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Cabinet has endorsed the National Infrastructure Investment Plan (NIIP), which consolidates infrastructure projects across all sectors into a single plan. Cabinet says projects are screened and prioritised based on
A Manhattan federal jury found that Donald Trump sexually abused E. Jean Carroll in a luxury department store dressing room in the spring of 1996 and awarded her US $5 million for battery and defamation. While the
Police are concerned with the number of accidents occurring on our roads. Two separate incidents on Monday claimed the lives of three people, with nine people admitted in Hospital. On Monday at around 2pm alon
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Professor Biman Prasad will appear on fijivillage Straight Talk With Vijay Narayan at 7 tonight. You can send your questions for Professor Prasad to vijaynarayan@fm96
Plans for filming the fifth and final season of “Stranger Things†has been paused due to the writers’ strike. Co-creators and co-showrunners Matt Duffer and Ross Duffer, known as the Duffer brothers, tweeted
Fiji Trades Union Congress National Secretary Felix Anthony says the relationship between the government and the union has certainly improved as the government has reinstated the tripartite forum or the Employment Relat
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says the doctor facing the allegation of unprofessional conduct relating to comments made to a mother after a miscarriage, is undergoing an evaluation and counselling pr
One of France’s largest naval vessels, Dixmude is currently berthed at the Kings Wharf in Suva. It is an amphibious assault ship with a landing helicopter deck. The last time the Mission Jeanne D’Arc grou
The Fiji Performing Rights Association today received a boost towards their preparations for the 2023 10th Anniversary Music Awards after receiving $5,000 each from Sole Fintech and Toorak Central for sponsoring the Int
The coalition government is for everyone, not just the iTaukei, and it is for every ethnic group. Minister for Home Affairs, Pio Tikoduadua has stated this in response to a statement by Fiji Labour Party Leader, Ma
Fijians will get to see 150 or so new knowledge pieces on Girmit being imparted as well as experienced Surinamese musicians among various activities during the two day Girmit Conference at USP on Friday and Saturday.
A 30 year old labourer of Narata Village, a 44 year old farmer of Komave Village and a 40 year old farmer of Biausevu Village have passed away following a horrific accident in Sigatoka. Police say two vehicles coll
Jasper Williams High School and Nadi Sangam Primary School will join the Recycling on the Go Ambassadors Program 2023 after the Ministry of Education endorsed the Pacific Recycling Foundation's proposal to upscale the p
Patients and staff at the Navua Hospital have been without water supply since last Thursday as the hospital’s internal booster pump has malfunctioned, which is expected to be repaired by this Thursday. Some staf
Students of Saqani High School in Vanua Levu have been reminded by Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka to refrain and avoid the temptation to break the law. While officiating at the school pass-out parade, Rabuka says h
Frustrated graduate vets from the Fiji National University say they urgently need clear answers from the FNU and the Ministry of Agriculture as to when they will get registered to become practicing vets in Fiji. Th
There is a greater need for representations of women in the board as well as any commercial entities to be spun off the proposed incorporated Rugby Fiji. This was stated by the Minister for Women, Children and Pove
The Health Ministry will be conducting a mass typhoid vaccination in all four subdivisions in the North from the 4th of July, and will run for the next 8-weeks. The Ministry says with a population of about 130,000
There is no national policy for mangrove resource management like the Climate Change Policy and it is crucial to bring government agencies to explain the struggles and the kind of responses needed to improve the managem
A 34-year-old woman will be produced in the Nasinu Magistrates Court today after she was allegedly found with methamphetamine during a raid in Nakasi. Officers from the Fiji Police Narcotics Bureau conducted the r
