Latest Features news and updates from Fiji and the Pacific.
The government says that the Fiji Times front-page article “Fall from Grace” yesterday misreported a statement released by the Fijian Government in response to a recent Al Jazeera report on the Grace Road Ch
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama says government is taking bold action to uplift the business sector and work closely with their partners to improve Fiji's ease of doing business ranking with the World Bank. B
Minister for Health, Dr. Ifereimi Waqainabete says they have purchased 50,000 more measles vaccination and 30,000 from those is expected to arrive into the country this week. Dr. Waqainabete has told Fijivillage th
The Fijian Government says certain matters in relation to Grace Road Church are currently being handled by the Ministry of Employment and Police, and they must allow due process to take its course without the interferen
Attorney General and Minister for Economy, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says Fiji Airways is heralding into a new era as the national airline was handed over one of the two new A350 XWB planes in France. Sayed-Khaiyu
Tailevu Province has the highest number of people serving time in prison. This was highlighted by Fiji Corrections Service Chaplain Reverend Josefa Tikonatabua during the talanoa session at the Tailevu Provincial C
Minister for Education, Rosy Akbar has urged students to choose a career they are passionate about and where job opportunity exists. While speaking at the 59th prize-giving ceremony of Suva Grammar School, Akbar sa
The Director of Fiji Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Commission, Ashwin Raj says the commission is fully aware of the case of alleged Police brutality at Pacific Harbour and is currently conducting its investigatio
Suva Grammar School Principal, Chandra Segran Pillay says they managed to achieve an overall pass rate of 60% this year despite the challenges faced by the school. While speaking at the 59th annual prize-giving cer
The Commissioner of Police Sitiveni Qiliho has directed and will personally oversee an investigation of a case of alleged police brutality where officers allegedly seriously harmed a suspect who was brought in for quest
The Commissioner of Police, Sitiveni Qiliho has directed the Divisional Police Commanders and the Officer in Charge of Totogo in Suva to relook at the deployment of officers considering that we are now into the busy fes
The new visiting hours for all wards at the CWM Hospital is now from 2pm to 3pm from Monday to Sunday effective from today due to the current measles outbreak declared in Serua and Namosi subdivision. A statement b
The Officer In Charge of Drug Intelligence Unit at the Fiji Police Force, Assistant Superintendent Anare Masitabua says two deaths have been recorded in the country from the setting up of methamphetamine labs in 2013 an
Salvation Army Divisional Leader for Fiji, Major Alistar Irwin says there are plans to set up an addiction treatment program in Fiji by next year. Major Irwin says they are working with New Zealand's Ministry o
Leadership Fiji Chairman William Parkinson says everyone has to tackle Fiji's growing drug issue together and today's National Dialogue titled “Substance Abuse – Let’s Talk About It! Finding a
President Jioji Konrote says if we treat our economy like a political football and choose to play fast and loose with the truth, we can very well talk ourselves into panic and crumble economic confidence from within.
President Jioji Konrote says in the past decades there were entire generations of Fijian children who were denied the priceless assurance of security, were constantly told they were different from one another and who ne
Almost 65% of the population in high-risk areas in the Serua/Namosi subdivision have been vaccinated by medical staff following a declaration of a measles outbreak there last Thursday. The Health Ministry says they
A 16-year-old boy passed away yesterday after he was swept away while trying to retrieve a rugby ball from a flooded drain in Nadera. Police and National Fire Authority officers from Valelevu recovered the body yes
The Health Ministry says there have been zero new cases of measles since the last update given last Thursday. One of the suspected cases from last Wednesday was subsequently confirmed to be measles after lab testin
