Latest Features news and updates from Fiji and the Pacific.
The ban imposed by the Suva City Council on the sale of all prepared or processed and cooked food from the Suva Muncipal market will now remain in place indefinitely from March 1st,2010. SCC Director Health Services Nac
Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama has today stressed that the government will make sure that the politicians from the SDL, Fiji Labour and NFP who are having secret meetings and are behind a claimed 600 thousan
They would fasten their eyes to see the rise and fall of their baby's chest, and sometimes desperately search for the pulse rate on their baby's wrists. This is the description given by Peter Fong, the grandfat
There will be no more witnesses giving evidence in the alleged assassination case against the Prime Minister Commodore, Voreqe Bainimarama as the Defense and Prosecution lawyers will start making closing submissions next
The construction of the largest American Embassy among the Pacific Island countries, in Fiji, has resulted in an estimated economic impact exceeding 50 million dollars to our economy. While speaking at the new US Embas
The decision to have the new multimillion dollar American embassy in Suva, which is still under construction, is part of the increasing engagement in the Pacific by the US government. US Embassy's Regional Public Af
Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama has confirmed that there may be no High Commissioners for Australia and NZ appointed in Fiji and Fiji may not appoint High Commissioners in the two countries until 2014. Baini
The 8 men in the assassination plot trial have been acquitted of the second and third counts of conspiracy to murder the Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum and former Finance Minister Mahendra Chaudhry while the first
The Prime Minister has today labelled the claimed petition of 600 thousand signatures to have elections in Fiji this year, as toilet paper. Following reports in NZ that a group has sent a letter to the Fiji government w
Certain systems have been implemented in the Finance Ministry with an Internal Audit team now dealing with complaints in relation to government tenders and abuse of public funds. Permanent Secretary for Finance, John Pr
All schools in the country will start at 9am from today and this will remain even after Daylight Savings is over in April. It has also been confirmed that none of the schools should extend classes, which means th
School classes started around the country at 9:15 this morning with students expected to be in school by 9am. However the bus services have remained the same with many students catching buses as early as 7am or 7:30am,
The Education Ministry said classes in schools should start from 9.15 in the morning. Education Minister Filipe Bole said this following the change in school times which comes into effect from today. Bole had last week
Diplomatic missions in Fiji and New Zealand are set to open next month following fruitful talks between the two countries. According to Radio New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCullay confirmed that the New Z
Fiji has been selected to host a European Union office for development in the Pacific Islands. Senior Foreign Ministry officials have confirmed to Fijivillage that the news was relayed to them by Fiji's Permanent Re
Yes, politics should be removed from the sugar industry. These are the sentiments of the National Farmers Union agreeing with Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama that there should be no politics in the sugar in
The Prime Minister has called on the landowners in Nanuku, Ra to renew the land leases for cane farming, that are now lying idle to ensure that the sugar industry progresses in Fiji. As he continues his tour of the Ra p
There is a change to school hours from next week. The Minister for Education Filipe Bole has decided that from Monday 22nd February, school will begin at 9am and not 8am. Bole said this is because children and parents
Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama said the government will not have any money to upgrade the water supply infrastructure if it places its focus on spending public funds to build churches and community halls in
There will be no vote buying exercises in the rural areas because it is not needed and the government is not a political party to look at the interests of only certain sections of the community. Those are the wor
