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The Fiji Rugby Union has received relief funding from World Rugby for the Fiji men’s and women’s 7s teams Olympics preparation. The maximum a team could apply for is about US$100,000 Fiji Rugby Union CEO J
The HSBC Hong Kong and Singapore 7s tournaments which were scheduled for April next year will now be played in October and November with the Hong Kong 7s acting as the Series finale. World Rugby says this is due to
107 communities and 613 families across Fiji who were severely affected by Tropical Cyclone Yasa have been assisted by the Fiji Red Cross Society. They have also distributed 1,882 non-food items such as shelter too
The Fiji Red Cross Society has managed to restore communication between 102 families who were experiencing difficulty in getting in touch with their loved ones due to the devastation caused by TC Yasa. The Restorin
Sai Prema Foundation has pledged to assist about 500 families in the Northern Division who have been severely affected by Tropical Cyclone Yasa. Foundation Director Sumeet Tappoo says they felt deeply for those aff
The Chairman of Fiji Ports Terminal Limited Hasmukh Patel has forecast that Fiji will experience 18 to 20 % decrease in the volume of cargo/containers arriving this year compared to 2019. Patel says they are curre
19-year-old Litiana Donumaitoga overcame all her challenges to come out on top of the 35 newly recruited Fiji Corrections Service wardens as she was awarded the Baton of Honour. Donumaitoga who is from Veivatuloa i
Digicel Fiji has distributed about 500 ration packs in the villages of Nabouwalu, Nasarawaqa, Dreketi, Nabiti, Wailevu East, Belego, Nadoiviri and Savusavu that have been affected by TC Yasa. All affected areas wer
The Fiji Ports Terminal Limited employees received an early Christmas gift as they will be sharing $410,000 as part of their performance payout for the year ended as of 31st December 2019. The amount will be share
Lautoka businessman, Narayan Reddy and resident Allen Lockington have come together once again to help people affected by TC Yasa and they have sent the first phase of relief supplies for 200 families to Vanua Levu yest
The President of the Fiji Pensioners Association Hari Raj Naicker has passed away. Naicker has served as a Justice of Peace, Commissioner of Oaths and he is the third person from Fiji to receive a FIFA Order of Mer
Fiji Airways has flown in almost 17 tonnes of relief supplies and equipment from Auckland sent by the New Zealand Government to the Fiji National Disaster Management Office. Overnight, a Fiji Airways Airbus A330 fr
The Caritas team from the Catholic Church of Fiji is now in Vanua Levu to conduct a one day training on psycho-social response to trauma in Labasa and they will also share food rations and clothes. The psycho-socia
Three trucks full of relief items from Vodafone Fiji has been deployed to the Northern Division that will assist families who have been severely affected by Tropical Cyclone Yasa. About 250 volunteers turned up at
Food Delivery Service, Food Well Fiji is organising a food drive for families in Bua trying to recover from the devastation of Monster Cyclone Yasa. Director Salote Malani Maiwiriwiri says most of their work involv
Leadership Fiji Alumni have started a Tropical Cyclone Yasa Relief Fund where they aim to purchase and distribute relief packs to the affected communities in the North. Alumni President Julianne Verma says they hav
The Rotary Club of Peninsula Sunset collected $800 cash and 35 bags of relief items during their disaster relief initiative collection at the ROC Market in Suva, and donations continue to pour in. Community Service
Vodafone Fiji has activated its “Vodafone Red Alert TC Yasa Relief†initiative, under which 500 cartons of essential food items, basic tools and tarpaulins worth around $100,000 will be distributed to families in th
An urgent call for assistance is being made to help those who have been severely affected by Monster Tropical Cyclone Yasa. The Rotary Club of Peninsula Sunset has started a disaster relief initiative to help the v
Fiji Airways says all planes which include Airbus A350s, A330s and Boeing 737s will either operate their scheduled freight or repatriation services to Sydney, Auckland, Los Angeles and Hong Kong, or be ferried to Sydney
