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The Health Minister has ordered an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of 18-year-old Lawrence Anthony who passed away at the CWM Hospital on Wednesday morning. Lawrence Anthony of Nine miles
The Vodafone Fiji 7s team secured the third place play off at the New Zealand 7s after defeating England 14-7 last night. Semi Kunatani scored the winning try in injury time after a long passage of play. Fiji le
The Vodafone Fiji 7s rugby side will play South Africa at 6pm in the New Zealand 7s semifinals after beating Argentina 29-7 in the quarterfinals. There were some scrappy play due to the conditions but Fiji managed t
Vodafone Fiji 7s rugby Coach Ben Ryan have not given up hope on the overall World Series title. Ryan said the team played well in the pool stages of the New Zealand 7s yesterday. Argentina Coach Santiago G
The Vodafone Fiji 7s will now meet Argentina at 2:39pm today in the cup quarterfinals of the New Zealand 7s. The national side defeated Spain in their last pool match 45 14 last night. In the game against Spain,
The Vodafone Fiji 7s team has just beaten France 26-5 in their second pool game of the New Zealand 7s. Fiji scored early in the first half with a runaway try from Samisoni Viriviri after a good passage of play while
First down, two to go. The Vodafone Fiji 7s team has beaten New Zealand in their first pool match of the NZ 7s tournament 12-7. This is a great boost for the team as it fought hard in the see-saw battle to win the mat
Vodafone Fiji 7s team coach Ben Ryan has stated that it’s important for the side to get a good performance against New Zealand irrespective of the score line. With just one hour away from Fiji’s first po
As we await the New Zealand 7s to kick off in Wellington in the next few hours, the Fiji Rugby Union has now confirmed that the National 7s side will be known as the Vodafone Fiji 7s team. It was earlier announced that
The biggest ever rugby sponsorship for Fiji rugby has been announced today after the Fiji Rugby Union confirmed that it has signed a 5 year deal with a consortium led by Vodafone Fiji Limited. Fiji Rugby Union Chairm
14 suicide cases have been recorded in the last month. Police Spokesperson Atunaisa Sokomuri said nine cases were recorded for the same period last year. Sokomuri said for the 14 cases recorded so far, 10 were committe
The Social Democratic and Liberal Party is calling on the Electoral Commission Chairman Chen Bunn Young to reveal a timetable towards the General Elections. SODELPA General Secretary Pio Tabaiwalu said this is the o
The Fiji Labour Party is now waiting for a confirmation from the Electoral Commission on their request for a meeting with the members of the commission. Mahendra Chaudhry said the FLP wants to ensure that the elections
The new sponsors of the Fiji Rugby Union properties is led by Vodafone. Reliable sources have confirmed to Fijivillage that the Fiji 7s team jerseys are being printed with the new sponsor’s logo in New Zealand an
The 83 year old man, who allegedly caused the death of a four year old girl in a road accident in Suva on Sunday, appeared in the Suva Magistrates Court earlier this afternoon. William Walsh Apted has been charged w
The new rugby sponsor for the Fiji Rugby Union could be revealed as early as this Friday in the New Zealand 7s. However the FRU is tightlipped on the new partnership between the FRU and a group of companies. Fijivill
Good news for rugby in Fiji as the Board of the Fiji Rugby Union has finally signed a sponsorship deal. In a statement released by the FRU last night, Chairman Filimoni Waqabaca confirms that after careful consider
Police are investigating three cases of alleged negligence relating to three children drowning over the past few days. The latest case is of a toddler of Vunato Settlement, Lautoka who was found floating in the Vuna
A family has lost a loved one after a four-year-old girl died in a horrific road accident in Suva this morning. The girl was walking home with her family members after a Church service along Varani Street in Raiwaqa
One of the founding members and spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party, Nirmal Singh has resigned from the party. In his resignation letter to the Party President Adi Sivia Qoro, Singh stressed that his reason
