Latest Features news and updates from Fiji and the Pacific.
Three Sri Lankan Resident Magistrates have resigned. The Acting Chief Magistrate Pamila Ratnayake and two Presiding Magistrates Kaweendra Nanayakkara and Lakmal Wickramasooriya handed in their resignation to the Attorne
People will have to fork out more money for usage of fuel from next Monday as there will be a significant price increase. Retail price for unleaded fuel will increase by 13 cents to $2.50 a litre, Premix outboard fuel w
The Auditor General's Report on the 2007 accounts of the Agriculture Marketing Authority has highlighted significant losses in trading activities, the usage of companies for contracts owned by certain former board me
Tenders have been called for companies to come forward and remove pine logs at the site for bauxite mining in Bua. Conservator of Forests, Inoke Wainiqolo said operations for the Bauxite mine in Nawailevu is dependent o
As part of Government’s intention of raising development in the rural divisions and outer-lying islands, Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama will visit Fiji’s south island province of Kadavu this week
It’s like a light at the end of the tunnel! That is how Fiji Rugby Union Interim Chairman Rafaele Kasibulu described the view of IRB CEO Mike Miller indicating unspoken support for Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe
The International Rugby Board is indicating unspoken support for Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama is free to go to New Zealand to support Fiji in the Rugby World Cup. IRB Chief Executive Mike Miller said ther
"It's time to move on!" These are the words of relieved Digicel Fiji 7s coach Iliesa Tanivula after the decision was made by the FRU Board this afternoon. It’s official. Iliesa Tanivula
Former Post Fiji Managing Director Peni Mau’s defense lawyer Devinesh Sharma has today withdrawn his applications for the recusal of the judge and a retrial. Sharma withdrew the applications before presiding Judge
As the former Post Fiji Limited Chairman Mahendra Patel and former Managing Director Peni Mau start serving their prison sentences from yesterday, High Court Judge Justice Daniel Goundar has stated that the charges they
Former Post Fiji Limited Chairman, Mahendra Patel and former Managing Director, Peni Mau will be transferred to Korovou Prison this hour after both men were handed down prison sentences by High Court Judge, Justice Danie
As High Court Judge Justice Daniel Goundar gets ready to sentence Mahendra Patel and Peni Mau this morning, it has been confirmed that Mau’s lawyer Devinesh Sharma has filed certain applications in court today. FI
High Court Judge, Justice Daniel Goundar accepted the FICAC witness statements of architect, Adish Naidu and former Post Fiji board members, Lute Powell and Joseva Kamikamica as credible in the Mahendra Patel and Peni Ma
Students who do not board their school buses by 4.30 every afternoon and travel by the labour buses will be counted as adults. Works Ministry Spokesperson Sainiana Radrodro said bus services are expected to complete the
Former Post Fiji Chairman, Mahendra Patel and former Managing Director, Peni Mau have both been found guilty of abuse of office by High Court Judge, Justice Daniel Goundar this afternoon. Justice Goundar overturned the
Three cases have been reported in the first quarter of this year dealing with young women allegedly raped by two witch doctors and a priest. Police spokesperson Inspector Atunaisa Sokomuri said the first case was in rel
A decision is expected to be made this week on whether people should continue to take their tax identification numbers (TIN) to the banks. This follows comments made by Fiji Revenue and Customs Authority Chief Executive
Former Post Fiji Chairman Mahendra Patel and former Managing Director Peni Mau will know their fate tomorrow when High Court Judge Justice Daniel Goundar delivers his final verdict in their abuse of office trial. E
The three assessors in the Mahendra Patel and Peni Mau abuse of office trial have retired behind closed doors to deliberate on their verdict after Presiding Judge, Justice Daniel Goundar summed up the case earlier today.
The Association of Banks in Fiji (ABIF) is expected to hold a meeting soon to look into a report by the Consumer Council of Fiji assessing financial services in the country. The report “Banking Services in Fiji fr
