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Members of the Anand Assemblies of God Church of Nalovo, Nadi continue to help students and members of the community that are badly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and are in need of groceries. Pastor Praveen Cha
Health Minister Dr. Ifereimi Waqainabete says that by next year they are planning to have a Centre for Disease Control lab in the western division which is likely to be in Nadi. Dr. Waqainabete says it is not just
About 36 individuals who had suffered serious injuries on the job and grieving families of those who have lost their lives while performing their duties were compensated today. While handing out the cheques, Prime
For more than a year, the residents of a small Welsh town would lose their broadband internet every morning at 7am. The bizarre mystery stumped the 400 residents of the small town of Aberhosan, and frustrated many
Students, teachers and friends gathered in large numbers at Tilak High School Hall this morning to farewell two brothers, Shalvin and Shivneel Singh who drowned in the Dreketi River in Vuda, Lautoka last Friday. Sh
Three more people have died in French Polynesia's Covid-19 outbreak, which has seen a rise of about 1,000 cases in the past month. The three had been in intensive care in Tahiti. They were a woman in her late
Minister for Health, Dr Ifereimi Waqainabete says that the World Health Organization has assessed Fiji and has declared that Fiji’s COVID-19 testing is 100 percent compliant of the highest calibre of testing. Whi
The Ministry of Local Government has stressed Suva ratepayers will not be subsidising waste management services for Nasinu under the terms of the agreement in the new Memorandum of Agreement on Waste Collection Services
China's President Xi Jinping has announced China will aim to hit peak emissions before 2030 and for carbon neutrality by 2060. Xi outlined the steps when speaking via videolink to the UN General Assembly in New Yor
A 43-year-old farmer who sexually assaulted his daughter when she was 12 to 15 years old has been sentenced to 12 years imprisonment by High Court Judge Justice Chamath Morais. The incidents occurred between 1st Ja
Agriculture Minister Dr Mahendra Reddy has highlighted that there is a need to redouble our efforts to grow more rice in Fiji to reduce the significant import bill of buying rice overseas. Speaking at the Off-Seaso
The US coronavirus death toll has passed 200,000, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. More than 6.8 million people are known to have been infected in the US, more than in any other country. The m
The National Fire Authority says an investigation will be conducted to determine the cause of the fire that destroyed a timber-corrugated iron lean-to house in Lagilagi settlement at Gaji Road yesterday afternoon.
An accident involving three cars along the Kings Highway close to the Caubati junction is causing major traffic. The traffic is in the two lanes going towards Nausori. Police confirm that the accident involves
The Water Authority of Fiji has confirmed today that the desalination plant installed at Navaca in Taveuni has been working fine. This comes after the Authority provided a video as evidence of the desalination plan
The Ministry of Education confirms that students suspended at Ratu Kadavulevu School on the 8th of this month will resume school in term 3 of the 2020 academic calendar. The Ministry says while on suspension the st
The National Fire Authority has managed to control a fire that has destroyed a home in Gaji Road, Suva from spreading to other houses. The house was located in an informal settlement. NFA has confirmed that n
Xbox-owner Microsoft has acquired the games company behind blockbuster titles including Doom, Fallout, Skyrim and Wolfenstein. It is paying US $7.5 billion for Bethesda's parent ZeniMax Media. Xbox has said th
A 36-year-old man who raped a 51-year-old tourist from New Zealand in a resort in Yasawa in December last year will spend 9 years and 9 months behind bars. The man had pleaded guilty to a count of rape. While
The man who allegedly assaulted a doctor at Ba Mission Hospital yesterday, appeared in the Ba Magistrates Court this afternoon. Shafeed Ali has been charged with one count of assault causing actual bodily harm.
