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The new Tamavua-i-Wai Bridge will be opened tomorrow. Fiji Roads Authority CEO Jonathan Moore says the new bridge project has a design life of 100 years and built with a reinforced concrete deck bridge, precast pre
Digicel Fiji brought smiles to the faces of the residents of Father Law Home today as they took ‘Vude Queen’ Laisa Vulakoro to perform for the residents to mark Father’s Day which will be celebrated this Sunday.
Two male Fijian citizens are new COVID-19 border quarantine cases. Acting Permanent Secretary for Health and Medical Services Dr. James Fong says the two arrived in repatriation flight GA7280 from New Delhi to Fiji
Fiji Rugby Union’s CEO, John O Connor says they have been advised by World Rugby that there is relief funding available for Olympics preparation. O Connor says he believes the maximum a team can apply for is abou
National Federation Party President Pio Tikoduadua has called on the government to review the Free Medicine Program and make the threshold $30,000. While delivering his end of the week statement in parliament, Tiko
There are five new cases of coronavirus in New Zealand with three in the community and the other two are imported cases discovered in managed isolation. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced that alert level
A woman charged with domestic trafficking in children appeared before High Court Judge Justice Vincent Perera today. It is alleged that Jacquline Lewatoga Sesenieli facilitated the transportation of a 16-year-old g
Viliame Ratoto who drove dangerously while drunk and caused the death of two sisters walking along Kanace Road in Valelevu, Nasinu in 2018 has been sentenced to 9 years imprisonment by High Court Judge Justice Salesi Te
Housing Authority of Fiji has commenced work on the development of lots at Covata Stage 2 Sub-Division in Labasa where approximately 108 lots will be developed. The Authority says this project will help realise the
It is alleged that Jacquline Lewatoga Sesenieli facilitated the transportation of a 16-year-old girl and a 17-year-old girl with the intent that they be used to provide sexual services. The alleged incident happene
An accident involving two vehicles has caused traffic on Fletcher Road in Vatuwaqa. The accident occurred near the Karsanji Street roundabout and eyewitnesses have told us that fire trucks were quickly deployed to
A 31-year-old man who allegedly caused the death of a taxi driver last month after a fight over parking space has applied for bail in the Suva High Court. Raymon Lal who is charged with one count of manslaughter ap
A vehicle has gone off Reservoir Road in Suva and landed in a drain. The Fiji Roads Authority says there is a suspected oil spill on the road which can cause vehicles to lose control. The source of the spill
The Health Ministry is piloting a project with Island Pharmacy that will allow retail pharmacies to dispense their own stock of price control medicines that are part of the Free Medicine Program list. Health Minist
The RKS Old Boys Association supports the Ministry of Education’s decision to relocate the RKS Principal but does not support the decision to suspend the students that were involved in the protest. This has been
National Federation Party Leader Professor Biman Prasad says an old friend of the government Graham Davis has said that the FijiFirst caucus is divided and they don't even talk to each other while the Attorney General A
The defence and prosecution lawyers have requested the Suva High Court for more time to go through the psychiatric evaluation report of Kiala Henri Lusaka who allegedly murdered his wife in Suva. 39-year-old Congo
Speaker of Parliament Ratu Epeli Nailatikau has highlighted that it has come to his attention that not all members of parliament have downloaded the careFiji App. Ratu Epeli says it worries him because as leaders t
The Education Ministry has today confirmed that the Principal of Ratu Kadavulevu School, Arvind Prasad will be relocated after a request made by him to the Ministry while the students who incited the protest that disrup
A lone Filipino sailor has been rescued from the dark waters of the Pacific Ocean after a cargo ship with 43 people aboard went missing during Typhoon Maysak, according to the Japan Coast Guard. CNN reports the 133
