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Data released today at a meeting focused on the review of the primary education curriculum showed that a lot of students in Year 5 and 7 are in the critical and basic level when it comes to literacy and numeracy.
Australian Minister for International Development and Pacific , Senator Zed Seselja says from 1st December, companies and organisations will be able to apply to import kava into Australia on a trial basis. Seselja
A 7-year-old boy is believed to have drowned in Nasivi, Vatukoula yesterday afternoon. The boy who is from Suva was visiting relatives in Nasivi. Police say he had accompanied his 11-year old cousin for a swi
The Tertiary Scholarships and Loans Service says the requirements for the loan repayment is students to start repaying only after they get into full time formal employment. They say in cases where students are not
The Australian Government is providing AUD$1.8 million to the Fijian Drua for the next 3 years through the PacificAus Sports. While making the announcement, Australian Minister for International Development and Pac
The Fiji Teachers Union has written to the Ministry of Education demanding answers as to why a number of teachers in the Western Division did not receive their pay last week. General Secretary, Agni Deo Singh says
89.6% of the adult target population and 23,858 children between the ages of 15 to 17 are now fully vaccinated. 97% of the adult target population and 33,467 children have received at least one dose of the COVID-19
All those involved in allegedly selling vaccination cards with Ministry of Health stamps to certain individuals are no longer working for the Health Ministry. This has been confirmed by the Permanent Secretary for
Permanent Secretary for Health Doctor James Fong says the Government has indicated that it can potentially get its hands on 500,000 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines. Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines were used for the
Australian Minister for International Development and the Pacific, Senator Zed Seselja says there is no doubt there will be many Australians on the first tourist flight as Australians can’t wait to get back to Fiji.
Curfew hours will remain from 11pm-4am. The Ministry of Health says they had expected to fully vaccinate 90% of the eligible adult population in Fiji by 13th November 2021. Once the 90% threshold was confirmed
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama has thanked Pacific negotiation teams for helping to achieve a pathway from coal and fossil fuel subsidies in the outcome of COP26 saying, the 1.5-degree target leaves Glasgow battered,
Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says they are deeply disappointed by the hypocrisy of language on coal going from “phase out†to “phase down†literally minutes before the close of COP26. Sayed-Khaiyum
Mahmood Khan says he has not been told about what was the decision of the USP Council meeting which was held yesterday. Khan is the USP's Chair of Audit and Risk Committee and is a Fijian Government Representative.
Former Minister of Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation, Mereseini Vuniwaqa will be the first Global Chair of the Family Planning 2030 partnership’s new Governing Board as it oversees and shapes FP2030’s key stra
Vodafone Fiji is urging people to disable the “automatic†time setting mode on their device to prevent their device time moving forward by an hour tomorrow at 2am. Vodafone Fiji says as per government advisory
The Permanent Secretary for Health Dr James Fong says 89.5% of Fijians have been fully vaccinated and this is a remarkable indication of the nation’s response to ensuring a safe and well-protected nation during this p
Sharvada Sharma’s lawyer, Richard Naidu has today confirmed that Sharma refuses to accept a flawed, unconstitutional and unfair process to terminate his appointment as Solicitor General without being given the opportu
There is still no confirmation on whether a tribunal will look into the earlier allegation of misbehaviour against Sharvada Sharma whose appointment as the Solicitor General of Fiji was terminated earlier this week.
The opening of Fiji's international borders yesterday saw Fiji welcome its first international visitors, including Australian Minister for International Development and Pacific, Senator Zed Seselja. With COVID-19 r
