Shadow Fiji sides into Cup semis
The Digicel Fiji Barbarians will play the New Zealand Emerging Sevens team in the first Cup semifinal of the Uprising Fiji International Sevens tournament. This after the Digicel Fiji Barbarians ended Yamacia&rsq
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Changes made to quarterfinal fixtures
There has been a reshuffle in Cup quarterfinal matches in the Uprising International Fiji Sevens tournament after officials relooked Day 1 results. The first Cup quarterfinal will now be played between Yamacia and Dig
Big guns through to Cup quarters
Yamacia remains the only unbeaten team in the Uprising International Fiji Sevens tournament and will kick off the Cup quarterfinals with Tonga at 12.06pm. The giant killers opened their campaign when they beat the 2011
Shadow national 7s teams into Cup quarters
Both the shadow national Sevens teams, the Digicel Fiji Barbarians and the FMF Fiji Warriors, have booked their places in the Cup quarterfinals of the Uprising Fiji International Sevens after winning their second round o
Uprising 7s team upsets NZ Emerging 7s team
The Uprising Sevens team players stood tall until the last minute to beat the New Zealand Emerging team by 21-19 in the Uprising Fiji International Sevens tournament which is currently underway at Churchill Park. Former
Deadline ends Valentines Day
The clock is ticking as the existing political parties have to ensure that they are re-registered as a party under the new criteria set out in the new decree by Valentines Day. February 14th will be the D-day for the ex
Acting PM stresses Decree is not targeting anyone
Acting Prime Minister, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum stresses that the government has taken a principled approach to laws and is not targeting anyone in particular in the new Registration of Political Parties Decree. Followin
What’s next for the unionists?
Unionists who are also holding positions in the political parties or are intending to start a party are saying nothing today when asked whether they will resign in order to register the party under the new Registration o
Union executives have to resign if they want to form party
The government has made it clear that it does not want union executives to hold both union and political party official positions as they would use the union post for their political interests and benefits. Acting Prime
New terms and conditions set for political parties
New terms and conditions have been set in the new Political Parties Registration, Conduct, Funding and Disclosure Decree which restricts public officers including union executives from starting off a party and politic
Police stop planned hunger strike
Police have stopped the gathering of some students and parents of Labasa Sangam College in the last hour as they were getting ready to start off their hunger strike as a protest over the zero marks in the Form Seven biol
Zero marks to remain following independent investigation
The Ministry of Education has maintained the stand that the 11 students from Labasa Sangam College who were given zero marks for their Form Seventh Examination biology paper will remain following an independent investig
Gas and fuel prices to increase tomorrow
A 17 percent increase will be seen in the prices of gas from tomorrow. Attorney General and Minister for Industry Aiyaz Sayed Khaiyum has announced that a 12 kg cylinder will now cost $47.36, up from $40.32. A 4
Carpenter dies in early morning fire
A 38 year old carpenter died in an early morning fire earlier today while a 51 year old businessman is fighting for his life. The incident occurred at around 1am at a clothing shop at Main Street, Nadi when the carpente
Tropical depression to bring more rain
More rain is expected in the Northern and Eastern parts of the country later today. A Tropical depression was located about 140 kilometres east northeast of Udu Point at 4am this morning. It is gradually m
Body discovered in a hotel in Lautoka
It has been established that someone was with the man whose body was discovered in a hotel in Lautoka yesterday morning. The man believed to be in his late 50's originally from Suva was found in his room by hotel s
Fire leaves 4 families homeless
Four families of Naikabula Lautoka are homeless today after the flats they lived in was destroyed in a fire last night. The damage to the partially corrugated iron, timber and concrete house is estimated to be aroun
Central Division currently without power
The whole of the Central Division is currently without power. FEA said this is due to a transformer problem at their Kinoya power station. There is no time frame given yet as to when power will be restored
New Draft Constitution to be available soon-PM
The new draft constitution should be available for deliberation by the end of this month. This is according to the Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama during a national address on Fiji's constitution las
Draft Constitution will be amended-PM
The draft Fiji Constitution is backward focused according to the President of Fiji, Ratu Epeli Nailatikau, and as a result will be amended by the Governments legal team, said the Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimar