H1N1 cases continues to rise
The number of H1N1 figures continues to rise daily and the Health Ministry is once again reiterating the need to take precautionary measures. Another 13 cases of H1N1 have been recorded in the last 24 hours. That takes
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MSG leaders support lifting of suspension
The leaders of the Melanesian Spearhead Group will take Fiji's case to the Pacific Islands Leaders Forum next month's meeting in Cairns, Australia. Radio Australia reports said the decision was reached during a
6 in hospital after 3 separate accidents
A total of six people are in hospital following three separate road accidents yesterday afternoon. A 9 year old class four student of a Suva school was hit by a taxi driven by a 28 year old man in Cunningham. The taxi
8 new Pandemic H1N1 cases confirmed
People should definitely take precautionary measures now as H1N1 figures are now rising daily, and these are only reported cases. 8 new cases of Pandemic H1N1 in the country have been confirmed in the past 24 hours. T
Contaminated juice lands students in hospital
Four Form 3 students of a prominent school in Suva are admitted at the CWM hospital after they drank a bottle of pineapple juice, believed to be contaminated and sold at the school canteen. Assistant Police Spokes
8 new Pandemic H1N1 cases
There are 8 new cases of Pandemic H1N1. The Health Ministry's media liaison officer Iliesa Tora said that there are now 44 confirmed cases of H1N1 in the country. He said these 8 include 1 female and 7 males.
Namosi House cash goes to Winproject
Thousands of dollars which have been made as rent payment by the government for Namosi House have ended up in the bank account of Winproject Limited, not the Namosi Development Company. Following investigations, it is n
FNPF undertakes major reforms
The Fiji National Provident Fund (FNPF) has embarked on major reforms which include the appointment of a new Board of Directors and divesting its interests in non-performing assets and investments, and re-shaping its loa
Who owns Namosi House?
It’s now confirmed. The Namosi House is not owned by the Namosi Development Company at this stage. Although the tenancy agreement for Namosi House was signed by the Director of Lands and the Chairperson and Secre
Fans, families, friends farewell King of Pop
Fans, family, friends and stars this morning paid their last respects to Michael Jackson at a memorial service in Los Angeles. The King of Pop's golden coffin was at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles following an ea
Namosi House owned by business people
Further investigations in relation to the ownership of Namosi House revealed that the land and the building in Toorak is owned by a group of businesspeople. As our investigations continue, it has been revealed that a co
27 confirmed cases of H1N1
There are now 27 confirmed cases of H1N1 in Fiji and the Health Ministry reiterated its warning for people to take precautions. Health Ministry spokesperson Iliesa Tora said one must take care of themselves really well
8 new H1N1 cases confirmed
Eight new cases have been confirmed in the country and Fiji now has 27 people confirmed with Pandemic H1N1 2009. Ministry of Health spokesperson Iliesa Tora said seven of the new cases were from the Suva area while one
Police using Word of God
The Fiji Police Force is now applying a different approach to remove all those lovers who are seeing each other during odd hours at the Suva seawall. Director Police Operations SSP Waisea Tabakau said police are constan
Butcher boss questions vetting process
One of the leading meat providers in the country Leylands Limited is questioning the vetting process of meat infected with Brucellosis before being released into the market. Leylands General Manager Chris Yee said desp
New system to eliminate payment errors
The errors in rent payments to landowners, which used to occur in the past is expected to be eliminated with the Native Land Trust Board's new IT system coming on line by the end of August. NLTB General Manager Ali
Scraping exams will help decrease dropouts
The Education Minister stressed their main priority is to decrease the number of school dropouts and pulling out three external examinations will help them achieve this goal. Filipe Bole added there is no good reason to
Villager questioned for alleged murder
A post mortem examination of 44 year old taxi driver Yakub Khan will be conducted this hour to determine his cause of death after his body was found in the village ground of Tubaira village in Sigatoka on Friday night.
Foreigner expected to be charged for alleged rape
Charges are expected to be laid against a 26 year old foreigner for allegedly raping and throwing a 28 year old woman into the sea at Suva seawall early yesterday morning. The suspect is a crew member of a vessel berthe
Talei saves the day
A last minute try to number 8 Netani Talei helped the Flying Fijians deny Japan a historic win as Fiji edged the Cherry Blossoms 40 - 39 in the last match of the Pacific Nations Cup. The Flying Fijians led Japan 20 - 1