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The Attorney General and Minister for Economy, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum lashed out at the Opposition in parliament to stop scoring cheap political points and have factual discussions that can take our nation forward.
It is a bleak Mother’s Day for 60-year-old Tazma Bi as she is without her only son for the first time in her life. Bi recalled last year’s Mother’s Day celebration where everyone was happy and ove
Every woman deserves to be treated with the integrity and respect that one deserves. This is the message from the Minister for Women, Mereseini Vuniwaqa as people around the country and the world celebrate the pers
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama says voices of ethnic and religious hatred in Fiji have not disappeared and we must remain vigilant. Speaking at the 140th Girmit Day celebrations at Albert Park today, Bainimarama
The suspect who is alleged to have assaulted the 16-year-old student of Ratu Navula College on the 16th of March is yet to be identified. The 16-year-old lost his life following the severe head injuries he sustaine
The Reserve Bank of Fiji says the Fijian economy is poised to continue expanding for the tenth consecutive year after an estimated growth of 4.2 percent in 2018 and real gross domestic product is forecast to grow by 2.7
Commissioner of Police, Sitiveni Qiliho has made an urgent call for people to be security conscious while moving around cities and towns around the country and report any suspicious cases of opportunists. The call
Police Chief of Operations ACP Maretino Qiolevu says their presence outside the Fiji Trades Union Congress Headquarters on Monday in Suva was part of normal operations. ACP Qiolevu says they are providing visibilit
Team Fiji Athletics Sectional Manager, Joseph Rodan Junior has now made it public that Yeshnil Karan will not be chosen to represent Fiji in the Pacific Games in Samoa in July although it has been established that Karan
The gold medalist for the 1,500 metres event in the 2015 Pacific Games ran a much slower time than Coca-Cola Games gold medalist, Yeshnil Karan. As questions continue to be raised on why Karan is not in the Pacific
The eleven men who were taken in by Police for questioning on Saturday for allegedly threatening to cut off the water supply to the residents of Suva are expected to be charged later this afternoon. [Photo: Su
Police are continuing to investigate the case where 11 men of Colo‑i‑Suva Village were taken in for questioning about being allegedly seen live on Facebook in Colo‑I‑Suva threatening to cut off the water supply
As the curtains were drawn on the 52nd Asian Development Bank ‑ Board of Governors Annual Meeting, Fiji’s hosting as the Pacific Island nation has been hailed as one exceeding expectations. This was highlig
Yeshnil Karan has disputed the comments made by Team Fiji Athletics Sectional Manager for the Pacific Games, Joseph Rodan Jnr, that he did not meet the qualifying times for the Pacific Games. Ashneel Nand, a teache
The Ministry of Education has successfully topped up more than 80,000 government subsidised blue student eTransport cards which are now eligible for redemption ahead of the start of Term 2 on Monday. The Minis
The Fiji Trades Union Congress National Executive Board has decided to defer its national protest planned to take place today and the protest march planned in Nadi tomorrow. It says the two planned activities have
The Fiji Trades Union Congress will meet this afternoon to decide on whether they will go ahead with the planned nationwide protest with their 35 affiliate union members tomorrow. While FTUC National Secretary, Fel
Two of the four unionists who were being questioned by Police have been released. Acting Police Chief of Intelligence, Bitukula Waqanui says that Fiji Nursing Association General Secretary, Salanieta Matiavi and Fi
Fiji Trades Union Congress National Secretary, Felix Anthony will be further questioned by Police later this morning while three other unionists also remain in Police custody. FTUC says Anthony also spent the night
Fiji Trades Union Congress National Secretary Felix Anthony has been taken in for questioning by Police. Acting Police Chief of Intelligence, Bitukula Waqanui says Anthony was taken in this afternoon in r
