Latest News news and updates from Fiji and the Pacific.
Women in Business says the front page article on the Fiji Sun relating to the resignation of Mereseini Vuniwaqa is extremely disgusting and detrimental to women’s progress in Fiji. The Board of Women in Business
The Prime Minister and Minister for Sugar, Voreqe Bainimarama stresses the Ministry of Sugar is not the responsible authority to regulate prices of any item including sugar and neither can it influence the body that is
Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre Coordinator Shamima Ali says no efforts to derail the character and credibility of former Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation, Mereseini Vuniwaqa can derail the tremendous w
Attorney General and Minister for Communications, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says in their effort to provide the remaining 43,022 Fijians with internet and voice connectivity services, they have identified 317 sites nationwide
533,705 adults in Fiji have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and 211,496 have received their second doses. This means that 91 percent of the target population have received at least one dose and 36
In an effort to support Fiji to combat the surge in COVID-19 cases, the United Nations World Food Programme and the World Health Organization has provided 15,000kg of medical supplies. They have provided 75 oxygen
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says whilst the COVID-19 positive person in Nabouwalu Wharf in Vanua Levu does not represent a community transmission case, the risk of community transmission is high.
The Speaker of Parliament, Ratu Epeli Nailatikau says he is unable to determine how SODELPA MP, Mosese Bulitavu voted on the 2021/2022 National Budget and Bill No. 17 and his seat as a member of parliament cannot be dee
Additional COVID-19 testing equipment and personal protective equipment has arrived in the country through the support of the Australian and South Korean Governments. The Australian Government provided Gene X Pert
Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani has left the country and Taliban insurgents claim to have seized the presidential palace in Kabul. It was not yet clear where Ghani was headed or how power would be transferred
The Fiji Women Lawyers Association says it is concerned with the type of reporting in the Fiji Sun front page yesterday about the former Minister for Women, senior legal practitioner and colleague Mereseini Vuniwaqa whi
The death toll is now 304 following that powerful earthquake that struck the Caribbean nation of Haiti this morning. BBC News reports more than 1,800 people are reported to be injured. The 7.2-magnitude quake
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama has congratulated the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi as the country celebrates its 75th National Independence Day. Bainimarama says Fiji and India share common bonds of fri
As the country continues to battle with the daily surge in COVID-19 cases, Fiji Red Cross remains at the frontline assisting the Ministry of Health and Medical Services. More than 100 Fiji Red Cross volunteers are
Two taxi drivers who claimed they were victims of separate aggravated robberies in Lautoka are being investigated by Lautoka Police for allegedly giving false information. Police say the first case involves a taxi
A powerful earthquake has struck the Caribbean nation of Haiti, killing at least 227 people. The 7.2-magnitude quake hit the west of the country this morning, toppling and damaging buildings including churches and
Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says people in the North are reminded that although the COVID-19 case was identified at Nabouwalu Wharf, it is important the members of the public throughout Vanua Levu
Tourism Fiji CEO Brent Hill says Fiji’s optimism to open the borders before the end of the year comes from our vaccination rate. While speaking during a webinar, Hill says the optimism going towards the December
Two more COVID-19 relief measures will open on Monday for members of the Fiji National Provident Fund. They are for members who are working on reduced hours or wage rate and low balance account withdrawal for membe
$500,000 is being set aside by the Ministry of Agriculture in their budget in this financial year to help develop idle land. The Ministry is targeting 150 to 160 acres of land to be developed under this programme.
