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A total of 593,842 adults in Fiji have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and 470,867 have received their second doses. This means 96.1% of adults have received at least one dose and 76.2% are now fu
Health Minister Dr Ifereimi Waqainabete says the knowledge of COVID-19 will continue to evolve but what is very apparent is that natural immunity alone is not sufficient – one must be vaccinated, and they continue to
Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum has been nominated by the leaders of the Pacific Islands Forum to serve as the Pacific's High-Level Champion for Oceans at COP26 as well as to support the Champion of Finance, Prime
The National Federation Party says government must listen to the voice of teachers and give genuine recognition to their rights and responsibilities while Minister for Education Premila Kumar says they acknowledge the w
A man who allegedly damaged a vehicle and also caused harm to a family in Davuilevu Housing is currently in Police custody. A report was received by Police on Sunday that a man was allegedly damaging a vehicle and
The Fiji Sugar Corporation has crushed 1.04 million tonnes of sugarcane at its three sugar mills as at the 30th of September and on an average, each mill was able to crush around 30,000 tonnes of cane per week, a feat l
A 14-year-old boy charged with 2 counts of rape will appear in court later this month. The Suva High Court was informed the boy who is out on bail was to appear in court today however he was not present. The b
More than 45,134 senior citizens are benefitting from the Government’s Social Pension Scheme. Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation, Rosy Akbar says that the Social Pension Scheme provides allowan
The 8 Corrections Officers charged in relation to the assault and death of Seremaia Naidole Momo, a serving prisoner in 2019 will take their plea on the 25th of November. Joji Raqamate, Isei Rakaso, Pita Raikoso,
Suva Magistrate Seini Puamau will deliver a ruling today on whether the sentencing of Freesoul Limited will be transferred to the High Court or not. Freesoul were found guilty of two counts of undertaking unauthori
Around six hours after Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram went down, service started coming back online. All three services are owned by Facebook and could not be accessed over the web or on smartphone apps. Dow
You should expect rain to continue till the weekend. The Nadi Weather Office says all this rain is being brought by a trough of low pressure. You should expect showers throughout the day and heavy rain at nigh
Fiji has 22 new cases of COVID-19 to report for the 24 hour period that ended at 8am yesterday. There are now 8,898 active cases. Fiji has one new COVID-19 death to report. The COVID-19 death has been re
WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook have all gone down in a major outage. The three apps – which are all owned by Facebook and run on shared infrastructure – all completely stopped. Other products that are pa
As of 3rd October, 593,442 adults in Fiji have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 462,441 have received their second doses. This means 96% of adults have received at least one dose and 74.8% are no
Minister for Education Premila Kumar has acknowledged the work of all the teachers in the country who worked hard to assist students with schools still closed due to COVID-19. Speaking on World Teachers Day, Kumar
COVID-19 vaccination for the 15 to 17-year-olds resumed today. 17,996 children in Fiji have received their first dose of the Moderna vaccine as of 24th September. Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James F
The government has now rolled out the digital VAX-Check tool, which is available to all workplaces, tertiary institutions, houses of worship, hotels, restaurants, cafés, cinemas, gyms, pools and tattoo parlours to allo
A 39 year old security officer from Lautoka charged for his alleged involvement in forcing two boys to perform sexual acts has been remanded in custody. He is facing two counts of wrongful confinement, 2 counts of
Thousands of people living in the upper Samabula and nearby areas, Lami areas, Dokanaisuva, Colo-i-Suva, Sakoca, Upper Khalsa and nearby areas, Princes Road and Nailuva Rd have been experiencing water cuts from early th
