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The Principal Scientific Officer of the Chemistry Laboratory of the Fiji Police Force has revealed in the drug trial of Canadian national Joshua Aziz Rahman that she was not asked by the Investigating Officer to check f
SODELPA MP Aseri Radrodro has raised concerns about the number of State-Owned Entities that the Auditor General previously used to audit that are now opting to be audited by private firms and reports not coming to parli
Results from the long-awaited US trial of the Oxford AstraZeneca COVID vaccine are out and confirm that the shot is both safe and highly effective. The BBC reports that more than 32,000 volunteers took part, mostly
Minister for Health, Doctor Ifereimi Waqainabete says they are looking at other means to provide dialysis services for chronic patients outside Suva after the opening of the Fiji National Kidney Dialysis Centre in Nader
Chief Magistrate Usaia Ratuvili has ruled that the former senior executive of a publicly listed company has a case to answer. In this case he is facing one count of indecent assault. The man will give evidence
ANZ has extended its fee waiver until September this year for online foreign currency payments made from Australia and New Zealand into Fiji and other Pacific countries. ANZ Australia and New Zealand customers sent
The number of daily COVID-19 infections in Papua New Guinea has reached a record high, with 295 cases recorded in a 24-hour period. Abc.net.au reports the number of COVID-19 cases across PNG has tripled over the pa
Minister for Disaster Management, Inia Seruiratu says they are in the process to install 26 more tsunami warning sirens in Viti Levu. While responding to SODELPA MP Jese Saukuru’s question on the effectiveness of
Minister for Women Children and Poverty Alleviation, Mereseini Vuniwaqa is requesting opposition members not to use issues brought to them by people who seek assistance for political football and bring those issues to t
The Acting Minister for Economy, Faiyaz Koya says offshore borrowing has cushioned the substantial impact on foreign reserves without which it would have led to a possible devaluation of the Fijian dollar and significan
The Fiji Times Editor In Chief, Fred Wesley says they accept that there was an error in their reporting on the Electoral Amendment Bill where they suggested that the Supervisor of Elections has the power to jail and fin
National Federation Party Leader, Professor Biman Prasad says all the policies that government was implementing to reduce the poverty rate from 2013 has not worked and government has failed to reduce poverty while Minis
The Viria water project in Rewa which will pump another 40 million litres of water into the water system for the Suva-Nausori corridor is already midway through completion. More than 300,000 Fijians will benefit fr
Supervisor of Elections, Mohammed Saneem is concerned with the grossly incorrect and inflammatory headline in The Fiji Times newspaper titled “Power to Fineâ€. Saneem says it has been suggested in the article th
563 people died while at work from 2008 to 31st December 2018 and their families have been paid a total of $13.296 million by the Ministry of Employment. This has been confirmed by the Minister for Employment, Par
The Housing Authority of Fiji has reported more than 50 cases relating to corruption to FICAC since last year. Housing Authority CEO Robert Sen says these cases are of various nature and FICAC is still carrying ou
46 people lost their lives in fire incidents from 2016 to 2020. This was highlighted by the Minister for Local Government, Housing and Community Development, Premila Kumar while giving a ministerial statement on th
The Methodist Church in Fiji has relieved the Superintendent of the Dilkusha Home in Nausori from her duties for the next three weeks. This was confirmed to fijivillage by the General Secretary of the Methodist Chu
There is an accident along the Queens Highway in Veisari where a taxi and a truck were involved in a head-on collision. Some passengers have been rushed to the hospital. Police and the National Fire Authority
The boss of Australian airline Qantas says governments are going to insist on vaccines for international travellers. Coronavirus vaccines are seen as crucial to reviving an industry that saw worldwide passenger num
