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The Great Council of Chiefs review team will start their briefing tomorrow with the Naitasiri Provincial Council in Vunidawa before attending the other 13 provincial council meetings. Speaking to Fijivillage News, GCC r
The Interim Government has approved a request to set aside money so that the Fiji Police Force and the Republic of Fiji Military Forces get new vehicles. In his submission to the Interim Cabinet yesterday, Interim Minis
Police are hunting for six men who robbed a bus company in Lautoka of more than $6,000 cash yesterday. The six masked men armed with cane knives, pinch bars and broken beer bottles stormed into the company office in Lau
The Fiji Teachers Union has raised concern that the interim cabinet has decided not to backdate the 4% pay cut during the restoration process. Union president Bal Ram said the 1% was backdated last year and they have
Police are investigating an accident in which a bus, while descending the Korosomo Hill at Seaqaqa, went off the road yesterday. The Assistant Police PRO Coropral Josaia Weicavu said 27 out of the thirty passengers tra
The Foreign Affairs Ministers of Australia and New Zealand have made it clear that they want a concrete timetable from Fiji to ensure that elections take place by March next year. Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smi
The dates for the civil servants' pay cut restoration had been set with confirmation from cabinet that there will be no backdating of the pay. It had been confirmed that cabinet agreed yesterday to restore 2 percent
Sometimes referred to as redgold, prawn farming could just be the answer for people who are willing to work hard and venture into the million dollar industry. While you find prawns on the menu in restaurants, hotels and
The Principal of Saint Joseph Secondary School, Sister Genevieve Loo is calling on more schools to join the Earth Hour Campaign this Saturday. Sister Genevieve said every single individual should make it their business
The Fiji Human Rights Commission said the comments by the New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister, Winston Peters on the FHRC Commissioned Media Report is misinformed. Chairperson Dr. Shaista Shameem said Peters should no
Adequate fire safety devises and proper evacuation plans averted a near disaster when the fifth floor of Parade Arcade along Victoria Parade caught fire this morning. Speaking at a press conference this afternoon Chief
Managing Director of the Colonial Bank, Laurie Mellsop has assured its customers that banking services will normalize by later this afternoon after disruptions due to a fire in its Joske street building in Suva this mor
Two youths of Navosa abandoned their horses and sacks of dried leaves believed to be marijuana early yesterday morning and ran for their lives when they mistakenly stopped police vehicle thinking that it was their pickup
The Prices and Incomes Board has mobilized teams around the country to crack down on Supermarkets and suppliers who may be holding on to stocks of food items, especially in the Northern Division. Acting Secretary of the
The Police Force today received a timely boost in the form of food vouchers from the Kentucky Fried Chicken Company in support of the Scholastic Crime Stoppers Program for Secondary Schools in the Central Division. Gene
Consumers who live around the Deuba corridor are expected to face water cuts by midnight tonight due to the new installed water pipes. Suva Water Supply spokesperson, Maika Nagalu said people need to store water now to
Interim Foreign Affairs Minister, Ratu Epeli Nailatikau has confirmed that he will update the Pacific Forum Foreign Ministers on the People's Charter process in their meeting in Auckland tomorrow. Ratu Epeli said pe
It's not only business houses, individuals, City and town Councils but many schools have also stepped up to adopt Earth Hour and help sustain the environment. One such School is Saint Joseph Secondary which will be
As the prices of food items continue to increase, the Interim Prime Minister Commodore Frank Bainimarama has called on families to grow more of their own food. In a statement this afternoon, Commodore Bainimarama said g
The trial against 8 Police Officers, who are charged with the alleged murder of Tevita Malasebe, had to be adjourned earlier this afternoon after the victim's mother broke down in court while giving evidence. Anisa
