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The church service tomorrow at the Centenary Church will go ahead as normal as agreed between the church leaders and the Government. Church's Acting general secretary, Reverend Tevita Nawadra said that part of the p
The Women’s and Social Welfare Ministry is now embarking on a project to assist single mothers. Speaking to Fijivillage, Dr Jiko Luveni said assisting children of single mothers and children who live with their gr
Crowd favourites and former two time Tadra Kahani Champion Monfort Boys Town, last night walked away with four special awards as well as being declared the Senior Division 2nd runners up, at the finals of the Tadra Kahan
A 31 year old man of Nausori is in police custody for allegedly stabbing his 32 year old wife with a pair of scissors last night. Assistant Spokesperson Sergeant Atunaisa Sokomuri had confirmed the incident took place f
The government has the full support of the 5 year land and housing plan set up by the Housing Authority (HA) of Fiji. This will see close to 10,000 families get a proper house and decent shelter. Chief Executive Housin
Fiji loses an estimated $35 to $52 million a year just to fires. That is the sentiment of newly appointed Minister for Local Government Colonel Samuela Saumatua in his first public appearance since taking office yesterd
Two new winners were last night crowned the Junior and Senior Tadra Kahani champions after an explosive final featuring 5 primary and 8 secondary schools, which ended with two newcomers walking away with the top honou
The Transport Ministry and the Land Transport Authority (LTA) have made changes to the structure of the bus fares to be charged at various stages. LTA Spokesperson Ratu Eroni Volavola said the changes have been made aft
A man who was convicted of Unlawful Possession of Illicit Drug and trying to bribe a police officer was sentenced to 9 months imprisonment by the Suva High court yesterday. Nausad Ali was found guilty of carrying 1.1 gr
A head count within the civil service has revealed that an estimated 6000 people listed under various ministries are unaccounted for on the books and the PSC is not aware whether they remain on the government pay roll an
The planned auction of the multimillion dollar Momi Bay Resort project will go ahead as scheduled after the High Court dismissed an application for an injunction to stop the auction in the last hour. Judge Justice Willi
NZ Prime Minister, John Key has stressed that they will no longer force Prime Minister, Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama because they know that he will not change his stance as far as returning to democracy is concerned. Sp
The Chinese soft loan of $70 million for the Housing Authority (HA) at a low interest of 2 percent has been approved by the Exim bank and the signing of the commercial contractual documents should take place in the next
The Lomary Secondary school camp is buzzing with excitement as we countdown to the finals of the 2009 Tadra Kahani show tonight. The announcement last night that Lomary is through to the Tadra Kahani finals in the senio
As the Tadra Kahani 2009 comes to an end tonight, most of the schools who have made it to the finals said it’s all about the people out there seeing the hopes and dreams of students and putting it into practice. T
New guidelines have been set by the Financial Intelligence Unit to identify customers who deal with financial transactions in the country. The guideline puts in place comprehensive requirements on financial institutions
Good news for students willing to apply for Public Service Commission Scholarships as they will be able to apply online from tomorrow. PSC Chairman Josefa Serulagilagi today launched this new online system and said this
It’s an international spectacle with more than 1,300 students participating tonight, 50,000 watts of sound, hundreds of lights, the first ever ice and fire machines all at one venue, the home of the Tadra Kahani 20
Two aircraft maintenance engineers are admitted in Lautoka hospital after the aircraft in which they were carrying out works caught fire in Nadi yesterday. Acting Divisional Crime Officer Western, ASP Manasa Talala conf
A cleaner is under investigation for allegedly indecently assaulting a 14 year old student in Nausori this week. Nausori Police said the alleged incident took place behind a supermarket. The matter was reported to poli
