Latest News news and updates from Fiji and the Pacific.
Australia’s High Commissioner to Fiji John Feakes says Australians will not travel to Fiji until it is safe to do so as the last thing they want is for Australians to bring coronavirus back into Fiji. He says ove
New Zealand is in its deepest recession in decades, following strict measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic which were widely praised. The country's GDP shrank by 12.2% between April and June as the lockdown
Social justice advocate, Father Kevin Barr has passed away. He was 84 years old. In an official statement, the Archbishop of the Catholic Church in Fiji Peter Loy Chong said God called Father Barr into his Kingdom
Fiji stands with the United States of America as the two countries work towards winning the battle to overcome COVID-19. This was the message from Fiji’s Chief of Protocol Jiko Rasoqosoqo at the US Independence D
The Tappoo Group, in collaboration with international suppliers Panamex Group has today donated 100 cartons of PURE DAYS pull-up diapers to the Fiji Cancer Society in response to an urgent public appeal for help by the
Education Minister Rosy Akbar has revealed today that they are having discussions with the Japanese government about helping rebuild schools that were damaged in Kadavu during TC Harold. Akbar says they are talking
A three classroom block at Naivicula District School in Tailevu was handed over today by the Japanese government to the Fijian government. The funding of $199,147 was provided by the Japanese government. 75 se
The Chinese government has today donated laptops worth $10,000 for training and technical purposes to the National Archives of Fiji. Director of the National Archives of Fiji, Collin Yabaki says they appreciate the
A 67-year-old man who raped an 11-year-old girl on Koro Island in December 2018 has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment. The man had pleaded guilty to one count of rape. While sentencing the man, High Cour
A man who allegedly raped and sexually assaulted his 14 year old cousin in Navua has been remanded in custody by the Suva High Court. The man is facing one count of rape and one count of sexual assault. It is
The Minister for Housing, Premila Kumar says they suspect that two of their staff were involved in the land sale scam in River Road settlement in Narere and the Millennium informal settlement in Nausori. Kumar says
A 25-year-old man is being questioned for a case of an attempted break-in at a supermarket in the Tacirua area last night. He also allegedly breached the curfew. Police say nine curfew breaches were recorded o
A man who allegedly raped and sexually assaulted his 16-year-old stepdaughter will take his plea on the 14th of next month. He appeared before Suva High Court, Judge, Justice Thushara Rajasinghe this morning.
New Zealand's Finance Minister Grant Robertson says the New Zealand Government is looking to have a trans-Tasman bubble set up by the middle of next year as part of New Zealand’s economic recovery, provided the Labour
A huge crowd showed up for the first public opening of the new Value City outlet at the Regal Building in Suva today. They started gathering outside the new outlet before the opening at 10 o'clock this morning.
Good news for the ratepayers of Nasinu as they can now expect improved waste collection services after the Nasinu Town Council signed an outsourcing Memorandum of Agreement today with the Suva City Council. This me
Online food service business, Cyber Food says they will be expanding their business service to the selling of groceries and confectionery items. While speaking at their second-anniversary celebration and launch of
Director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Dr Robert Redfield says a COVID-19 vaccine will be available to the general American public by the second quarter or third quarter of 2021. Dr Redfield s
Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama received a courtesy call from the new British High Commissioner to Fiji, Christopher George Edgar. Bainimarama congratulated Edgar on his new appointment and reaffirmed the Fijian
Nadi International Airport has been named in the Top 10 Most Scenic Airports in the world by voters from around the globe. The results were revealed by PrivateFly who carried out the annual Scenic Airports Poll.
