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Hundreds of people, including children who came in different costumes, registered for the Walk on Walk Strong Kids Fun Walk and Zumba this morning at Albert to raise awareness for kids living with cancer. WOWS Kids
Minister for Home Affairs, Pio Tikoduadua says the recent incident involving a foreign national who was apprehended with 14.4 kilograms of methamphetamine upon arrival in Brisbane from Fiji, highlights the challenges Fi
Suva Magistrate Sufia Hamza will give her bail ruling regarding former Attorney General, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum on Monday. Magistrate Hamza is hearing the health tender case of Sayed-Khaiyum, former Prime Minister Vor
A Canadian national is scheduled to face Brisbane Magistrates Court today charged with allegedly importing 14.4kg of methamphetamine into Australia concealed in her luggage from her flight from Fiji. A joint media
A war of words has erupted between Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Professor Biman Prasad and Fiji Labour Party Leader, Mahendra Chaudhry after Chaudhry raised the question on why the Prime Minister host
The annual headline inflation rate picked up from 5.8 percent in May to 6.7 percent in June, and was underpinned by higher prices in the food and non-alcoholic beverages, alcoholic beverages, tobacco and narcotics, tran
Former President of the Association of University of the South Pacific Staff, Doctor Tamara Osborne Naikatini confirms members of the Association and the USP Staff Union have unanimously voted to go for a strike ballot
The Fiji Government and the Asian Development Bank today signed a US$70 million loan agreement to support Fiji in building resilience against disasters and help spur sustainable growth in the country. During the s
The increase in the National Minimum Wage by 50 cents to $4.50 comes into effect from today. This will be followed by a further increase to $5 per hour, effective from April 1,2025. Pay increments also come in
Fiji Council of Social Services Director, Vani Catanasiga stresses that adequate legislation is in place but there is not enough capacity and we have limited resources to counter the problem of human trafficking in the
Fiji Labour Party Leader, Mahendra Chaudhry is asking Prime Minister, Sitiveni Rabuka why he had a lavish party at the Grand Pacific Hotel for his Cabinet ministers and their spouses when almost half of the people in th
The prices of unleaded fuel, gas and premix prices will go down while kerosene and diesel will increase from today. The price of unleaded fuel decreases by 4 cents to $2.87 per litre, premix also drops to $2.71, w
Children will no longer have to pay for an echo scan at the CWM Hospital or wait for weeks to months for scans after the International Women’s Association donated a new echo machine to the CWM Children's Hospital toda
With drugs and prostitution on the rise in Fiji, Minister of Women, Children, and Poverty Alleviation in the Mock Parliament who is a former Miss Hibiscus and former VitiFM personality, Ulamila Cakau stresses that the p
Minister for Health, Doctor Atonio Lalabalavu says he is aware of the death of a man who died from injuries sustained when he fell off a Ministry of Health boat and was hit by the boat’s propeller in Vunisea, Kadavu.
The sentencing of former Post Fiji Limited CEO Anirudha Bansod has been moved to next Wednesday. Bansod appeared before Magistrate Yogesh Prasad this morning in the Suva Magistrates Court. Magistrate Prasad sa
The President of India, Droupadi Murmu will visit Fiji from next Monday to Wednesday. During the visit, President Murmu is expected to sign an agreement on the proposed sites for the construction of a new Indian Ch
Some people in society push away human trafficking victims without knowing their story, and this is because of the lack of information within the society. This was highlighted by the Butakoci Production lead, Tal
The Fiji Corrections Service has today confirmed that there may have been a breach of trust on the part of former Prime Minister and inmate, Voreqe Bainimarama in prison, and they are investigating the matter following
Young girls used for human trafficking don’t even understand that it's a crime – Rasuaki As we mark World Day Against Trafficking in Persons today, it has been revealed that there have been many cases where gir
