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Micro-financing organisation, South Pacific Business Development has given about $69 million worth of loans to women who want to start or expand their businesses in the past 10 years. This has been revealed by SPBD
Model Homes Charitable Trust Founder, Peter Drysdale says he accepts his Fiji 50 Independence Commemorative medal especially for his family as what he has achieved was because of their support. Drysdale highlighted
The Suva High Court has discharged the three men who allegedly assaulted a bus driver at Nausori Bus Stand who later passed away. State lawyer filed an application to discontinue the case on the charge of act with
500,000 bars of soap has been secured by Colgate Palmolive Fiji to be donated in Fiji and the Pacific as part of the World Health Organisation Safe Hands Challenge and Colgate Palmolive’s Clean Hands Saves Lives initi
Whether it is unpaid care and domestic work, working on farms, land and natural resource management, building climate resilience, selling at the market or fishing - rural women have been at the front lines of responding
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama says right now the cane industry is carrying an even larger burden for the economy because the tourism industry has virtually grounded to a halt due the COVID-19 pandemic. While s
Vodafone Fiji Limited CEO Ronald Prasad says the Vodafone M-PAiSA through international money transfer has grown from $2 million in pre-COVID-19 period per month to $10.5 million this month. Prasad highlighted this
Minister for Housing and Community Development, Premila Kumar says they will now be going through the contents of the Housing Authority of Fiji Special Investigation Report by the Office of the Auditor-General and the P
A number of military, navy and police officers received their Fiji 50 commemorative medals from the President Jioji Konrote today. RFMF Deputy Commander, Brigadier General Mohammed Aziz, Brigadier General Jone Kalo
Tourism Fiji has today launched the Care Fiji Commitment designed to reassure travellers that Fiji is a safe destination to visit on their next holiday. It has also been revealed that visitors from COVID-19 contain
3 juveniles and a man who breached curfew are also being investigated for allegedly throwing stones at Police officers. The first incident happened in Lautoka whereby a 30-year-old man from Waiyavi is in custody fo
Two accidents that occurred this morning along Ratu Dovi Road and Nadera has caused additional traffic along Kings Road. Police are at the scene of both accidents and controlling the flow of traffic. Stay wit
The National Fire Authority has completed its investigations into the fire incidents that occurred at Vesivesi Road and Water Lilly Road in Kinoya last Friday. In the first case, where a two-bedroom house was destro
Former Solicitor General Nainendra Nand says he feels immensely humbled and proud that he was given a Fiji 50 Independence Commemorative medal. Nand highlighted this after receiving his Fiji 50 Independence Commemo
ANZ Fiji Country Head, Saud Minam says around 70% of their customers who were under their COVID-19 packages have indicated that they are now in a position to pay their loans. Around 2,000 loan payments have been de
A search is underway for Isoa Vonu after he escaped from Police custody from the Nasinu Court Cell Block. Police say Vonu has a history of involvement in aggravated robbery and burglary cases and are requesting mem
The Ministry of iTaukei Affairs is concerned about the trade of Tabua over the past years and they are working on making legislation to control the trade of this important cultural artefact as more Tabua are going overs
Majority of the complaints received by the Online Safety Commission last year dealt with defamatory comments. This was highlighted by the Online Safety Commissioner, Ann Dunn- Baleilevuka during the Get Safe Online
The investigation into the death of a man alleged to be involved in an aggravated robbery case in Nadi is now being handled by a team from the Criminal Investigations Department in Suva. Acting Commissioner of Poli
There is traffic along Victoria Parade after an accident involving four cars happened in-front of the TLTB building. It is alleged that a taxi hit two vehicles that were parked. We are currently trying to find
