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Four women were found drinking with two men in a cassava patch along a crosscut in Raiwai while another woman aged 19 and two girls aged 17 and 14 were found sniffing glue in Nadawa during curfew hours. 32 cases of
A 28-year-old man of Lautoka will spend six years, 10 months and 20 days behind bars for raping an 11-year-old girl in August, 2017. High Court Judge, Justice Chamath Morais started with 11 years of head sentence a
65 local models will be taking part in this year's Fiji Fashion Week. This includes male and female models. They held auditions and their first rehearsal today at the Yue Lai Hotel in Suva in preparation for their
A house has been destroyed in a fire at Khalsa Road in Nasinu. The incident occurred at around 5am today. More to follow.
Warrant Officer, Ivamere Kanawale could not put her emotions into words after receiving 50th Anniversary of Independence Commemorative medal from the President Jioji Konrote. Kanawale who was part of the first batc
The US set a grim new COVID-19 record yesterday following a week marked by high case numbers, surpassing 120,000 infections in a single day. And it was the second day in a row the country reported more than 100,00
Joe Biden took a slim lead in Pennsylvania, edged ahead in Georgia and is up in Nevada with the fate of the presidency on the line and several closely watched states still counting ballots, almost three days after polls
31 people have graduated from the Leadership Fiji 2020 program this year despite facing challenges brought in by COVID-19. Programme chairman, William Parkinson says this year has been challenging for them but it h
Registrar of Political Parties, Mohammed Saneem says the National Federation Party has complied with the directives to submit audited financial statements for 2018 after it was found that the earlier report submitted by
Police have visited bus company operators throughout the week to ensure the incidents which occurred last week are not repeated where some passengers were seen rocking a bus from side to side after a rugby match. C
129 officers of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces, ex-servicemen and women have been awarded with commemorative medals for Fiji’s 50th Anniversary of Independence by the President, Jioji Konrote for their contribut
Minister for Housing, Premila Kumar has stated that Housing Authority needs to ensure that roads being built in newly developed subdivisions are up to the standard of the Fiji Roads Authority before it can be handed ove
A Vunayasi grandmother who has 23 acres of land is now housing a 7 member family who were arbitrarily evicted from their flat last week. 62-year-old Lusi Waqairawai says she put herself and her grandchildren in the s
The Acting Director of Legal Aid Commission, Shahin Ali has refuted claims made by Tamavua landlord, Urvendra Sharma that when Sharma had approached the Commission, he was told to go to the Nasinu Magistrates Court.
The Fiji National Provident Fund has now paid more than $136 million to 177,000 members under the COVID-19 withdrawal scheme relief to-date. FNPF says this payout includes $43.7 million Government top-up. Affect
US President Donald Trump has accused his political rivals of trying to steal the US election as the result hangs in the balance. His Democratic challenger Joe Biden earlier appealed for calm as the nail-biting cou
About 100 students in Arya Pratinidhi Sabha of Fiji run schools continue to be assisted with food. Sabha spokesperson, Kamlesh Arya says this is a significant reduction as about 330 students were earlier seeking pr
The Land Transport Authority collected $13.7 million in road user levy from vehicle owners in the 2018/2019 financial year according to the actual figures in the 2020/2021 National Budget Estimates however the Fiji Road
Tamavua landlord, Urvendra Sharma says he will be meeting with the Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Commission and Fijian Competition and Consumer Commission today to take action against Pramil Prasad who he claims
The Land Transport Authority of Fiji has invited the Fiji Bus Operators Association to the LTA Headquarters in Valelevu in regards to the dangerous behaviour on their buses last week after the rugby match. LTA says
