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Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says in the course of contact tracing investigations, it’s been found that a funeral was held recently in Mulomulo Village, Nadi with nearly 100 people in attendance.
The Health Ministry's Chief Medical Advisor Doctor Jemesa Tudravu says the decision to work from home was a precautionary measure as they were not in direct contact or primary contacts of the staff who are part of the o
National Federation Party MP Pio Tikoduadua says we need to look at the welfare of our disciplined forces because they have been doing a lot of work for over a year now while Minister for Defence and National Security I
Minister for Local Government, Premila Kumar says the Chief Executive Officers of Municipal Councils are appointed based on merit while National Federation Party MP, Lenora Qereqeretabua says they have received concerns
Minister for Youth and Sports, Parveen Bala says the government’s current priority is the health and safety of Fijians, and the Fiji National Sports Commission has always been given required funds and the opposition s
Prime Minister and Minister for Forestry, Voreqe Bainimarama has acknowledged the former Minister for Forestry, Osea Naiqamu for the work he has done to raise the bar in the forestry sector and also empowering resource
The Leader of the National Federation Party Professor Biman Prasad says the Sugar Cane Growers Council is now the Government’s council as Government decides what happens in the council and not the farmers, however the
A 57-year-old man is believed to have drowned while fishing in Lautoka yesterday. Police say the victim and another man went out fishing in a kayak at Natabua seaside in Lautoka. The incident occurred when the
206,658 people have received their first doses and 4,599 have taken their second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, AstraZeneca so far. Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says from Monday to yesterday,
Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation says the Auditor General is not entitled to question the merit of policy objectives of a government. While speaking on the Review of the Performance Audit Report
29 people were arrested in the last 24 hours for breaching curfew orders and health restrictions. Acting Police Commissioner, Rusiate Tudravu says 11 people were arrested in the Western Division, 17 in the Southern
Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says unfortunately the Review Report by the Auditor General’s Office on the Performance Audit of Preparedness of Sustainable Development Goals was done very prematurely and therefo
Prime Minister and Minister for Sugar, Voreqe Bainimarama says as much as the ministry had anticipated it could not reach the season target of 2 million tonnes of cane from 2012 to 2016. Bainimarama says the indust
The Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Justice, Law and Human Rights, Alvick Maharaj says political parties should only provide disclosures and information to the Registrar of Political Parties and it s
Public Accounts Committee Chairman, Alvick Maharaj says the Office of the Auditor-General had issued unmodified opinions on 13 of the 15 financial statements audited for the various government entities for 2016/2017 whi
The Chairman of the Standing Committee on Justice, Law and Human Rights Alvick Maharaj has highlighted in Parliament that members of the public have commended and supported the Bill to Amend the Electoral Registration o
The Chairman of the Standing Committee on Justice, Law & Human Rights Alvick Maharaj has highlighted in Parliament that they have noted through submissions that there is a lack of knowledge regarding the general ele
Prime Minister and Minister for iTaukei Affairs, Voreqe Bainimarama says Members of the Opposition have an affection to falsely accuse the Government repeatedly of weakening iTaukei institutions however the audit report
A Fiji-born Christchurch man was driving a group of country music fans to the Gold Guitar Awards festival when their van was hit side-on by a truck on a rural Canterbury road and shunted into a power pole. stuff.co
Attorney General, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says the appointment of Professor Pal Ahluwalia as University of the South Pacific’s Vice-Chancellor is illegal. The Council of the University of the South Pacific resolved a
