With two days to go to the New Year, Fijivillage has taken a look back into the year 2008 with stories tragic and otherwise that made the headlines in Fiji and overseas.
Going back to August, no one will forget the 12 lives lost in a bus fire at Malaqereqere, Sigatoka on the 28th.
10 passengers died at the scene, with two other passengers who had received extensive burns passing away at the Colonial War Memorial Hospital later that week.
Forensic Experts were brought in from Australia to conduct investigations.
Land Transport Authority Chief Executive Officer Etuate Koroi had said that bus companies in the country must have background checks on their buses as well as their drivers to see they are both fit for travel.
Our family broke down when I was about 1 year old, my family was deported from Australia back to Fiji.
Musician, lawyer, and survivor, Natalie Raik...
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Blake Lively has been cast in the upcoming film The Survival List, as discussions continue around the controversy surrounding the movie It Ends With ...
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Food meant for children at a preschool in Suva was stolen during a break-in yesterday, leaving the school struggling to provide daily meals for its ...
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Village Headman, Savenaca Delai has raised concerns about young people drinking and using drugs along Naselai Beach after returning from nightclubs ...
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Serious concerns are being raised after a man was assaulted in 9 Miles, Nakasi, in broad daylight.
A video of the incident shared online shows the ...
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British great-grandmother Ethel Caterham turns 116, being the oldest living person in the world.
Caterham was born in Hampshire in 1909 and now ...
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The show includes exclusive interviews with VOU’s Artistic Director and Choreographer Navi Fong, Rehearsal Director Evangeline Kumar, Aerial Artist Patrick Mecatric and Circus Unit Head Neori Ravuso.
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