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United States Ambassador to Fiji, Joseph Cella today held discussions with key figures in Fiji’s kava industry, including growers, processors, and government officials, to discuss ways to advance trade with the US.
As the new school term starts today, Minister for Education, Rosy Akbar says students who have not yet redeemed their subsidised e-Transport Blue Cards can redeem it at any bus with an e-ticketing machine. Akbar sa
SODELPA MP, Anare Jale has today questioned the Child Services Unit of the Ministry of Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation on why it has taken them 15 years to bring the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Ri
The Head of the Catholic Church in Fiji Archbishop Peter Loy Chong says major decisions are being made with little or no input from majority of the local communities in Fiji regarding foreign debt, trade or economic act
The Fiji Women's Rights Movement has assessed that a total of 795 calls of gender-based violence were received by the National Domestic Violence Helpline for the months of January to April alone and some women were call
National Federation Party Leader Professor Biman Prasad claims the reason Minister for Economy Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum has suspended Fiji’s grant to USP is because he is unhappy that the USP Council did not take action ag
The owners of three farms in Kadavu where more than 2,000 marijuana plants were uprooted last week are yet to be located by Police. Police say the 300 marijuana plants were uprooted in Lavidi Village, 130 marijuana
More than 2,000 marijuana plants were uprooted from three farms in Kadavu this week. The first raid was conducted at Lavidi Village where more than 300 marijuana plants were uprooted. 130 plants were uprooted
An investigation is underway following the death of a man at a construction site in Suva yesterday. Police Spokesperson Ana Naisoro says the 36-year-old Asian national allegedly fell from the fourth floor of WG Fri
Discussions continue regarding the setting up of a “safe space†to help young children and youths who face drug abuse related issues. It was discussed at length in a meeting between Chief Operations Officer ACP
National Federation Party Leader Professor Biman Prasad has reminded the current leaders of the country that Fiji’s history did not begin in 2006. While speaking at the Party’s Annual General Meeting today, Pra
The Chairperson of the USP Audit and Risk Committee Mahmood Khan has made it clear that there is no influence from anyone and he is raising issues concerning the management of USP because he wants to help USP get back
National Federation Party Vice President Riddhi Damodar has resigned from the position because of some concerns she had with the party’s vision and direction for the future. Damodar says she has shared her conce
The Fijian Government says the letter sent to the Pro-Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor of the University of the South Pacific on 23rd of September 2020 speaks for itself. The government has said in a statement that
The University of the South Pacific is not saying anything today after revelations that the Minister for Economy, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum has decided to hold the grants to USP until allegations against the Vice Chancellor a
A 43-year-old Chinese national who murdered a sex worker in May last year has been sentenced to life imprisonment by Suva High Court Judge, Justice Daniel Goundar. While sentencing Wang Qi Yong, Justice Goundar sai
Minister for Education, Rosy Akbar says false claims made by SODELPA MP, Ro Teimumu Kepa that there has been a reduction in the boarding grant, amongst other things, has disappointed the Minister. Akbar says in the
Serious concerns have been raised as some students who receive free lunch in schools are being teased by some fellow students. Fijivillage has received reports from the ground about this act of bullying and we have
68% of fish in the Suva Coastal Area had some form of microplastic in them according to research done by USP Postgraduate Researcher Andrew Paris. Paris says one of the main issues in Fiji is littering and it is sh
Police Chief of Intelligence and Investigations, ACP Biu Matavou has directed an immediate investigation to be done by the Criminal Investigations Department after the emergence of a video of a group of students bullyin
