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Shree Satsang Ramayan Mandali from Fiji led by Akhilesh Prasad will be representing our country in the International Ramayan Festival, in Ayodhya from next Wednesday to the 29th of this month. Prasad says this will
Net tax revenue for September recorded a total collection of $199.9 million, which is above the Fiji Revenue and Customs Service’s month’s forecast by $4.7 million. FRCS says the collection is substantially hig
Supervisor of Elections, Mohammed Saneem has arrived in Vanuatu as part of the United Nations Development Programme’s election program to observe the elections taking place in Vanuatu today. Saneem says the Fijia
The Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre says they used to organise awareness sessions with the Fiji Rugby Union administrators and players however this has stopped after the Centre raised the issue of convicted rapist, Amenoni
Miss Stop and Shop Supermarket Nancy Sharma says she was constantly bullied as a teenager because she was short and this has inspired her to take part in the Vodafone Tebara Carnival at Syria Park as a Queen contestant
17 people have drowned during an event of a natural disaster from 2017 and August 2021. Minister for Meteorological Services Jone Usamate says in Fiji, flooding alone continues to be one of the leading causes of de
Youths of Nabuna and Tavualevu in Tavua were reminded to evade misleading information being spread by individuals that the assistance provided through budgeted and Government-funding is ‘vote-buying’. While spe
A tip from a member of the public has resulted in the discovery of two farms with 1000 plants believed to be marijuana in the Soqulu Hills in Taveuni. Chief Operations Officer ACP Abdul Khan says Taveuni Police pur
A new National Drinking Water Quality Committee has been set up. This was revealed by the Minister for Health, Doctor Ifereimi Waqainabete, while opening the Watershed Interventions for Systems Health in Fiji at t
The Secretary General – Ambassador, Solo Mara and the Director Corporate Services, Umesh Prasad of the Pacific Islands Development Forum have been produced in the Suva Magistrates Court of the Anti-Corruption Division
People’s Alliance Leader, Sitiveni Rabuka is today asking what is fair about the FijiFirst government being free to give away benefits worth millions of dollars, while opposition parties must follow rules that make it
The National Federation Party has today lodged a formal complaint with FICAC about an alleged breach of the Electoral Act by the FijiFirst, and says Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum must step aside from his multiple ministerial posi
All of us are brothers and sisters in humanity. This was stated by Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum while speaking in the combined celebration of Fiji Day, Prophet Mohammed’s Birthday, National Women's Day an
President of the Methodist Church of Fiji, Reverend Ili Vunisuwai has reminded the church ministers that they must be mindful of things like love affairs through the use of mobile phones, watching pornography and having
The Methodist Church of Fiji has re-elected all of it’s executive members to continue their service for another year. Reverend Ili Vunisuwai has been re-elected to continue as President for 2022 to 2023. Rev
King Charles III's coronation is to be held in May next year. Camilla, the Queen Consort, will be alongside the King and will also be crowned in the historic ceremony. King Charles became monarch when his moth
The Methodist Church of Fiji believes that all Fijians are affected by social issues and they will not tolerate members taking part or being the cause of it. Secretary for Christian Citizenship and Social Services
The Juveniles Act should be amended to criminalise the possession of child pornography. This has been proposed by the Director of Public Prosecutions Christopher Pryde to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on For
Over 21 families from Veiraisi Settlement in Nadera will be evicted from the area soon following a court order. Marama Vakatalai is from one of the families that have been told to move from the settlement. Unl
Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama says with every new development they achieve and every new dollar they put in the iTaukei landowners pockets, they make the old politics more and more insignificant. While speaki
