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We need to raise our voices against the darkness of gender-based violence and declare our commitment to ending violence against women and girls in Fiji. Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka highlighted this while deliver
More than 12,000 people have left Fiji for employment reasons, while more than 2,400 have emigrated in the first nine months of this year. These were the statistics revealed by the Ministry of Finance, Strategic P
To address and mitigate the detrimental effects posed by the invasive Asian Subterranean Termite government has launched Termite Control Assistance Programme and allocated $3 million in the 2023-2024 fiscal year. T
To commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the CWM Hospital in Suva, the Health Ministry, CWM staff and other volunteers from different organisations took some time out to clean up the surrounding areas of the hospital.
The Fiji Men’s 7s team are through to the semi final of the 2023 Pacific Games 7s competition after demolishing the Solomon Islands 74-0 last night. Fiji scored 6 tries in the first half through Netava Koroisau w
The Emergency Department at the Colonial War Memorial Hospital is currently closed for fumigation and will reopen at 8am on Monday. The Health Ministry says the trauma room will be operational, and the General Outp
The Ministry of Finance through the Strategic Planning Office has initiated the formulation of a new National Development Plan designed to elevate the well-being of all Fijians. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister o
A Training and Skill Needs Analysis Survey 2023 has started that aims to identify priority areas of training and skill needs for human capital planning and development in Fiji. Ministry of Finance, Strategic Planni
Shocking statistics have been revealed in Parliament today as the Minister for Home Affairs and Immigration Pio Tikoduadua says in the last 12 months, Police have recorded 1,564 drug-related cases, averaging 130 cases p
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Fiji, Professor Shaista Shameem has congratulated Professor Unaisi Nabobo-Baba on her appointment as Vice Chancellor of the Fiji National University. Professor Shameem says
Professor Unaisi Nabobo-Baba has become the first local female to be appointed the Vice Chancellor of the Fiji National University. Chancellor and Chair of the FNU Council, Semesa Karavaki says Professor Nabobo-Bab
The staff of the University of the South Pacific are now up in arms at the decision by the Pro-Chancellor, Doctor Hilda Heini to disallow the Staff Paper on the Agenda of the 96th USP Council Meeting that will convene f
WOWS Kids Fiji will be holding a Christmas Gala Ball on the 9th of next month at the Grand Pacific Hotel where children and parents will share their stories. WOWS Kids Fiji Chair and Co-founder, Sina Kami says an a
Police have referred a matter to the Land Transport Authority where some students were behaving in an unruly manner, using obscene gestures and throwing paper out of a bus while travelling from Samabula to Kinoya yester
Minister for Education, Aseri Radrodro says the Ministry intends to review Early Childhood Education teachers’ work hours as they would be given contracts with a stated salary of $14,000 that they will be entitled to
Attorney General Siromi Turaga says the reinstatement of the Great Council of Chiefs will not only benefit the iTaukei community but everyone that call Fiji their home. While supporting the Bill to amend the i-Tauk
Police are currently investigating a case where a man was allegedly assaulted by Police officers in Navua. Acting Commissioner of Police Juki Fong Chew says the matter is being investigated by the Internal Affairs
FijiFirst MP Viliame Naupoto says the Great Council of Chiefs is the westernisation of a very traditional iTaukei governance system. While debating on the iTaukei Affairs (Amendment) Bill 2023 which will allow the
Attorney General Siromi Turaga says according to the iTaukei Affairs Amendment Act, the referral of questions by the Minister for iTaukei Affairs to the Great Council of Chiefs must be assessed for something substantive
Parliament has passed the Employment Relations (Amendment) Bill 2023 that increases the time limit for workers in essential services to lodge or file an employment grievance from 21 days to 6 months while the definition
