications says his father will be buried in Lautoka and the funeral is expected to take place today. He says only immediate family members will
A 66-year-old man who was Fiji’s first border quarantine case, has passed away due to COVID-19 complications. Health Minister, Doctor Ifereimi Waqainabete has confirmed that the man who was a Fijian citizen, had
Minister for Economy, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says you cannot increase taxes and cut civil servants’ pay if people are hurting, and a 10 percent civil service salary cut would have resulted in about $120 million being tak
The body of a man who was reported missing at sea early this morning has been recovered by a Police Search and Rescue team in Nabouwalu. He was in a wooden fishing boat which collided with an inter-island passenger
Minister for Lands and Infrastructure, Jone Usamate has called on SODELPA MP, Ratu Suliano Matanitobua to stop talking about things like unfinished business relating to the Qoliqoli Bill and the Land Claims Tribunal Bil
The President of the National Federation Party and MP Pio Tikoduadua says he left FijiFirst because he did not want to be a Yes Man, however the Minister for Infrastructure Jone Usamate says Tikoduadua may be lying now
SODELPA parliamentarian Ro Teimumu Kepa says it was the FijiFirst Government who lowered the marks required to qualify for TELS and after compromising the standards they are trying to reinstate the previous qualifying m
Minister for Education Rosy Akbar says the reason for increasing the threshold for qualifying for TELS from 200 to 250 marks is to encourage students to work harder and increase the quality of education. While delive
The Leader of the Opposition, Sitiveni Rabuka says the government should focus its effort on discussing with Fiji’s lenders for possible debt review and moratorium rather than wasting time on Trans-Tasman and Bula Bub
Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama says Fiji’s strategy of smart borrowing has been widely endorsed, including by the United Nations. While speaking in the 2020/2021 National Budget Debate, Bainimarama says Fijiâ
The Leader of the Opposition, Sitiveni Rabuka has suggested in Parliament that Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama should seriously consider removing the Minister for Economy, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum from managing government
World Rugby says it does not condone any person convicted of a serious crime and currently serving their sentence undertaking any official rugby activities under Union jurisdiction. In a statement released last nig
Ro Teimumu Kepa, Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu and George Shiu Raj have been elected as Vice Presidents of SODELPA. George Shiu Raj and Ratu Jone Lesuma were nominated by party members for the position of third Vice Pre
Ratu Epenisa Cakobau has been elected the President of SODELPA at the party's Special General Meeting in Lami. In the last hour, the meeting was on 10 minutes break as the meeting cannot proceed without anyone chai
Police Commissioner Sitiveni Qiliho is expected to leave for studies in the United Kingdom at the Royal College of Defence Studies next week. Qiliho is expected to be away for 1 year. The Police Headquarters D
