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Supervisor of Elections Mohammed Saneem has today raised concerns regarding misleading reporting by the Fiji Times and the delay in auditing financial statements by the Office of the Auditor General. This is following
A young Tavua man who travelled to Suva for the first time to pursue his university education in 2018 has won three gold medals at the University of the South Pacific. Shivneel Chandra who is a National Toppers Sch
91.4% of the adult target population in Fiji is now fully vaccinated. 97.6% of the adult target population have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. This means 565,181 adults are fully vaccinate
Fiji Law Society President Wylie Clarke says they will not be shirking their responsibility to speak up where circumstances demand it following comments by former Society President, Devanesh Sharma in the Attorney Gener
Education Minister Premila Kumar has announced that face to face classes for Early Childhood Education to Year 7 will start from the 10th of January, next year. Kumar says this decision was taken after discus
Acting Prime Minister and Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says they are only talking about planting industrial hemp and not medicinal hemp. While speaking during the Attorney General’s Conference, Sayed-Khai
National Federation Party Leader Professor Biman Prasad says if the waiver of Capital Gains Tax for sale of shares can be legislated retrospectively, why can’t Government remove extra fuel tax now. While speaking
Acting Prime Minister and Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says growing of industrial hemp needs to be licensed and lawyers need to be aware of how the licensing regime will work. While giving his closing remar
Acting Prime Minister, Attorney-General and Minister for Economy, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says they are committed to prevent Fiji from slipping back into the darkness of division that defined our past. Sayed-Khaiyum sa
Prominent Suva lawyer and former President of the Fiji Law Society, Devanesh Sharma has called on the Fiji Law Society to get the hell out of politics and fulfill their responsibility by holding workshops on important i
91.4% of the adult target population are now fully vaccinated while 28,091 children aged between 15 to 17 years are also fully vaccinated. 4,853 children aged between 12-14 years have received both doses of a COVID
Construction work being done by Grace Road in Naisoso, Nadi has been stopped by the Nadi Town Council and iTaukei Land Trust Board, and the Department of Environment has also issued a prohibition notice to the company a
President Ratu Wiliame Katonivere says nothing is more important in a true democracy than the rule of law. While opening the 23rd Annual Attorney-General's Conference at the Intercontinental Hotel in Natadola this
Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre Coordinator, Shamima Ali says the perpetrators in 96% of the rape cases reported to the Centre, are very close relatives of the survivors. While speaking at the High Level Media Briefin
With two out of three women having experienced domestic violence at the hands of their intimate partners, Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation Rosy Akbar says Fiji is facing an epidemic of violence again
Tourism Fiji CEO, Brent Hill says since the start of December, the combination of the re-opening of the borders and the Open for Happiness Campaign, they have seen hits on their website increase by 19%. Hill says n
High Court Judge Justice Daniel Goundar has today directed the court registry to service the Freesoul Limited lawyers as they were not informed to appear in court today. The case was for first call today before Jus
Permanent Secretary for Health Dr James Fong says they hope to access pediatric doses of the Pfizer vaccine in the early part of the new year. Dr Fong says however, improving vaccination in the older children and
Permanent Secretary for Health Dr James Fong says preliminary evidence indicates that the Omicron variant does not make people sicker than the Delta and other strains. Dr Fong says they are aware of misinformation
Water cuts continue to be a major concern in parts of the Central Division as thousands of people living from Lami to Nausori have been without water or are experiencing intermittent supply from Saturday. Residents
