Latest Features news and updates from Fiji and the Pacific.
The United Nation Secretary General Ban Ki Moon has agreed to work with the Commonwealth to help Fiji's Interim Government and other major political parties in the Pacific to work out terms and date of Parliamentary
The New Zealand government has taken immediate retaliatory action after acting New Zealand High Commissioner to Fiji Caroline McDonald was declared Persona Non Grata and told to leave the country by the interim governme
This has been confirmed by Interim Attorney General, Aiyaz Sayed Khaiyum in a press conference this afternoon on the matter. Sayed Khaiyum said McDonald has now been declared Persona Non-Grata and has been given reason
The issue of sugarcane land leases has been used as a political football game over the years by some politicians. These are the words of Interim Lands Minister, Netani Sukanaivalu who said politicians in the past have b
The New Zealand Foreign Minister has refused to make any comments on allegations by the Interim Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed Khaiyum that they are using locals employed at the high commission to spy on the interim govern
The interim Attorney General has alleged that Australian and New Zealand authorities are tapping their phone lines and using locals employed at the high commissions to spy on the interim government. Speaking at a press
The value of democratic principles alone are not enough to form a solid foundation for a society. This was the message from Pope Benedict, the 16th to the new Fiji Ambassador to Rome, Pio Bosco Tikoisuva to the Holy See
The Fiji Human Rights Group New Zealand has made a special appeal to New Zealand Immigration to reconsider the student visa application for George Nacewa and the travel ban on the Permanent Secretary at the President&rsq
A senior academic at the Fiji Institute of Technology (FIT) is of the view that Fijian Holdings Limited (FHL) should have bought shares in BP South West Pacific rather than committing itself to totally own the company af
The Fiji Police Force has this afternoon confirmed the call they received regarding the ten people missing in the Kadavu Passage is suspected to be a hoax. The Force is deeply concerned regarding the matter as more than
Nausori Police have arrested and charged a 21-year-old man for allegedly punching a 25-year-old farmer of Tailevu whose body was found in Nausori town in Thursday. Assistant Police Spokesperson Corporal Suliano Tevita h
The Vanua Cakaudrove has acknowledged the actions revealed by the interim Minister for Indigenous Affairs Ratu Epeli Nailatikau to go down and visit some Paramount Chiefs who did not attend the Bose ni Turaga. Spokesper
The Police Force has today admitted that they have to fork out a substantial amount of money to pay for rentals which are used by officers for patrolling and attending to crime scenes. Commissioner Commodore Esala Telen
The President Ratu Josefa Iloilo has conveyed his full support to the contents of the report on the People's Charter. In a letter to the Interim Prime Minister Commodore Frank Bainimarama, the President also invited
The chairman of Fijian Holdings Limited (FHL) said the company has a lot of assets to put as security for the commercial banks to finance FHL's new venture where they have sealed an agreement on the purchase of BP So
Former Opposition and NFP Leader Jai Ram Reddy is one of three judges of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda who has convicted the "mastermind" of the Rwanda genocide and sentenced him to life in pri
A team of detectives from Sigatoka, Nadi and Lautoka are hunting for people who are involved in the brutal murder of a taxi driver Mohammad Nasir of Cuvu Sigtoka. Sigatoka Police have confirmed a post mortem will be con
The young man caught in the middle of the diplomatic row between Fiji and NZ, is today pleading to the NZ government to understand the situation of innocent family members who are being victimised for being related to pe
NZ Foreign Minister, Murray McCully will today reply to Fiji's Interim Prime Minister, Commodore Frank Bainimarama as the diplomatic stand-off between the two countries continues. Commodore Bainimarama yesterday wro
The interim Prime Minister has stressed that general elections will not be held before 2010. Commodore Frank Bainimarama said elections will be held 15 months after all their work is complete and that needs to be unders
