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The Labasa Magistrates Court has sentenced a 32 year old man to seven months imprisonment for allegedly indecently annoying his 18 year old sister. The brother pleaded guilty to the charge before Magistrate Penijamini L
Fiji's Electoral Commission is expected to meet with the EU Delegation this morning. Commission chairman M.K. Sahu Khan said they will be answering queries from the delegation about preparations towards the upcoming
About seven Methodist ministers are currently meeting with the leaders of the church at the Centenary Church in Suva ahead of their meeting with the interim Prime Minister Commodore Frank Bainimarama this afternoon. Pre
Both the new Chairman and the new Deputy Chairman of the Fijian Holdings Limited have chosen to remain quiet on the claims by ousted Prime Minister that both men are not qualified enough to take up those positions. Lais
The decision by the interim minister for Indigenous Affairs Commodore Frank Bainimarama to make sweeping changes to the board of Fijian Holdings Limited is to ensure transparency and accountability within the organisatio
A significant meeting is expected to take place at the Queen Elizabeth Barracks this afternoon when the Methodist Church of Fiji ministers meet with the interim Prime Minister Commodore Frank Bainimarama. The Methodist
The EU Delegation currently on a mission to Fiji stresses that their consultations will play a vital role in future decisions made by the European Union Council on Fiji. Head of the TROIKA group, Rodger Moore confirmed
The interim Prime Minister has spoken for the first time about his meeting with Pope Benedict the 16th during his recent visit to Rome. Commodore Bainimarama said the meeting with the Pope was a truly touching and memor
If you live around the Balenabelo area and you're drinking grog or just sitting around with family members tonight, do not be alarmed if you hear gun shots. The military will tonight be conducting live firing mortar
The Fiji College of General Practitioners believes that there is a need to establish a complaints mechanism in the country to safeguard the patients and their families. President Dr Wahid Khan in his report in this mont
We need energy, imagination, political will, professional ethics and personal integrity to build a nation, brick by brick, word by word, person by person and generation by generation. Those were the words of University
Interim Prime Minister Commodore Frank Bainimarama has stressed to the EU Delegation, which is on a mission to Fiji the necessity to reform the electoral systems before the elections are conducted. The delegation known
The decision by the interim Minister for Fijian Affairs Commodore Frank Bainimarama to make sweeping changes to the board of Fijian Holdings Limited is to ensure transparency and accountability within the organization du
The interim government has decided to set up a State University in an effort to promote higher education. The interim Education Minister Filipe Bole said the Ministry is currently working on preparing a legislation for
A 28 year old man of Viseisei, Vuda was sentenced to 6 years and six months in prison today after he pleaded guilty before Nadi Magistrate Laisa Laveti to charges of robbery with violence, criminal intimidation, stoning
Nasinu Police are awaiting the post mortem results on the body that was found in a creek in Narere on Monday before any further investigations are carried out. According to Police Spokesperson, Atu Sokomuri, the corpse
The European Union Delegation, which arrived in the country last night met with the interim Prime Minister Commodore Frank Bainimarama this morning on Fiji's commitments to the EU on holding general elections. The d
Interim Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum today formerly met the new Supervisor of Elections Felicity Heffernan. Sayed-Khaiyum said the meet was to discuss Heffernan's appointment and her duties till next year
The hunt is on for 8 men who were involved in a series of robberies last night. Police have confirmed that eight men wearing masks and armed with cane knives and pinch bars robbed a couple at the Suva seawall and drove
It is a step in the right direction even though a little late. Those were the words of Fiji Fish Managing Director Grahame Southwick on the cabinet decision to endorse the setting up of a new Food Unit that will specifi
