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The Fiji Bank and Finance Sector Employees Union says some employers have been extremely tough on employees who are late to work in the morning due to traffic congestion in the Suva Nausori corridor. National
The start time for schools remains at 8am but the Education Ministry says students are to be accepted in class if they arrive late. That’s the message of the Permanent Secretary for Education Iowane Tiko
Minister for Employment Relations Jone Usamate is the Acting Prime Minister. Usamate is acting in the position after Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum who was Acting Prime Minister left for Bonn yesterday.
Daylight saving has officially started. Members of the public are advised to move their clocks forward by one hour. Daylight saving will end at 3am on Sunday 14th January 2018.
Carmine Piantedosi has resigned as the CEO of Land Transport Authority. In a statement issued by LTA Chairman Vijay Maharaj, he says the resignation is with immediate effect due to personal and family rea
Proposals that maximum bus fares should be decreased continue to be submitted by members of the public. However, some members of the public also submitted that they were willing to pay for increased fares with new
No road works will be done from 6am to 9.30am and from 4pm to 6pm from today. This is an instruction by the Fiji Roads Authority to all it’s sub-contractors. FRA Chief Executive Officer Jonathan Moo
Two cases were withdrawn last month after evidence went missing from the Police Station, and one of these cases involved a matter where two Police Officers were allegedly trafficking cocaine. A report on the Octobe
The Fiji Roads Authority has stressed today that it has already instructed it’s contractors not to have plant and equipment on the roads between 6am to 9am and 4pm to 6pm, and carry out roadworks at night wherever
Two Police Interviewing Officers in the case of the four men who allegedly raped their nephew in Tailevu, read out the Police statements of two accused persons where they had admitted having sex with the 13-year-old boy
Sexual violence continues to be a major concern as 27 people were charged with a total of 49 separate incidents in October. The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions says there were 13 incidents where the a
High Court Judge Justice Salesi Temo told the state lawyer Taitusi Tuenuku in the trial of the four men who are charged with raping their nephew in Tailevu, that he should not be shy as a prosecutor when it comes to rap
The fifth prosecution witness in the trial of four men who allegedly raped their 13-year-old nephew, confirmed in the High Court today that the boy had told her in March last year that he was raped by two men and the th
The defense counsels in the trial of the four men who allegedly raped their 13-year-old nephew in Tailevu, have said to the boy that the rapes did not take place as alleged by him. Defence lawyer Nemani Tuifagalele
The defense lawyer in the trial of the four men who allegedly raped their 13-year-old nephew in Tailevu, continued to push in the High Court that the boy had willingly gone to the homes of three of his clients. Nem
The Fijian Economy is now forecasted to expand by 4.2% in 2017 an upward revision from the 3.8% growth projected in April. Reserve Bank of Fiji Governor and Chairman of the Macroeconomic Committee, Ariff Ali s
The Education Ministry will soon question the Principal of Lelean Memorial School on why they have issued letters to students that states the Parents Teachers Association fees of $100 must be paid during enrollment.
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama says he and his COP23 team are leaving to embark on the most important mission they have ever undertaken as a nation for the entire world. Bainimarama says as they do so, they seek
Jarryd Hayne showcased that he is one of the better rugby league players on the planet as he dominated in his first outing in the Rugby League World Cup as the Vodafone Fiji Bati thumped USA 58‑12 last night. Hay
The Vodafone Fiji Bati have begun their Rugby League World Cup campaign with a 58-12 thrashing of USA. The Bati scored 11 tries while USA scored two. Taane Milne scored Fiji's first try in the 3rd minute w
