Latest Features news and updates from Fiji and the Pacific.
The current head and Deputy Director of Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption, Lt Colonel George Langman will soon return to the military camp as he is needed to supervise major engineering projects to be undert
The Prime Minister has stressed to the international community and the overseas media that there are no armed soldiers in the newsrooms in Fiji. Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama has told the ABC that it is misleading for Ne
The mining sector in Fiji could be raking in an estimated $1.2 billion per year within the next four years as a number of exploration and mining licenses are being issued by the government. Minister for Lands and Minera
All employers in the country and Government Ministries included will start to take on a certain percentage of attachees as part of the National Employment Center Decree. Following talks which ended on Thursday this week
The Public Sector and Commercial Crime Unit will now move its operation to the western division because they suspect that funds at Fiji Islands Revenue and Customs Authority's Lautoka office have also been misappropr
Good news for miners and the people of Vatukoula as the owners of the Vatukoula Gold Mines have submitted names of those who will benefit from the $1.5 million rehabilitation fund. The rehabilitation fund is part of the
The Acting Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Ratu Epeli believes Fiji and other Pacific Island nations are fully aware of the reasons why Australia and New Zealand need Fiji involved in the regional free trade talk
The Commerce Commission is urging members of the public to come forward and express their views on the Fiji Electricity Authority tariffs as it undertakes a comprehensive review of the tariff structures. The Commission
We will engage in the regional trade talks but on our terms! These are the words of Acting Prime Minister and Minister for Defense Ratu Epeli Ganilau after the Pacific Islands Leaders Forum decided yesterday to soften i
The Commerce Commission is now embarking on a comprehensive review of the Fiji Electricity Authority's tariff rates and will conduct nationwide consultations to get views from the general public. Commission Chairman
Fiji remains suspended from the Pacific Islands Forum however leaders have called for the commencement of political dialogue in Fiji between parties on the principles of genuine, inclusive dialogue without preconditions
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key said it is a ridiculous assertion by Fiji's Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama to claim that Australia and New Zealand are not Pacific island nations. Speaking to reporte
Amalgamated Telecom Holdings Limited's subsidiary company TransTel Fiji Limited recorded an 89 percent decline in its revenue at the end of the last financial year. Aside from an increase in the provision for doubtf
New Zealand and Australia need to let Pacific countries deal with their own problems. These are the sentiments of Kiribati President Anote Tong during an interview with TV NZ after reports have surfaced that there is a
Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama said if he is considered a dictator for the work his government is carrying out, than most of the countries in the region have dictators. Speaking on the ABC's Foreign
Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama said Fiji does not need Pacific Island leaders to fight it's case at the Pacific Island Forum meeting currently underway in Port Villa in Vanuatu. The 41st Pacific Island
Pacific Islands Leaders have started to arrive at the 41st Pacific Islands Leaders Forum meeting venue in Port Villa Vanuatu in the next hour. Pacific Islands Leaders are expected to discuss Fiji's future particip
The Fiji Delegation to the Shanghai expo in China, led by Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama, will address some 200 prospective Chinese investors tomorrow in attempts to entice them to come to Fiji. Speaking f
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key said the stance the Pacific Islands Forum continues to take towards Fiji will be reaffirmed in Vanuatu this week. The 41st Pacific Islands Forum meeting in Vanuatu is scheduled to
Fiji Pine Limited has paid off a $1.6 million loan taken from the Fiji National Provident Fund. Company Chairman Ratu Tevita Uluilakeba Mara confirmed that the loan matured in July 2009 however due to poor cash flow p
