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The completion of the 30KW Yasawa High School Solar Hybrid Project is expected to benefit 385 people. While commissioning the project, Minister for Infrastructure, Jone Usamate says this project will enable the sch
Tributes are being paid to US actor Chadwick Boseman, who played Black Panther in the hit Marvel superhero film after he passed away yesterday. Boseman was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2016 but had never spoken a
Fiji Rugby Union Chief Executive Officer John O’Connor says they will not take any attack on their officials lightly. This is after a Naitasiri Under-19 player allegedly assaulted the referee in their match against
More than 9,000 applications have been received for the COVID-19 Concessional Loan Packages from Fijian Micro, Small and Medium Businesses. The Business Assistance Fiji panel members are ensuring all applications a
US actor Chadwick Boseman, best known for his role in Black Panther, has died of cancer. The 43-year-old died at home in Los Angeles with his wife and family by his side. Boseman had not spoken publicly about
A group of Year Four MBBS students from FNU’s College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences provided over 100 boxes of clothes to the patients of Saint Giles Hospital. This was an initiative the FNU students c
Julio Mora slipped away from his parents to secretly marry Waldramina Quinteros one February day. Both families disapproved. Seventy-nine years later, they're still together — he at 110 years of age, and she at 1
A total of 19 seawalls will be constructed for 19 communities around the country by the Ministry of Waterways and Environment in the 2020/2021 financial year. Minister for Waterways and Environment Dr Mahendra Redd
A citizen has raised concerns on why the land that was supposed to be given to him was declined at the last minute even though he has incurred so much cost in trying to get a piece of land to build his house. Ashni
Good news for the people of Kawakawavesi, Solove, Navidamu, Nakolou, Navudi and Raviravi in Seaqaqa as they no longer have to travel to Seaqaqa Town or Labasa Town to do their shopping and fill fuel, as a new service st
Pacific Energy has given an additional $115,000 donation to the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund, The fundraiser began three months ago and the total amount collected was $260,000 which were proceeds of a campaign by
Firefighters have managed to control a fire at the Courts Fiji Outlet in Nadi Town yesterday afternoon. The cause of the fire is yet to be determined. The fire started after 4 pm yesterday. Eyewitnesses n
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has announced his resignation for health reasons. He says that he did not want his illness to get in the way of decision making, and apologised to the Japanese people for failing
Fiji Dental Association says more awareness needs to be created in Fiji regarding oral cancer adding early detection is possible however patients need to come to dentists for screening. They say patients are presen
Energy Fiji Limited staff raised more than $20,000 for a fellow staff member who lost his home in a fire in Nasevou Street, Lami in June this year. Louis Wilson, his wife, five children and his elderly father lost
The President of the Suva Retailers Association, Vinay Kumar says they are lucky that employment in the capital city is better compared to some areas in the west but admits majority of the staff are still on reduced hou
Police officers have been deployed to Ratu Kadavulevu School after Korovou Police received a call from the Vice Principal to report that some students had staged a protest against the principal and other school heads.
At least six people have been killed as Hurricane Laura battered the US state of Louisiana. Winds of up to 240km per hour caused severe damage, with power cuts to more than half a million homes and a chemical fire
Fiji National University’s Acting Vice-Chancellor Tessa Price says the construction of their $8.5 million state of the art gymnasium is near completion and the four-storey College of Business, Hospitality and Tourism
A concerned customer of the Housing Authority of Fiji says he is concerned about the triple and double-storey houses that are built in Tacirua East Sub-Division as these lots were meant for low and middle-income earners
