Latest News news and updates from Fiji and the Pacific.
The Chairman of the Bose Vanua of Ra, Osea Kasami is calling on the Ministry of iTaukei Affairs to ensure that the program for the Great Council of Chiefs meeting that will be held on Bau Island, will have the issues an
Acting Supervisor of Elections Ana Mataiciwa says she is doing her job according to the law after deciding that the FijiFirst Party, New Generation Party, We Unite Fiji Party and All People’s Party be suspended for 30
Women in Media panelists say it is not easy to have a thick skin when working in the media industry due to the types of stories they cover and places they visit but they say they need to have the strength and support to
The UN Resident Coordinator to Fiji, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu, Sanaka Samarasinha, is on administrative leave with full pay, and the organization says that they received complaints of possible alleged
Fiji Airways will be providing four direct flights to Hong Kong from 1st October this year as demand on the route has picked up swiftly. The National Airline re-started with two direct flights between Nadi and Hong
25,000 Fijians living in rural and isolated communities are expected to have electricity after the Fijian Government received financial support of a USD $750,000 grant from the US Government through the United States Tr
31-year-old Misaele Matawalu who was charged by the Criminal Investigation Department’s Economic Crimes Unit with nine counts of obtaining financial advantage by deception for allegedly creating fake loan accounts whi
Long time fijivillage users may remember the Yellow Bucket opinion column that ran in the years leading up to the 2006 coup. Well following the repeal of the MIDA Act we are delighted to announce that YB is back! F
Prince Harry, Meghan and her mother were involved in a "near catastrophic car chase" involving paparazzi, a spokesperson for the couple has claimed. BBC reports that the incident happened after the Duke and Duchess
The social media accounts of the FijiFirst Party, New Generation Party and All People’s Party are now offline after they were suspended for 30 days yesterday for contravening Section 26(2) of the Political Parties (R
New Zealand police have launched a homicide inquiry into a fire at an emergency housing hostel in Wellington, where at least six people were killed. Officials said up to 20 people were still missing and they were t
Varinava Tiko has resigned as the Acting Party Leader of the New Generation Party to take up a position at Prime Health Enterprises. Tiko says he resigned two weeks ago. He says as Director Operations for Prim
The French Development Agency and the European Union are providing a $7 million loan guarantee to the Fiji Development Bank through the issuance of the EURIZ guarantee that will allow FDB to give loans to more micro, sm
People’s Alliance General Secretary, Sakiasi Ditoka confirms they are working quickly to rectify the oversight where the Acting Supervisor of Elections has said that the People’s Alliance and some other parties have
70 year old Douglas John Mckenzie, a foreign national who is charged with sexual offences involving two boys aged 13 and 14 years in Sigatoka, has been further remanded due to other similar reports. Mckenzie is cha
The People’s Alliance, SODELPA, the FijiFirst Party, New Generation Party, We Unite Fiji Party and All People’s Party have failed to submit their List of Sources of Funds to the Registrar of Political Parties so far
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation Viliame Gavoka says they must remember that they have a coalition government in place and they want to make sure that there is representation on the boar
The Administrator of Fiji Rugby, Simione Valenitabua is in France and will soon leave for England to firm up details and enter into agreements legally for the test match arrangements done by the previous administrators
The Administrator of Fiji Rugby, Simione Valenitabua says he is focused on ensuring all the legal processes are followed to get the Fiji Rugby Union out of the legal mess that the previous administration had put our par
Fiji has made significant efforts to improve its anti-trafficking activities, but there is still room for improvement, which will ultimately determine the effectiveness of the laws and policies and programs to prevent h
