Latest Features news and updates from Fiji and the Pacific.
Minister for Local Government, Premila Kumar has instructed all municipal councils to conduct the valuation exercises in all their municipalities before deciding on whether they will increase the rates come next year.
The Fiji Bus Operators Association says it has held discussions with the Education Ministry to open up the subsidised e-transport cards for students from about 6am as it is currently inconveniencing students catching th
New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern today paid tribute and her respect to the three Fijian nationals that were killed in the Christchurch terror attack last March. Imam Hafiz Musa Patel, Ashraf Ali Razat
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama says the visit by New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is about celebrating the rich and enduring friendship between Fijians and Kiwis. While speaking at the State Dinner
Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama says given the rapid increase in global cases of the Novel Coronavirus or COVID-19, the government is announcing a new range of measures at our borders to reduce the risk of an outbrea
The case of Josaia Vuetimaibose who allegedly murdered a two-year-old baby on the 15th of this month has been transferred to the Suva High Court. Magistrate Deepika Prakash has ruled that it is an indictable offenc
New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says there is no confirmation as yet on the conversations about Fijians getting visa on arrival in New Zealand. When asked by Fijivillage, she said they have had conver
The new nephrologist recruited by the Health Ministry will be in the country in about six weeks while the Nadera Dialysis Centre will be ready by the middle of this year as fifteen dialysis machines procured by the Heal
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she felt the strength of Fijian hospitality in the traditional welcome ceremony at the Grand Pacific Hotel this morning. After receiving a whale’s tooth and drinking
Speaker of Parliament, Ratu Epeli Nailatikau has stressed that all parliaments in the past and the current parliament have and will continue to get independent legal advice from the Solicitor General’s Office. Sp
Tyson Fury has won the World Boxing Council heavyweight championship with a dominating victory over Deontay Wilder. Wilder’s team threw in the towel in the seventh round. Fury won every minute of the fight,
The Fiji Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Commission Director, Ashwin Raj says the United Nations Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review specifically states that "All conclusions and/or recommendations con
Three students have been suspended after allegedly assaulting a Year 11 student in a secondary school in Suva last Friday. This has been confirmed by Minister for Education, Rosy Akbar who says a team from the Mini
Expect a shortage of disposable eTransport cards in the next 4 months due to the Novel Coronavirus outbreak in China. In a statement, Vodafone Fiji says due to the outbreak of the Novel Coronavirus, many areas in C
Minister for Women and Children, Mereseini Vuniwaqa has called on people to join her and the Prime Minister to instill good values in our sons to always respect girls, to see them as equals and to support their dreams.
The stockpile of sand that has also resulted in the drying up of trees and vegetation along the Sigatoka River is not from the exploration works being carried out by Magma Mines but it is from dredging works conducted b
Minister for Lands and Mineral Resources, Ashneel Sudhakar says the photos that are now circulating from Sigatoka are not from the actual exploration site at the Sigatoka River Mouth but from somewhere else, and he also
Minister for Lands and Mineral Resources, Ashneel Sudhakar stresses that no mining lease can encroach onto an iTaukei village, their settlement or their traditional fishing ground, and they cannot relocate a village for
Minister for Lands, Ashneel Sudhakar has said in Parliament today that SODELPA MP, Niko Nawaikula recently had stopped a landowning unit from Kokomo in Kadavu from depositing a piece of their land in the Land Bank, whil
Some SODELPA and National Federation Party parliamentarians are now on their way to visit the mining site at the Sigatoka River Mouth after the petition raised by SODELPA MP, Viliame Gavoka was rejected by Speaker, Ratu
