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The Attorney General said Fiji Times Limited does not need to close down its operations based on the fact that the government is proposing 90 percent local ownership in all media outlets in the draft Media Decree. While
Fiji is a land of contradiction and therefore a closer study needs to be done to address the issue of rising poverty numbers. Executive Director for the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation Dr Howard White whi
The Education Ministry has issued a directive to all Primary schools that all sports competitions involving various schools should be held on Saturdays, and not within school hours from 8am to 3pm from Monday to Friday.
The Attorney General said the government assumes at this stage that the Fiji Times is happy with the change in the foreign and local ownership of media companies in Fiji which is stated in the draft Media Decree. In an
The Ministry of Social Welfare, Women and Poverty Alleviation is looking at expanding the list of food items under the Government's Food Voucher Programme. Acting Permanent Secretary Govind Sami confirmed they met w
More than 80 percent of people living in rural Fijian communities are in debt as a recent study has found that borrowing in Fijian communities is pervasive and financial literacy is very low. That is the revelation from
The Health Ministry has this morning confirmed that the incident which resulted in a family burying a wrong body in Sigatoka two weeks ago was due to an error on the part of those that issued the final paperwork and thos
The Immigration Department will now have to rethink their investigation into how two Tongan nationals, who were in the country illegally for over two years slipped through their monitoring system. Immigration Director,
An investigation is now underway in relation to a wrong body that was released from Sigatoka Hospital to a different family over two week ago. Spokesperson, Iliesa Tora said following this incident a directive has been
The Water Authority of Fiji has advised residents in Tuirara, Tovata, Upper Makoi, Naveiwakau, Valelevu, New Town, Upper Caubati, Khalsa Road, Tacirua Heights, Cunningham and Tacirua East to store water now if water is s
Residents living in Suva and parts of Nasinu are currently facing power disruptions. FEA has confirmed that the shutdown occurred after 3pm today after feeders in Samabula stripped causing power disruptions in Tamavua-i
Recommendations have been made at the Food Symposium held earlier this week, for the establishment of a special school for tropical agriculture and the need to revive the Navuso Agriculture School. The group chaired by
Residents of Lautoka have been advised to store water this morning as they are expected to face water disruptions from throughout the day. Water Authority of Fiji spokesperson, Maika Nagalu said water engineers will be
A major restructure of Rewa Cooperative Dairy Company will now get underway with private investors expected to come in and try and turn the company into a lucrative venture allowing farmers to concentrate on milk product
The government has stressed after the Food Symposium yesterday that more land which is lying idle for years will be available for farming from later this year. Prime Minister, Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama said the gover
Discussions at the Food Symposium yesterday by the six groups tasked to look into the growth of the agriculture sector all agreed that land remains the main issue to be looked into. Permanent Secretary for Agriculture C
A Ministry of National Planning paper on the state of Fiji's sugar industry which is being discussed in the Food Symposium states that the mill upgrade undertaken through a 86 million dollar loan from the EXIM bank o
Urgent action needs to be taken to ensure that Fiji's sugar production increases, mill efficiencies and cane quality drastically improves, and more people get into cane farming. This is based on the current cane an
Almost 23 years on, the leader of Fiji’s first coup Sitiveni Rabuka yesterday went to Viseisei village to visit the late Doctor Timoci Bavadra’s family and the Tui Vuda Ratu Josefa Iloilo. The main reason fo
A new Limitation of Liability for Prescribed Political Events Decree has been gazetted, which gives unconditional immunity to prescribed persons in relation to the events of 2000 and leading up to the abrogation of the c
