Latest Features news and updates from Fiji and the Pacific.
The Fiji National Provident Fund has recorded a net loss of $181.15 million in 2009. This was revealed in a summary of the FNPF's 2009 Annual Report for the financial year ending 20th June 2009, which stated that th
Violence against children knows no boundaries, it cuts across all religion, culture and no society is immune to it. These were the comments made by Minister for Social Welfare, Women and Poverty Alleviation Dr Jiko Luv
The Prime Minister of Tonga and Chairman of the Pacific Islands Forum Ministerial Contact Group on Fiji, Doctor Feleti Sevele has invited a ministerial representative from the Fiji government to be part of a meeting in N
Nadi Weather Office Director Rajendra Prasad has been sent on pre-retirement leave. Prasad finished from the Nadi Weather Office last Thursday after receiving a letter from the Ministry of Works last Tuesday. Fijivill
Organizer Total Event Company manager Loretta Jackson said the Fiji Showcase 2010 is a never before seen show in Fiji and for everyone coming down to the arena to be prepared, as it is always a different show every year.
The stage is set for Fiji's biggest trade and fun show, The Fiji Showcase 2010. With months of hard work and planning the Total Event Company is promising this year’s Showcase will be the biggest of all in ter
A state of Public Health Emergency has been declared in Navosa by the Health Ministry as over 100 cases of typhoid have been recorded in the area. Speaking at a press conference in the last hour, Deputy Secretary for Pu
The latest International Monetary Fund Staff Report on Fiji stated that tariffs for all goods and services provided by public enterprises should be raised to full cost recovery levels. The report said this would elimina
It all started with a love for dancing and starting tomorrow, the Fiji public will be able to witness how one can take passion and turn it into art. The USA Break Dancers who will be part of the international entertainm
The chairman for the Commerce Commission will accompany officials from the Fiji Electricity Authority and the Consumer Council of Fiji to see the water level at the Monasavu Dam as part of their investigations. FEA has
Close to 10 percent of 350,000 children in the country who have been scanned by the Heaven project team have been found to have eye sight problems or hearing impaired. Hearing and Vision Enhancement or HEAVEN project ch
Increasing the VAT rate and taxes on luxury goods and fuel can be part of the strong and credible revenue measures that Fiji can explore. That is part of the policy discussions and recommendations in the latest Internat
The Education Ministry has reminded teachers that it is illegal to charge students money for breaking a school or class rule. Education Minister Filipe Bole made the comments after concerns were raised by some parents o
The Fiji Electricity Authority has put a proposal forward to the Commerce Commission to reactivate the fuel surcharge of 6.51 cents per unit that was scrapped in March last year. Chief Executive Hasmukh Patel said a r
The latest International Monetary Fund Staff Report on Fiji stated that spending on wages and salaries for civil servants is relatively high in Fiji. The report stated that the central government wage bill is over 10 pe
The Prime Minister’s office has clarified that former Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase is not receiving pension as he was not entitled to it in the first place. Permanent secretary, Colonel Pio Tikoduadua said the
Police have managed to recover the body of a 5 year old boy who went missing while swimming with his three other friends in the Waibasaga river in Naitasiri on Sunday afternoon. Nausori Police has confirmed that the bo
The Department of Fair Trading has found numerous alleged breaches of trade practices and the alleged sale of expired products by one of Fiji's leading supermarket chains, Morris Hedstroms. The Minister for Trade an
The Fiji National Provident Fund said the action taken to stop defaulting employers from leaving the country for failure to pay outstanding contributions has to be done for the sake of fairness. Manager Public Relations
The Digicel Fiji 7s indiscipline let them down again in the England 7s where they lost 29-28 to eventual winner Australia in the quarter final. Leading 28-24 with just less than two minutes of play remaining halfback Se
