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More people are seen lining up outside the Vodafone and Digicel outlets today compared to the lines outside major supermarkets in Suva and Nasinu. These people are trying to get into the Vodafone and Digicel outlet
The food distribution program for people affected by the Nausori and Suva lockdown will be activated on Sunday 16th May at 12pm and people can make their request by dialing *161#. The Ministry of Economy says any r
As the Suva-Nausori lockdown is set to begin at 11pm tonight, many families have been planning on how they will be spending their time at home and what activities they will be doing to keep themselves entertained.
Digicel has celebrated its first-ever global Customer Day which Digicel Fiji CEO Farid Mohammed says gave them a chance to walk in the shoes of their amazing customer-facing employees, learn from them and their customer
Taiwan has donated the first batch of 10,000 surgical masks, 1,000 N95 masks, 50 gowns and 2 infrared thermal imaging cameras to Fiji in our efforts to combat the rapid rise of COVID-19 cases. The Taipei Trade Off
Beware of fake news as misleading information has been posted on Facebook that RB Jetpoint in Nadi has been closed after the Health Ministry’s directive. RB Patel Supermarkets General Manager Operations, Jignesh
Extra Supermarket in Flagstaff is now open with people lining up outside from midday today to do last minute shopping. An Extra Supermarket employee from Makoi tested positive on Tuesday and three of his co-worker
With less than 12 hours to go for the lockdown to begin in Suva and Nausori, people are still seen rushing to supermarkets to do some last-minute shopping and police were called to assist in certain areas in enforcing
More than 118,000 families were assisted through governments $90 cash payment program. The total payout was $10.6 million. The Acting Permanent Secretary for Economy Shiri Gounder says around 37,000 families w
The number of house fires has gone up since the containment period began on April 19th. The National Fire Authority says they have recorded six home fires that have displaced 24 people since April 19th. There
There are already long lines of people this morning outside major supermarkets in Suva, Nasinu and Nausori as preparations continue for a lockdown of Suva and Nausori from 11 o'clock tonight till 4am next Wednesday.
The Health Ministry's COVID-19 vaccination drive starts today in parts of Macuata and Bua. You can get vaccinated at St Mary's Primary School in Labasa, the Agriculture Quarters in Dreketi, Nadogo Secondary School
The Head of Health Protection Dr Aalisha Sahukhan says the news has not been good for some time now as more cases are appearing in the community without any link to the other cases. Dr Sahukhan says all indications
The Permanent Secretary for Health Dr James Fong says they believe this virus is still circulating in Nadi, in Lautoka, in Rakiraki, in Lami and, potentially,throughout the rest of Viti Levu. Dr Fong says right now
The Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong says in some countries around the world, the public and even governments have failed to take this virus seriously and the pattern is emerging in Fiji and this complac
Health Ministry's Permanent Secretary Dr James Fong says as challenges are evolving day by day and with a lot of changes occurring, the priority is to sort their responses for cases of COVID-19 and the process of commun
The Director of the Fiji Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Commission, Ashwin Raj implores all residential landlords to refrain from arbitrarily evicting tenants from their homes. Raj says they have received a c
The Fiji National Provident Fund has made an early relief payment for its members eligible for Phase 2 Round 5 which were to be paid next week Tuesday. Acting CEO Viliame Vodonaivalu says a total of $9.25 million i
5 Military Officers and a Police Officer were arrested for drinking alcohol in Narere last night while six others were arrested for celebrating a birthday in Nakasi. 57 people were arrested for failing to comply wi
The Fijian Competition and Consumer Commission is urging people to refrain from panic buying due to the COVID-19 pandemic as there is no shortage of goods out in the market as shipping lines have not been disrupted.
