382 articles tagged "tc-yasa"
7,731 people are currently taking shelter at 183 evacuation centres around the country. The Director for National Disaster Management Office Vasiti Soko says 6,331 people are currently in 133 evacuation centres in t
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
Kameli Naitini of Votua Village in Lekutu, Bua says what they went through as Tropical Cyclone Yasa wreaked havoc in the Northern Division is something they never experienced before. Naitini says they were taking s
Australia and New Zealand are working with Fiji to assess the damage caused by TC Yasa. Yesterday, an Australian P-8A aircraft took to the skies to conduct an initial aerial assessment of the destruction. The
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama is currently in the Northern Division to visit areas that have been severely affected by Tropical Cyclone Yasa. Minister for Disaster Management Inia Seruiratu briefed Bainimarama
Minister for Agriculture, Dr Mahendra Reddy says as an immediate form of relief to farmers affected by TC Yasa in Northern Division, they are planning to provide them with planting materials so that they can immediately
The Director of National Disaster Management Office, Vasiti Soko says Water Authority of Fiji’s quick fix team has left for Vanua Levu last night to assist the teams that are already on the ground to mobilise water su
It was an experience that the people of Coboi in Bua will never be able to forget as Tropical Cyclone Yasa nearly killed a 2 weeks old baby. Coboi Sanatan School Headteacher Ramesh Kumar says the baby was sleeping
Ponipate Baleinabau of Votua village in Lekutu, Bua is thankful that no one from his village was injured or died after monstrous Tropical Cyclone Yasa wreaked havoc in the Northern Division. Baleinabau says they st
Minister for Education Rosy Akbar says there is a lot of work cut out for them and she hopes they are able to work out a solution for the students when they return to school for 2021. Akbar says they will have talk
The National Disaster Management Office has deployed 10,000 food ration packs and non-food items to affected villages and communities in the Northern Division. NDMO Director Vasiti Soko says they are sending 10,000
Australia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Marise Payne says they stand with the government and people of Fiji as Fiji responds to the devastating impacts of Tropical Cyclone Yasa Payne says Australia will assist
Year 12 and 13 students who are yet to sit for their papers will have their exams on next Tuesday and Wednesday. Permanent Secretary for Education, Anjeela Jokhan says those students who do not sit these exams will
The National Federation Party says massive rehabilitation is needed to rebuild lives and is calling the government to authorize FNPF to allow withdrawals by members affected by the cyclone, to help in the rehabilitation
The Permanent Secretary for Education, Anjeela Jokhan says as of this morning, 28 schools in the Northern Division and Yasawa have sustained extensive damages. Jokhan says some of the schools have their libraries a
The Chinese Ambassador to Fiji Qian Bo has handed over a cheque of $210,000 emergency assistance on behalf of the Red Cross Society of China to the Fiji Red Cross Society for TC Yasa Relief. Bo commended that the F
Villagers of Kabara are currently searching for a 35-year-old woman who went missing yesterday after she went out to look for ivi. The representative of the Tikina of Kabara Tukana Rokobuli says the woman went out
The National Disaster Management Office will deploy teams consisting of disciplined forces, essential workers and civil servants to distribute food rations and non-food items to villages and communities in the most affe
The National Disaster Management Office has confirmed two more fatalities because of Tropical Cyclone Yasa bringing the total to 4. NDMO Director, Vasiti Soko says one man aged 50 years died in Ra while a 70 year o
