Latest Features news and updates from Fiji and the Pacific.
All current emergency passport applications are being processed by the Department of Immigration. Director of Immigration, Nemani Vuniwaqa said that an order for 1,100 emergency passports to be printed has been given t
Many parents of primary school students are urging the Education Ministry to assess and review the manner in which tasks or assignments are now being handed out by some teachers. Parents have told Fijivillage that in th
$34 million is being owed to the Water Authority of Fiji in overdue bills. Corporate Communications Officer Joe Cava told Fijivillage that those also in arrears are Government Ministries. According to Cava the authorit
Charges in relation to the distribution of information about a false prophecy by a Nadi pastor have been dropped against former Fiji Visitors Bureau Chief Executive, Viliame Gavoka. Gavoka was charged with Reverend Laio
A new Commissioner’s Local Orders for the Fiji Prisons and Corrections Services is now in place and according to authorities it is aimed at rehabilitating prison inmates. Spokesperson Josefa Matau said they are fo
Schools should observe the Public Emergency Regulation currently in place. That is the warning from the Education Ministry following allegations that students of a school in the Western Division illegally gathered to pr
Two villagers of Lakeba in Lau charged in relation to a letter sent to the Prime Minister are expected to reappear in court again this morning. The two - Peni Mapa and Malakai Sabanaivalu, are alleged to have sent a let
Two villagers of Lakeba in Lau charged in relation to a letter sent to the Prime Minister have been remanded in custody by Suva Magistrate Makereta Mua. Peni Mapa is charged with three counts of forgery and Malakai Saba
The Ministry of Health stated that it prefers mothers who can produce breast milk to breast feed their babies rather than relying on infant milk formula. Ministry spokesperson Peni Namotu said their policy at the hospit
The two men who are alleged to have forged the signatures of village elders, chiefs and representatives in a letter to the Prime Minister asking him not to come to Lakeba will appear in court today. According to police,
More than 20 people are admitted in Labasa hospital after receiving injuries in a horrific road accident in Seaqaqa, Vanua Levu last night. According to police about 32 passengers mainly, students were in a truck return
Charges have been laid against two men from Tubou village in Lakeba for allegedly breaching the Public Emergency Regulations. One man has been charged with one count of malicious act and three counts of forgery. Polic
National 7's reps, Leone Nakarawa, Dale Tonawai and Nikola Matawalu have not been named in the Flying Fijians 43 member training squad for the Pacific Nations cup. Flying Fijians coach, Samu Domoni Jnr has als
The Fiji Rugby Union will name its best 50 member Flying Fijians training squad today despite New Zealand being adamant that they will not allow players who have links to the Military. FRU CEO, Keni Dakuidreketi sai
More than seventy thousand people have flocked to the Fiji Showcase 2011 in the last eight days. Organizers, Total Event Company Manager Loretta Jackson said this has exceeded their expectations and since today is the f
A 39 year old financial controller who defrauded his company of more than $1 million will spend the next six years behind bars. The court heard that Chirk King Yam who was employed as the financial controller at Warwick
The Health Ministry stressed that it stands by its decision that babies using infant formula milk are unhealthy. Ministry spokesperson, Peni Namotu said this is the main reason why the ministry wants all pictures of hea
Distributers of all infant milk formula and food products in the country will have to put temporary labels on the formula cans before they are put back on the supermarket shelves. Health Minister Doctor Neil Sharma sai
Sepp Blatter has been re-elected as the President of FIFA, and Fiji FA President, Doctor Samshud Dean Sahu Khan who was at the Zurich meeting presented his legal argument for the FIFA election to go ahead after oppositio
The Chief Executive of the International Rugby Board, Mike Miller said talks are continuing with the NZ government over its stance on Fiji's participation in the Rugby World Cup. However New Zealand's Foreig
