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The Judiciary will embark on implementing fair recruiting processes next year which wil require department staff to reveal if they are related to anyone else within the department. This was revealed by the Chief Justice
The Police Drug Unit as part of its operation, Vodoose has uprooted $125.3 million worth of Marijuana in Navosa this week. Officer-In-Charge Drugs Inspector Rajeshni Mala has confirmed that they have also recovered $24,
A major police operation is expected to start this week, targeting those who are selling liquor after hours or are practicing black markets. Deputy Director Operations SP Erami Raibe said the operations will be coordina
That is the sound that greeted the many that flocked down to the Ratu Sukuna Park to witness the lighting of the biggest Christmas tree in Fiji. The Christmas Tree brought into the country by mobile network company D
Merewalesi Nailatikau, Miss Fiji Islands is the new Miss South Pacific, ambassador of the South Pacific Region advocating the effects of global warming in the region. Last night with the final round of questioning,
Its day light savings time so make use of all the daylight. Those are the words of Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum as from 2am this morning clocks were moved one hour ahead to mark the start of Day Light Savings.
There will be a review of the Guideline Principles and Code of Conduct for Judges, Magistrates and Lawyers by the Judiciary next year. This was revealed by the Chief Justice Anthony Gates while addressing participants a
At 2am this morning, clocks were moved one hour ahead as we mark the start of Day Light Savings. Attorney General Aiyaz Saiyed-Khaiyum said the daylight saving which started this morning will give people more time to sp
The Executive Editor of American Destinations for Performance Media group believes the US leisure traveler is a worthwhile target for Tourism Fiji. Well travelled tourism editor and writer James Ruggia was one of the th
The Health Ministry is focused on improving the health service delivery in Fiji next year. Minister Dr Neil Sharma said they will be looking at improving the primary health care. Sharma also said the issue of man po
The purchase of the new shipping vessels which was announced by the Prime Minister in the 2010 Budget has come at a right time especially for the people out there in the outer islands. That is the comment from the Commi
Five of the 12 queens were this afternoon given special awards in the lead up to the crowning of Miss South Pacific in the Pageant tonight. Miss Internet was given to Ms PNG Antonia Singut, Miss People's Choice to
Experts from Singapore are expected in the country soon to carry out a review of the Fiji National Provident Fund to ensure the superannuation fund returns to its core functions and remains viable in the long run. While
The 11th Attorney General's conference was this morning opened by the President Ratu Epeli Nailatikau at the Warwick Fiji. Addressing members of the Judiciary, Permanent Secretaries, the Chief Justice Anthony Gates
Please be reminded that you need to wind your clocks an hour ahead tonight before you go to bed. This is the reminder from Information Permanent Secretary Lieutenant Colonel Neumi Leweni who said people are still confus
One of the South Pacific Pageant Queens from Niue, Aoteroa New Zealand, Fiji, the Cook Islands, French Polynesia, Kiribati, Samoa, American Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu and PNG will tonight be crowned Miss South Pacific. In th
The Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption (FICAC) yesterday made an application in the Suva High court to consolidate charges against former Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase and Former Manager of Native Land Trust
Some direct controls put into place in April this year by the Reserve Bank to help in the country's economic recovery, will be removed. This has been confirmed by Governor Sadda Reddy who said these controls had ser
Lautoka Police are questioning a man who allegedly raped a woman who is now nine months pregnant. Police Spokesperson Sergeant Atunaisa Sokomuri confirmed that the matter was reported to police by the social welfare dep
The government will have to fork out an estimated $813 million in total to service its external and internal debts by 2011. This includes a loan secured through Global Bonds in 2006 amounting to US$150 million and the b
