Latest News news and updates from Fiji and the Pacific.
Police are searching for 14-year-old Asinate Leba who has been missing since last week. The report was lodged at the Suva Market Community Post and all attempts made by Leba’s family to locate her has been unsuc
Police K9 Quill helped apprehend a man allegedly involved in several burglary cases in Ba and Lautoka last week. K9 Quill was out on foot patrol with the Western Division K9 Training Team in Lautoka when they notic
50 Fijian troops will be dispatched to the Solomon Islands as part of a reinforcement platoon embedded with Australia Force elements on the ground following deadly riots there. They will leave for the Solomon Isla
NSW Health has confirmed two returned travellers have tested positive for the new Omicron COVID-19 variant in Sydney. ABC News reports both people, who are fully vaccinated, arrived in Sydney from southern Africa o
SODELPA Leader Viliame Gavoka is urging the Government to remain alert and exercise extreme caution after the World Health Organisation classified Omicron as a variant of concern. The Omicron variant was first repo
Prominent lawyer Filimoni Vosarogo has resigned as Deputy Party Leader of SODELPA to join Sitiveni Rabuka's party, People's Alliance. Vosarogo says he sent his resignation letter to the President of the Social Demo
NFP Leader Professor Biman Prasad is claiming that both the Government and Fiji Revenue and Customs Service aren’t truthful about the real reason for the loss of over 200 jobs in addition to frontline workers on the b
Times of India reports that the chairwoman of the South African Medical Association Angelique Coetzee says the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus results in mild disease, without prominent syndromes. The World
With the emergence of the Omicron COVID-19 variant, which has now been detected in southern Africa, Europe, Israel and Hong Kong, a number of pharmaceutical firms are announcing they have plans in place to adapt their v
Nations in southern Africa protested bitterly today as more of the world’s wealthiest countries cut them off from travel, renewing a debate over border closures from the earliest days of the coronavirus pandemic and c
The Republic of Fiji Military Forces is currently conducting a training exercise at Queen Elizabeth Barracks. Commander Major General Jone Kalouniwai confirms the exercise is currently underway at the RFMF Headquar
Four new members of the TLTB Board of Trustees have been announced by Prime Minister and Chairman Voreqe Bainimarama. The four new members are Ratu Aca Rayawa, Ratu Nemia Dawai, Ratu Inoke Momoedonu and Adi Ana Rat
UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson says face coverings will become mandatory again in shops and on public transport in England from next week under a raft of measures to target the new COVID variant, Omicron. BBC rep
Fiji’s largest private hospital, Oceania Hospitals Pte Ltd has successfully implemented BSP’s Internet Payment Gateway online payment portal to enhance its capability to accept payments via its website for medical s
South Africa has won their eighth Emirates Dubai 7s title. The Blitzboks defeated 2018 Dubai runners-up USA in this morning's final with a crushing 42-7 victory to clinch a third consecutive series gold medal, afte
Solomon Islands police say three bodies have been discovered in a burnt-out building in the capital Honiara, the first reported deaths after days of rioting. The bodies were discovered in a store in the Chinatown d
From January to October 2021, the Fiji Police Force received 30 cases of crime against children and 64 cases against women in the Tailevu South Division. This was highlighted by the Nausori Police Station Community
Singapore has expanded the number of travel lanes for fully vaccinated people, opening the door for quarantine-free trips to some of the city-state’s most popular holiday destinations. Fiji, Cambodia, Maldives, S
Minister for Economy, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says as tourists come in, Fijians need to ensure that we continue to abide by the various COVID-19 health protocols that the Permanent Secretary of Health is going to issue.
Travellers to Fiji can apply for insurance coverage for isolation, PCR testing, medical assistance and repatriation after the launch of the FijiCare COVID Insurance Product last night. The cover is for upto $60,000
