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Food is a major concern for every one of us and providing access to safe and affordable food remains one of the major challenges for governments worldwide. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade, Manoa Kamik
The Assistant Minister for Finance, Strategic Planning, National Development and Statistics, Esrom Immanuel has called on developed countries and partners to step up with their climate financing commitments. He ma
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister, James Marape says Fijians will now be able to obtain visa on arrival while travelling to PNG. Marape highlighted this adding it would certainly build stronger cooperation between t
People in the North will have high speed and reliant internet service in the next five years as Telecom Fiji has launched their 5-year Labasa-Savusavu Fiber Project where they will extend the underground fiber optic cab
Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka was accorded a full guard of honour by the Papua New Guinea Defence Force upon arrival in Port Moresby yesterday for the Forum for India-Pacific Islands Summit. He was received by PNG
Staff of the Office of the Attorney General celebrated Attorney General, Siromi Turaga’s birthday today. Turaga turns 55 today. There was a special cake cutting ceremony on Level 9 at Suvavou House.
25,000 Fijians living in rural and isolated communities are expected to have electricity after the Fijian Government received financial support of a USD $750,000 grant from the US Government through the United States Tr
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation Viliame Gavoka says they must remember that they have a coalition government in place and they want to make sure that there is representation on the boar
Fiji has made significant efforts to improve its anti-trafficking activities, but there is still room for improvement, which will ultimately determine the effectiveness of the laws and policies and programs to prevent h
Six communities in Fiji have already been relocated and 42 are in urgent need of moving in the next decade because of the climate change threats. This has been highlighted by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for
I am accountable to the Prime Minister, Cabinet and taxpayers of Fiji, not to unscrupulous politicians who shamelessly insult the Girmitiya and their descendants with their gutter-level comments. This is the respo
The Chairman of the Serua Provincial Council, Joeli Ratulevu Cawaki is questioning the Committee on the Review of the Great Council of Chiefs as to what is the importance and meaning of the GCC to the iTaukei people liv
Only chiefs should be part of the Great Council of Chiefs. This was suggested by the leader of the Saunokonoko clan in Naimasimasi Village, Serua, during the GCC public consultation at Ro Kuruduadua House in Navua.
Leader of the Opposition, Inia Seruiratu and the Leader of the Fiji Labour Party Mahendra Chaudhry are calling on the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Professor Biman Prasad to step down and allow for tho
Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka says we are now one nation of different beliefs and cultures. While speaking at the Girmit Day Celebrations in Lautoka, Rabuka says let us as a nation move forward and we cannot build
President Ratu Wiliame Katonivere says as a traditional Chief, he appreciates that our indigenous communities are able to preserve and observe our many traditions and cultural practices without obstacles. While spe
Using of kerosene lamps, candles and generators will be a thing of the past for the villagers of Koroivonu in Cakaudrove, Vanua Levu after Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka commissioned the village solar system. Villa
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Professor Biman Prasad says as the leader of the National Federation Party, he would not have joined a government that has racist agendas. When asked on fijivillage S
Children of Korotasere Village in Cakaudrove, Vanua Levu will now study in the comfort of their homes and not crowd up in a home that has good lighting to study after Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka commissioned the Koro
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Professor Biman Prasad says the current debt level as of April this year stands at $9.6 billion, which is equivalent to 81.8 percent of the debt-to-GDP ratio. This ha
