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New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta will hold bilateral meetings with Fiji this week. The visit will be her first to the country since the election of the new coalition Government led by Prime Minist
The Fijian government states that the three RFMF and one Police investigation conducted into the 2000 coup found no evidence of wrongdoing by Lt Colonel Filipo Tarakinikini. The government says this means the Fiji
Attorney General Siromi Turaga says one of the things that clearly stood out from his visit to the Fiji Corrections Service in Walu Bay is the number of elderlies being cared for in prison. Turaga says he has disc
The Chinese Ambassador to Fiji has reaffirmed the Chinese Government’s commitment in addressing common challenges and exploring opportunities for resilient recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Zhou Jian paid a co
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Professor Biman Prasad says the Prime Minister and Ministers are on a 20% reduced salary. When questioned by fijivillage News on when and whether the overseas travel a
Former Education Minister and Opposition MP Premila Kumar has claimed that the recent appointments in the Education Ministry are questionable, lacks transparency and are unconstitutional while Education Minister Aseri R
Opposition MP Viliame Naupoto says Minister for Home Affairs Pio Tikoduadua is missing the point again, and Tikoduadua has confirmed in his response that he expressed his views to the police on the ground, which is inte
The coalition government will look into the issues that villagers continue to face. This was stated by Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka during his visit to the village of Nacula in Yasawa. Rabuka stressed the im
Minister for Home Affairs Pio Tikoduadua says he did not interfere with any police operations while Opposition Member Viliame Naupoto says Tikoduadua is again overreaching his ministerial mandate. Tikoduadua says N
Former senior officer of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces, Ratu Tevita Uluilakeba Mara is back in the country after almost 12 years. Mara is the only surviving son of the late Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, Fiji's
Fiji Labour Party Leader Mahendra Chaudhry says the problems in the economy cannot be fixed by appointing committees and holding summits and that the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Professor Biman Prasad
Fiji Labour Party Leader Mahendra Chaudhry has expressed serious concerns at the warning from Finance Minister, Professor Biman Prasad that tax increases are “inevitableâ€. Chaudhry says this is quite disturbin
Drugs like some other issues are not purely a Police problem, it is a national problem. Minister for Home Affairs Pio Tikoduadua made this comment to Acting Police Commissioner, Juki Fong Chew during his tour of th
While enroute back to Fiji from Panama via the United States, Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka met with FIJI Water owners Stewart Resnick and his wife Lynda Resnick. FIJI Water says it was also a unique opportunity
Former Ratu Kadavulevu School Principal, Peni Senikarawa has been appointed as the Acting Deputy Permanent Secretary for Primary/Secondary, and former Queen Victoria School Principal, Joseva Gavidi, has been rehired to
The significance of celebration of Holi is of far greater importance to all the people of Fiji this year as we rebuild our lives and our nation as well as overcome social and economic deprivation after 16 years of unacc
It was a memorable day for the villagers of Muana, Vunisei and Navatuyaba in Rewa as their prayers have been answered after the Minister for Public Works, Ro Filipe Tuisawau commissioned the ground breaking ceremony for
It is inevitable that there will be increases in taxation. This was stated by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Professor Biman Prasad while announcing the 2023 Fiscal Review Committee. Professor
Immediate decisions need to be made if the Water Police are to operate from their Draunibota Bay Base long term in terms of their buildings. Minister for Home Affairs, Pio Tikoduadua stated this during his visit a
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade, Cooperatives, Small and Medium Enterprises and Communications Manoa Kamikamica revealed that Fiji's agriculture sector (non-sugarcane) contributed 8.2 percent (689.3 million
