Latest Features news and updates from Fiji and the Pacific.
National Federation Party Leader Professor Biman Prasad has today stated in Parliament that Members of the Opposition are not racist people. Prasad says the government keeps accusing the opposition members of pursu
SODELPA MP Ro Teimumu Kepa’s motion to increase the Transport Assistance from $20 million to $25 million in the 2019/2020 National Budget has been defeated in parliament. Kepa says this is a good initiative, howe
World Rugby has confirmed that it has taken the reluctant decision to discontinue plans for the Nations Championship after the required unanimous agreement by unions to enter into exclusive negotiations was not achieved
SODELPA parliamentarian Niko Nawaikula’s motion to reduce the $1.2 million allocation for overseas travel of Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama be decreased by $1 million in the 2019/2020 National Budget has been defe
Health Minister Doctor Ifereimi Waqainabete says health in this nation is not indicated by a falling door. Waqainabete made this comment in response to NFP parliamentarian Pio Tikoduadua who was concerned about th
Minister for Economy, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says if it were left to the opposition, they would develop their policies based on the consideration of ethnicity and provincialism. He says the 2019/2020 National Budget i
SODELPA parliamentarian Lynda Tabuya says she stands by her earlier comments that there is a bank liquidity problem and there she has facts from people within banks and other businesses. Although the Prime Ministe
Assistant Minister for Employment, Alvick Maharaj says that he can’t understand why the Leader of Opposition, Sitiveni Rabuka has a problem with calling everyone Fijian. While speaking during the 2019/2020 Nation
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama says SODELPA Leader Sitiveni Rabuka is Mr Collapse himself and Bainimarama stresses that Rabuka is not a changed man. While speaking during the debate on the 2019/2020 National Bud
“If you talk about a boom in Fiji’s economy, there is nothing to justify it.†Opposition Leader and SODELPA Leader, Sitiveni Rabuka said this while speaking on the 2019/2020 National Budget in Parliament this
The four lane road from Nakasi to the Rewa bridge will be completed in the next 4 to 6 weeks. This was highlighted by the Fiji Roads Authority CEO Jonathan Moore at the Fiji Bus Operators Association Annual Confere
The Fiji Bus Operators Association has been told by the Attorney General and Minister for Economy Aiyaz Sayed‑Khaiyum that they cannot expect everybody to have a particular level of integrity and credibility if t
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama says the Ministry of Local Government will be working closely with local municipalities to carry out a campaign to remove any dangerous wild dogs from our communities. This is afte
The Governor of the Reserve Bank of Fiji Ariff Ali says the slow down in the world’s economy is affecting Fiji more than ever before because all of Fiji’s major trading partner economies are expected to slow
The Attorney General and Minister for Economy, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum has told the Bus Operators that one of the reasons for increasing duty in motor vehicles was to encourage more people to take public transportation
The construction sector grew on average by 9 percent per annum from 2016 to 2018. This was highlighted by the Attorney General and Minister for Economy, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum while speaking at the Construction Indust
The Fiji Revenue and Customs Service confirms that all second hand vehicles to be imported into the country should now be 5 years old or less. CEO Visvanath Das says this has come into effect after Budget Night.
As SODELPA gets ready to have it’s General Assembly on the 28th of June in Yaroi, Savusavu, questions are still being raised by some people within SODELPA on why the important meeting is being taken to Vanua Levu
The Fiji Court of Appeal has increased the sentence of an Australian National and a Fijian man convicted of unlawful possession of illicit drugs from 14 years to 25 years imprisonment and set the first sentencing tariff
1,634 cases of drugs and substance abuse in schools was recorded by the National Substance Abuse and Advisory Council last year. There were 417 cases recorded in primary schools while 1,217 cases were recorded in s
