Latest News news and updates from Fiji and the Pacific.
As we enter the last day of the four day holiday, motorists are being urged to take extra care while on the roads. Over the long weekend, no reports of road accidents have been reported so far and Police are trying to k
Special Administrator for Savusavu Vijay Chand is now compiling a special request for roads in the area as tourism is picking up in the area. Chand said that with the three cruise ships calling into the town over the pa
The Fiji Chamber of Commerce said Fiji should now think about trading more with Asian countries rather than relying on Australia and New Zealand. President Swani Maharaj said Australia and New Zealand always wants to di
The partly decomposed body of a 34 year old German national was discovered in a mangrove swamp in Taveuni on Friday afternoon. Labasa police confirmed the German national was involved in pearl farming and used to go on
The Fiji Media Council will meet at the end of this month to discuss the issue surrounding the deployment of Ministry of Information personnel at different media outlets. Council chairman Daryl Tarte said this is a seri
Easter has been a time for reflection and happiness for everyone. Fijivillage spoke to some youths and this is what they said.
The Prime Minister in the President's Interim Government Commodore Frank Bainimarama has stressed that they will ensure the mandate set by the President is met for elections to be held by 2014. In his national addre
Australian Acting Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Crean has refused to rule out imposing trade sanctions against Fiji if it does not return to democracy. Crean told stuff.com on New Zealand that it is now getting to the
Police have charged a 62 year old pastor from a settlement in Labasa for allegedly indecently assaulting a 10 year old girl last week. The alleged incident is believed to have happened on Thursday when the pastor allege
Over 1,400 youths from 22 member countries of the Pacific are expected to meet in Suva for the Pacific Youth Festival. Interim Youth Minister Filipe Bole said this event will act as a facilitator for the government and
Let us wipe the slate clean and make a fresh start. Those were the words of the Prime Minister Commodore Frank Bainimarama in his national address late last night. Commodore Bainimarama also revealed that he will be
Since the Public Emergency Regulation came into effect on Friday night there has been a decrease in the crime rate. This has been confirmed by Director Operations SSP Waisea Tabakau.
Today marks the official end of Easter on the Christian calendar with the resurrection of Jesus Christ after his crucifixion on Good Friday. Vicar General of the Catholic Church Father Beni Kalodau said while Easter is
The same interim ministers who were in office prior to the Fiji Court of Appeal ruling have been reappointed in the last hour. They took their oaths in a swearing-in ceremony before President Ratu Josefa Iloilo at Gover
Military Commander Frank Bainimarama said he did not advise President Ratu Josefa Iloilo to abolish the 1997 Constitution. Bainimarama said although he visited the President to tell him about the Appeals Court ruling on
The Public Emergency Regulation is in place. President Ratu Josefa Iloilo has also gazetted a Public Emergency Regulation last night dated Friday 10th April 2009. It stated that in exercise of the powers vested in Ratu
The Fiji Police stressed that it now has additional powers under the Public Emergency Regulations to ensure law and order is maintained in the country. Director Police Operations SSP Waisea Tabakau said they assure the
Call him the Prime Minister of the Republic of the Fiji Islands. Permanent Secretary for Information Major Neumi Leweni said Commodore Frank Bainimarama was sworn-in today by the President, and he is the Prime Minister
UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon has expressed dismay at the decision to scrap Fiji's Constitution and the clear attempt by an unelected executive to prolong rule by setting a new five year timeframe for parliamentar
The United States Government is deeply disappointed by the abrogation of Fiji's constitution, which it sees as movement away from the goal of returning Fiji to democratic governance and its formerly leading role in t
