Latest Features news and updates from Fiji and the Pacific.
Two days after the devastating tsunami that struck Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga, the combined death toll is now 155 with a major relief operation underway and the search for survivors and victims continuing. The Samo
The Pacific tsunami has brought tragic news for many. 34 hours after the waves struck the Samoan islands and Tonga, there are bodies in the ocean and some are buried under sand and debris in Samoa as this bulletin goe
Up to 113 people are reported to have died as the true extent of the devastation caused by the tsunami yesterday is coming to light in Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga yesterday. So far, at least 47 people have been conf
The Minister for Defence has stressed that in times of a disaster, those responsible for issuing warnings should use the information they have if they know it is from a credible source. Ratu Epeli Ganulau was respondin
The government is expected to discuss the European Union's decision to extend existing trade and aid sanctions against Fiji with delegates of the EU executive body who arrive in the country later today for a regional
Why do this to Fiji? That is the question Fiji's Prime Minister, Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama has asked his Australian and NZ counterparts after confirmation that Fiji will not be allowed to take part in any new UN
The government has secured or is in the process of securing a few multi-million dollar loans to assist in the development of infrastructure in the country. Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama is currently in Tur
The restrictions on the use of fireworks will remain in place and anyone found using fireworks outside the stipulated hours will be taken to task. As we approach Diwali, the Mineral Resources Department stressed that th
Former Fiji citizens who are granted dual Fiji citizenship and foreigners who are naturalized as Fiji citizens under the Citizenship of Fiji Decree 2009 will be allowed to vote in the general elections. Under the decree
A 28 year old Fiji Islands Revenue and Customs Authority officer, who resides in Narere, has been charged with 7 counts of facilitating the stay of an unauthorized migrant and obtaining material benefits contrary to the
Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama said Fiji is disappointed with what appears to be a decision of the United Nations to exclude Fiji from new peacekeeping missions. While addressing the 64th session of the UN
Team Fiji today increased their lead in the medal tally after bagging another four Gold medals at the Pacific Mini Games. Sprint Queen Makelesi Bulikiobo and Niko Verekauta proved that they are the King and Queen of the
The 46 year old father charged with the alleged murder of his 8 year old son appeared in the Suva Magistrates Court this afternoon and turned down the option of bail. Mahendra Sharma appeared before Magistrate Mary Muir
Exactly 134 years since the first meeting of the chiefs of Fiji after Fiji was ceeded to Great Britain, the Turaga na Tui Vuda Ratu Josefa Iloilo today opened the Vale ni Bose of the Fijian Trust Fund this morning in Nas
The European Union has extended its trade and aid sanctions against Fiji until the end of March 2010 at a meeting in Brussels yesterday. The decision means that about $85 million in development aid will remain frozen as
Its gold galore for Team Fiji on day two of the Pacific Mini Games in the Cook Islands as we won five gold medals today. Niko Verekauta is now the Sprint King of the Pacific Mini Games after winning the 100 metres final
Several attempts were made by the mother and grandparents of the eight year old boy whose body was discovered in the bushes in Vunaniu, Serua yesterday, to try to locate the child after his disappearance earlier this ye
Navua police are questioning a 46 year old man who is alleged to have killed and buried his 8 year old son. Deputy Director Police Operations SP Erami Raibe has confirmed that the man, who is from Nasinu, was found hidi
The Voluntary Redundancy Plan which was supposed to take place next year for more than two thousand civil servants has been put on hold. Public Service Commission (PSC) Chairman Josefa Serulagilagi confirmed that gover
76 students of Nukuloa College Ba, are currently being accomodated in their primary school and science lab after their classrooms were destroyed in a fire last night. School General Secretary Harendra Singh told F
