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The Permanent Secretary for Education, Anjeela Jokhan says as of this morning, 28 schools in the Northern Division and Yasawa have sustained extensive damages. Jokhan says some of the schools have their libraries a
Labasa Hospital Medical Superintendent Dr Jaoji Vulibeci is urging families whose loved ones are kept at the Labasa Hospital morgue to collect them. Dr Vulibeci says the morgue is now full and relatives have to mak
Vodafone Fiji has activated its “Vodafone Red Alert TC Yasa Relief†initiative, under which 500 cartons of essential food items, basic tools and tarpaulins worth around $100,000 will be distributed to families in th
The Chinese Ambassador to Fiji Qian Bo has handed over a cheque of $210,000 emergency assistance on behalf of the Red Cross Society of China to the Fiji Red Cross Society for TC Yasa Relief. Bo commended that the F
Villagers of Kabara are currently searching for a 35-year-old woman who went missing yesterday after she went out to look for ivi. The representative of the Tikina of Kabara Tukana Rokobuli says the woman went out
The National Disaster Management Office will deploy teams consisting of disciplined forces, essential workers and civil servants to distribute food rations and non-food items to villages and communities in the most affe
About 16 farmers from Bureseini Settlement, Seaqaqa have lost their cash crops, livestock and their houses also suffered severe damages due to Tropical Cyclone Yasa. Farmers in the area have sugarcane farms, plant
Daylight saving will start tomorrow and will finish on the 17th of next month. People will have to wind their clocks one hour ahead at 2am tomorrow.
National Federation Party Leader, Professor Biman Prasad says it is heartbreaking to see the devastation and destruction caused by Tropical Cyclone Yasa. Prasad left for the Northern Division yesterday. He say
An urgent call for assistance is being made to help those who have been severely affected by Monster Tropical Cyclone Yasa. The Rotary Club of Peninsula Sunset has started a disaster relief initiative to help the v
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama led a group of Government officials to visit areas affected by Tropical Cyclone Yasa in the Central Division while Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum is in the Northern Division with
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies has released initial early emergency relief funds of US $97,000 to provide urgent assistance including first aid, tarpaulins and shelter materials, s
As of 5pm yesterday, 18,828 people are currently taking shelter at 389 evacuation centres around the country. The National Disaster Management Office says 3,657 people are currently in 78 evacuation centres in the
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama says the Build Back Better initiative has proved to be successful as many of the buildings that were rebuilt after Tropical Cyclone Winston has withstood the wrath of Tropical Cyclone Y
Digicel Fiji says they continued to provide network service to their customers during the face of Category 5 Tropical Cyclone Yasa and were the only means of communication for many mobile users in Vanua Levu at the heig
The Permanent Secretary for Education, Anjeela Jokhan says according to the initial reports the Ministry has received, 17 schools in the Northern Division and Yasawa have suffered damages due to Tropical Cyclone Yasa.
Vodafone Fiji says they have partially restored network in the Northern Division after strong winds caused by Tropical Cyclone Yasa moved and misaligned their infrastructure at many of their stations. They say that
All municipal markets in Viti Levu will open tomorrow and operate as normal. The Permanent Secretary for Ministry of Local Government Dimity Fifer says that upon advice from the National Disaster Management Office,
A hurricane warning remains in force for Oneata, Moce, Kabara, Komo, Namuka-i-Lau, Ogea and Fulaga. The centre of Tropical Cyclone Yasa was located about 20 kilometres South of Lakeba and has been downgraded to a C
The people of Nasoki Village in Moala are asking the government for assistance in terms of food supply as most of their food source was damaged by Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasa. Viliame Titoko of Nasoki Village says
