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For the first 2 weeks of the school term students without e-transport cards will be able to get on their respective buses until they receive their e-transport cards. Minister for Education Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum
New fuel prices for Motor Spirit, Premix, Kerosene, Diesel and LPG gasses have increased and will come into effect next Monday. Motor Spirit prices increased from $1.89 to $2.03 per litre, an increase of 14
Thirty-one lives have been lost on our roads in 2017 as a result of speeding on our roads and it has been the main cause of accidents for the past three years. The Land Transport Authority says that this year,
The Minister for Education Aiyaz Sayed‑Khaiyum says they are going to set up a hot line to deal with complaints regarding the Education system. Sayed-Khaiyum highlighted that sometimes parents call media organiza
A man claiming to be a representative of the Monasavu landowners, has told the Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama in a talanoa session in Suva that they want Fiji Electricity Authority to increase the electricity rate to
Minister for Education Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum has assured the parents of students that the ministry is fully committed to appointing qualified and capable teachers. Sayed-Khaiyum says a second round of assessment
Two major bridges officially opened in Suva today and this is expected to ease traffic congestion. While opening the two brand new bridges Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama says the opening of the Vatuwaqa and Stin
Good news for people as the CEO of Fiji Roads Authority Jonathan Moore says the Tamavua-i-Wai Bridge will be replaced by the third quarter of this year. Moore has told Fijivillage that the plan is to change th
Fiji’s population has increased to 884,887 according to last year’s census compared to 837,271 in 2007. The Fiji Bureau of Statistics says this is an increase of 47,616 or 5.7%. The average annual
The Fiji Trades Union Congress is now awaiting the written approval for the permit to march in Nadi this Saturday to support the 170 ATS workers picketing outside the ATS compound. FTUC General Secretary Felix Anth
The Land Transport Authority has today made it clear that they have given amnesty periods to the companies whose trucks have been booked for overloading on our roads last year. Overloaded trucks have caused a lot o
50% of university graduates seeking to be teachers have failed the Ministry of Education’s English Proficiency Test. About 2,600 teachers sat for the Job Test hoping to get one of the 2,500 teaching positions
Three more people who allegedly harboured prison escapee Deshwar Dutt will be produced in the Nadi Magistrates Court today. They are charged with Harboring a Prisoner at Large. This brings the number of people
More than 30,000 drivers were booked for speeding in Fiji last year. According to National Traffic Infringement records for 2017 speeding was also the most common offence recorded on our roads last year. Polic
A 14-year-old boy is being hailed a hero by his community after he helped arrest a suspect in an aggravated robbery case in Khalsa Road last night. Misa Cakacaka, a student of Bishop Kempton Primary School has a ho
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama says cheap politicians and trade unionists are influencing striking ATS workers to stay on outside the premises rather than signing the Return to Work letters to go back to work.
The ATS workers and management dispute are now at a deadlock as the Federated Airlines Staff Association says the 200 workers will not sign the Return to Work letters and the management standing by its statement that th
The Head of the Catholic Church in Fiji, Archbishop Peter Loy Chong says that he will not make his stand on the ATS workers issue until he has gathered all the facts. Archbishop Chong has met with the ATS workers a
As the ATS workers continue to remain suspended, the Federated Airlines Staff Association General Secretary Vilikesa Naulumatua has today stressed that they cannot give any assurance at this stage that the workers will
Two men will be produced at the Nadi Magistrates Court later this afternoon for their alleged involvement in assisting escapee Deshwar Dutt. Police Chief of Operations ACP Rusiate Tudravu says the two are a 50
