Latest News news and updates from Fiji and the Pacific.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Professor Biman Prasad says Opposition Bloc of 16 Member Premila Kumar is lying in the Parliament on how VAT is applied while Opposition Bloc of 16 MP Jone Usamate has told
New Zealand’s Labour Party MP, Phil Twyford has said in their parliament that he thinks it is important that as a country and as lawmakers, they can listen to and consider the arguments put forward by the Fiji Indian
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Professor Biman Prasad says Opposition MP Premila Kumar would do better in articulating her concerns with some facts after Kumar said in a statement that in almost two year
Australian company, John Staff International Development has been appointed as the successful tenderer to deliver the CWM Hospital Master Plan. Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Penny Wong confirmed this wh
As non-communicable diseases continue to be the main burden for our people contributing to 80 percent of all deaths in the country and 40 percent of premature deaths, Minister for Health, Doctor Ratu Atonio Lalabalavu s
It is Parliament week once again and YB is really getting the sense that for the first time in a VERY long time our politicians, on both sides, are finally getting down to the business of GOVERNING. This may come a
Frank Hilton Organization Chief Executive Officer Sureni Jayaweera Perera, has been honoured with the Advocacy Achievement Award at the 12th Biennial Conference of the Australasian Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developm
The Ministry of Civil Service is not immune to labour mobility and demand from developed economies, particularly in Australia and New Zealand and the ongoing loss of skills has led to a large number of vacancies in most
The University of Fiji’s Original Poetry Composition/Recital Competition organised by the Language, Literature and Communications Department has received a positive response, as 23 secondary schools from the Western D
Shannon Patrick has been announced as Miss Goodman Fielder in this year's Miss Hibiscus. The 68th edition of the Hibiscus Festival promises to be a grand celebration with events scheduled from Saturday, August 31st
The 23-year-old woman who allegedly murdered her partner along Wailoaloa in Nadi on Friday has been remanded in custody by the Nadi Magistrates Court. Nina Tuiloma is charged with a count each of murder and aggrava
Minister for Education, Aseri Radrodro stands by his decision for the Bucalevu Secondary Under 17 rugby team to play in the Deans national quarter final, and says as the Minister, he will always strongly advise that Sec
Australian hockey player Tom Craig has been arrested but released without charge after trying to purchase cocaine in Paris. Paris public prosecutor's office confirmed a 28-year-old Australian was arrested on Tuesda
A 55-year-old man of Tavua has died while a 44-year-old man is in hospital after the locomotive they where in tumbled down the Fiji Sugar Corporation (FSC) train lane Bridge at Lausa, Tavua. The two were carting loade
Minister for Education Aseri Radrodro is calling for an urgent special meeting with the University of the South Pacific and Staff Associations to discuss and settle the issues pertaining to the welfare and other issues
19-year-old Pepe Malani will be competing for the Miss Hibiscus 2024 title and will be represented as Miss Fiji Fashion Week. Malani, is a first-year Environmental Science student at the University of the South Pa
There is no official confirmation on when the court martial will be held for the crew of the RFNS Puamau that caused the multi-million dollar Fiji Navy vessel to be grounded on the Fulaga reef in Lau earlier this year.
Former Post Fiji Limited CEO Anirudha Bansod has been sentenced to 1 year 6 months imprisonment for abuse of office. According to the charges, Bansod provided false confidentiality and conflict of interest declara
A large part of the close and long-standing bilateral ties between Fiji and India is built on people-to-people linkages, as almost a third of the Fijian population traced their roots to India. Secretary East of th
Fiji Airways have just announced their first ever nonstop flights from Nadi to one of the busiest travel hubs in the world, Fort Worth Airport in Dallas, Texas from December 10th. Fiji Airways CEO, Andre Viljoen s
