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New Zealand has reported its first case of COVID-19 outside of a quarantine facility in more than two months. Health officials said a 56-year-old woman who had recently returned from Europe tested positive days aft
Be prepared as the whole of the Fiji Group will experience heavy rain for the next few days and the Nadi Weather Office predicts that a cyclone is expected to form in open waters between Fiji and Vanuatu mid-week.
29-year-old Amrita Lata from Nacaci in Ba has been reported missing at the Ba Police Station. According to Police, Lata was last seen at the Ba Bus Stand on Monday. A report was lodged by her husband when she
There is some good news as medical engineers from overseas are now installing necessary equipment in the South Pacific's first-ever free children's heart hospital which will open this year in Nasese. The Sai Sanjee
Acting Police Commissioner Rusiate Tudravu says members of the public deserve better services from Police. Tudravu stressed this during the Fiji Police Force Thanksgiving Church Service at the Special Response Unit
Police will be investigating claims of foul play in the tragic death of a 13-year-old boy from Naselai Village in Tailevu on Friday. According to Police, the boy tried to jump on a bamboo raft from a nearby tree wh
A 37-year-old school teacher will appear in the Lautoka Magistrates Court today for allegedly assaulting a seven-year-old student in December, last year. Divisional Police Commander West, Surend Sami confirms the t
Around 20 tertiary and secondary school students took part in a climate action debate and discussed topics like viability of waste to energy solutions, benefits of taxing hybrid cars, and the importance of strengthening
Thousands of people living in Nasinu and Nakasi are facing unplanned power disruption from this morning as the Water Authority of Fiji is repairing an underground burst water main near the Laqere Bridge. EFL says t
The Fiji Roads Authority will be revising its budget to carry out restoration works on their infrastructure which was damaged in Cyclone Yasa. Acting CEO, Kamal Prasad says infrastructure damage is worth $32 millio
342 students whose families income have been affected by COVID-19 in Nacula in the Yasawa Group have been assisted with school supplies by the Turtle Island Resort. The supplies are worth $10,000 and a pack include
US Vice-President, Kamala Harris was seen sitting with a bottle of Fiji Water on the second day in office. The picture was taken as she was having a virtual meeting. Harris has become the first woman to hold
87-year-old Larry King, the longtime CNN host who became an icon through his interviews with countless newsmakers has died. King hosted "Larry King Live" on CNN for over 25 years, interviewing presidential candidat
Two people who received injuries in a road accident in Nabouwalu this morning remain admitted in the Labasa Hospital. The bus they were travelling in veered off the road and landed in a drain at Dramoka. Seven
National Federation Party Leader, Professor Biman Prasad says the suspension and termination of scholarships of students under the pretext of failing to achieve an average GPA of 3.9 shouldn't have happened in the first
It was all smiles on the faces of 500 children of six communities in Vanua Levu as they received back to school packs from Digicel for the new school year. The school packs which includes a bag, pens, pencils, rule
The volume of ATM transactions in Fiji doubled from 12.6 million transactions in 2010 to 23.2 million at the end of 2019. This is according to the Reserve Bank of Fiji’s presentation to the Parliamentary Standing
12 members of Marist Old Boys Association are in Kubulau, Bua to assist the villagers affected by Cyclone Yasa. A volunteer, Lawrence Tikaram says they have been collecting relief items for the past month and have
9 people were rushed to hospital after the bus they were travelling in veered off the road and landed in a drain at Dramoka in Nabouwalu this morning. Police say the bus was on its way to Savusavu from Nabouwalu Je
A 40-year-old man was found hiding beside a flower garden in Nepani, Nasinu during curfew hours. Six people were arrested for breaching curfew in the past 48 hours. A 23-year-old tertiary student was found dru
