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910 is now officially the toll-free number for fire emergency and rescue and the calls will directly go to the National Fire Authority control rooms. People from around the country will now be able to call 910 and
The Suva Magistrates Court will not be registering the conviction of a 22-year-old university student who was found with marijuana in his dormitory at the University of the South Pacific. Kessler Onguglo Anton had
“Facial expressions are an important mode of communication and play a pivotal role within the interaction,†says Johannesburg-based psychologist Sanam Naran. “We can miss meta-communication via facial expression
The Methodist Church in Fiji Social Service Committee Suva Circuit will be holding a food and stationery drive on the 26th of this month to assist those families who have been severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation, Mereseini Vuniwaqa says they reduced the Social Welfare Bus Assistance to $10 a month simply because COVID-19 has affected the country in such a way that they had ne
Two men who allegedly tried to bury a 19-year-old farmer alive in Waisagavuna Settlement in Cakaudrove on the 23rd of July this year have been remanded in custody by High Court Judge Justice Daniel Goundar. Are Kak
Firefighters and Lautoka City Council workers are continuing to battle a fire that has been raging at the Vunato rubbish dumpsite since last Thursday. The Lautoka City Council says with the dry spell currently expe
India has recorded more than 90,000 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, taking its total above that of Brazil. The country now has the second-largest number of confirmed cases in the world, 4.2 million.
Australia says it will secure almost 85 million doses of a coronavirus vaccine if two promising trials prove successful. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the country had struck two deals that would allow free dos
Three fire incidents over the weekend are being investigated by the National Fire Authority and Police. The cause of the fire in all three cases is yet to be established. In the first case, a house along Kubuk
The owner of one of the five farms raided by Police in Kadavu last week is yet to be located. 540 marijuana plants were seized from the farm in Vagaloa Settlement in Vacalea, Nakasaleka. More than 1,000 mariju
Police have questioned the driver of the vehicle that was allegedly involved in the fatal road accident in Ba yesterday morning. They are yet to confirm if any charges have been laid in the case. A 5-year-old
A Year 2 student of Gospel School of the Deaf is one of the five winners of the Virtual Constitution Day Celebration organized by the President’s Office. President, Jioji Konrote says Nes Natania Damudamu has bee
Four men are in Police custody after they were found with a money box allegedly stolen from Vatukoula Gold Mine. Police say the four men were acting suspiciously as they approached a snap checkpoint near Sabeto yes
Three old vehicles have been destroyed in a fire incident at Vomo Street, Lautoka this afternoon. The vehicles were parked inside a compound. Firefighters have managed to save a house which is situated just a
Jacob Blake, the black man who was shot seven times by a white police officer in the US state of Wisconsin last month, has said that he is in constant pain in a video posted online. Blake, whose family said that he
Concerns have been raised as foreign particles have been found in packets of sugar with the Fiji Sugar Corporation confirming that the black flakes are caramelized sugar that had escaped the dryer process and hard-stone
A transgender father who has just given birth to a baby has made medical history twice. Maaike contracted COVID-19 from his partner when he was nine months' pregnant. When he gave birth to his baby in March, h
Government is targeting to assist about 10,000 yaqona farmers by the end of 2022 in recognition of the significant foreign exchange earnings it rakes in for the economy. While highlighting this during the two-day Qu
Drunkards continue to be arrested for breach of curfew as 26 cases were registered over the past 48 hours. Acting Police Commissioner, Rusiate Tudravu says all eleven arrests made in Lautoka involved men who were d
