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A Virgin Airways flight from Brisbane, Australia with 21 Fijian citizens and cargo containing Personal Protective Equipment and other equipment has arrived at the Nadi International Airport. Ministry of Health sa
Pop-star Rihanna's foundation, the Clara Lionel Foundation is joining the fight against the spread of COVID-19. It has been announced that the Foundation is donating $5 million to organizations at the frontlines of
Madrid's regional government is preparing to open an improvised morgue in the next few days to increase the city's capacity to deal with the growing Covid-19 fatalities. The center will be set up in the Justice Cam
Minister for Health Doctor Ifereimi Waqainabete has confirmed that there are no new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. He says there are still 5 confirmed cases. Waqainabete has earlier said that all test
The Fiji National Provident Fund assistance that will be provided to those that have been affected in the tourism sector, those impacted by the physical distancing restriction and members working in the lock-down areas
Former All Black stars Dan Carter, Brodie Retallick and Andy Ellis were thankful that their Japanese club didn't leave them stranded and gave them their marching orders a fortnight ago. While foreigners at other cl
The number of people who died of coronavirus in Italy has risen by 969, the biggest daily jump since the crisis began. The total number of deaths now stands at 9,134, according to Italy's Civil Protection Agency.
England's Prime Minister Boris Johnson has tested positive for Coronavirus and is self-isolating in Downing Street. He says he had experienced mild symptoms over the past 24 hours, including a temperature and cough
SODELPA MP, Ro Teimumu Kepa says it is not easy being a teacher now as just in the past few years, allocations for counsellors, school chaplains and boarding school allowances have been removed from the budget. In
Minister for Education, Rosy Akbar says she is aware that every passing minute, they will be missing out on official formal learning time if circumstances forces them to extend the two weeks school holidays beyond the s
SODELPA MP Niko Nawaikula says that the COVID-19 Response Budget is a monkey budget. In his response to the budget, Nawaikula says that the budget is poor and incompetent as more is needed. He says that the $4
Health Minister, Doctor Ifereimi Waqainabete says although NFP Leader, Professor Biman Prasad is denying that he called for a 35 percent pay cut for all civil servants in a Fiji Times opinion piece, the opinion piece is
Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says if anybody were to listen to the opposition, they would think there is nothing working in the public health system. In his right of reply, Sayed-Khaiyum particularly took a
Health Minister, Doctor Ifereimi Waqainabete has revealed that the 27-year-old flight attendant who is the first confirmed case of COVID-19, had allegedly gone out to party in San Francisco, stayed with family there, al
South African security forces have begun enforcing a three-week nationwide lockdown in an effort to stem the spread of the coronavirus. BBC News reports all but the essential movement is forbidden and both the army
Despite the tight situation being faced by businesses due to the slowdown in the economy and the COVID-19 crisis, Tebara Prime Cuts Fiji Limited and Tebara Halal Meats Suva Limited are not letting any of their staff go
Attorney General and the Minister for Economy, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum presented the COVID-19 Supplementary Budget to parliament at 7.30 on Wednesday 26th 2020 Sayed-Khaiyum said they introduced a COVID-19 Budget Respo
Fijian Holdings Limited has confirmed its subsidiary companies have been affected by the travel restrictions and lockdown of Lautoka City because of COVID-19. FHL says following the travel restriction announcement
The US now has more confirmed cases of coronavirus than any other country with more than 83,500 positive tests. BBC reports that according to the latest figures collated by Johns Hopkins University, the US has over
National Federation Party Leader Professor Biman Prasad says they support some of the measures in the COVID-19 response budget however he labelled it as a disappointing and dishonest budget. While making his contri
