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The government has decided to end Daylight Savings a month earlier than scheduled. Cabinet has agreed that Daylight Saving in Fiji will end on Sunday 28th March at 3am. The decision was based on the submission given b
Measures are being taken to address typhoid fever outbreak in the country. Cabinet approved the submissions made by Health Minister Dr Neil Sharma on measures to interrupt the transmission and prevent complications fro
The government has finalized an $80 million loan with senior executives from the Exim Bank of Malaysia who are currently in the country. Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama said this new
Parents please talk to your children and tell them about the consequences of playing with matches and stress to them how dangerous it can be. This is the advice of the Divisional Fire Officer Western Isoa Makutu after a
Guilty. That is the verdict of the five assessors and High Court Judge, Justice Paul Madigan in the relation to the kill plot trial of Prime Minister, Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama. Earlier this afternoon, the five asse
The government has decided to end Daylight saving a month earlier than scheduled. Cabinet has agreed that daylight saving in Fiji will end on Sunday 28th March at 3am. The decision was based on the submission given by
The Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama has assured farmers in the Sigatoka area that the Government will do all they can to ensure that the farmers get their sugar cane to the mills. During his tour of the Kava
The Native Land Trust Board has decided that goodwill payments should no longer be given by tenants or received by native landowners. NLTB General Manager, Alipate Qetaki said the board of the NLTB agreed to a paper pre
Good news for the families of close to 1700 workers who were laid off as a result of the shutting down of the Vatukoula Gold mines in 2006, as the Government has just announced the workers will be receiving their first d
The Fiji Women’s Action for Change has hailed the government's decision to decriminalize the offence of sodomy following the implementation of the Crimes Decree. The decree recognizes all consensual sex by ad
Four people are homeless after a fire this afternoon destroyed their one bedroom house at Yalandi Street in Lautoka. According to National Fire Authority NFA Lautoka received the fire emergency call after 12 today and u
Police are awaiting the post mortem report of a 4 day old baby who died after his mother breastfed him. Regional Crime Officer Eastern, ASP Arthur White said the 18 year old mother breast fed the baby and left him on th
Villagers of Nukubalavu in Cakaudrove are restricted from wearing shoes inside the village while girls are not allowed to grow their hair long and wear shorts. Nukubalavu Chief Ratu Suliano Naulu has today told Fijivill
Amalgamated Telecom Holdings has paid it's interim dividend of $12.663 million or 3 cents per share for the financial year ending this month. Payments to shareholders released earlier today and ATH's two largest
The 5 assessors in the kill plot trial of Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama are now behind closed doors to reach a verdict on the eight accused who are Ratu Inoke Takiveikata, Feoko Gadikibau, Barbados Mills, S
Doctors in the Northern and Western Division are seeing around four to five patients daily with Typhoid like symptoms. The President of Fiji College of General Practitioners and a doctor based in Nadi, Dr Ram Raju said
Immigration officials have detained a Chinese national who is believed to have been staying in the country since 2004. Director Immigration Major Nemani Vuniwaqa said the woman was arrested from a house in Samabula yest
Residents living in Tavua right up to Ba town will experience water cuts this morning after a main pipeline burst at about 9am. Water Authority spokesperson, Maika Nagalu said they have been alerted of the burst pipe an
An average of 5 civil servants are investigated a month for abuse of office being looked into by the Public Service Commission. This was revealed by Permanent Secretary for the Public Service Commission Parmesh Chand af
High Court Judge Justice Paul Madigan will this morning make his closing submission in the conspiracy to murder Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama trial after which the assessors will retire behind closed doors
