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The climate crisis is a child rights crisis and it impacts all aspects of children’s lives, from their access to locally grown food, to ensuring that schools, homes and health facilities can withstand tropical cyclone
Once a hobby, it has now turned into a business for 25-year-old Tiare Kumar, who continues to focus on growing her handmade jewellery business known as ‘Beautiful Mess’. Kumar says during the COVID-19 pandemi
The Pacific Theological College unveiled a groundbreaking book titled The 'Whole of Life' Way - Unburying Vakatabu Philosophies and Theologies for Pasifika Development which features 15 compelling chapters written by re
Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) learning empowers youths with skills and knowledge to be job creators rather than job seekers. Assistant Minister for Agriculture and Waterways, Tomasi Tunabun
The Israeli army says it has struck several Houthi targets in western Yemen following a fatal drone attack by the rebel group in Tel Aviv the previous day. The Israeli strikes appeared to be the first on Yemeni soi
The most popular music band in the 90’s BlackRose Band will be performing after many years at the Vodafone Music Festival. Vodafone Fiji Limited has announced that they will be hosting the Music Fest to celebrate
A 45-year-old man from Suva has been charged with 8 counts of sexual assault and 1 count of indecent assault. Police say the man allegedly sexually assaulted 3 girls aged 13, 14 and 16 years in Suva on ten differ
The Ministry for Youth and Sports has confirmed that the new Kamikamica Multi-Purpose Court in Lautoka is all set to open in early August this year. Ministry for Youth and Sports Director, Philip Hereniko and Senio
The Chiefs and members of the Kadavu Provincial Council have unanimously agreed to pilot the ‘Solesolevaki ni Veitaqomaki’ model in Kadavu Province. Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has launched a model, also kn
The 18 members of the Pacific Islands Forum came together with the Government of Japan to strengthen their shared partnership to endorse the PALM10 Declaration and Joint Action Plan. Prime Minister of the Cook Isla
The Pacific Collective on Nuclear Issues, composed of civil society groups, NGOs and movements in the Pacific, remains resolute in its position, denouncing the dumping of radioactive wastewater from the damaged Fukushim
The Amazing Wheelbarrow Race organised by the Frank Hilton Organisation that was held at Albert Park this morning raised more than $247,000 with a total of 23 teams participating. In a bid to help and improve the l
In a groundbreaking initiative, the Pacific Recycling Foundation, in collaboration with Tourism Fiji, successfully convened the inaugural stakeholder meeting to address Taveuni’s pressing waste management challenges.
Fiji Government Services is unaffected by the IT outage following the tech disruptions across the world today. This has been confirmed by the Ministry of Communications through a Facebook post. The Ministry sa
The Fijian Competition and Consumer Commission is alerting members of the public that a new scam is circulating via text messages, impersonating Post Fiji where the message is not authentic. Public members are stro
Former Acting Medical Superintendent of the St Giles Hospital, Dr Odille Chang says there is an increase of mental illness resulting from the drug use and abuse in Fiji. This is following the statistics by the hosp
Tech disruptions across the world have hit airlines, banks, businesses, schools, government and some emergency services, with one expert saying it could be the “largest IT outage in history.†The cybersecurity
The Suva City Council Management has had a good discussion with the Fiji Trades Union Congress on the issue raised by the employees of SCC Health Services as to why they have not been paid for their extra hours for the
Minister for Employment, Productivity and Industrial Relations, Agni Deo Singh says the Ministry is aware of the matter of the recent termination of Dr Tamara Osbourne-Naikatini, the President of the Association of USP
As our parliament sat to review the Budget for the coming year there was much to consider but interestingly there was little discussion on what could be the next big drama facing the Coalition Government. First to
