After years of having a small food stall selling tea, fried fish and cassava at the Suva Market, Rashida Khatoon has now opened her new-look Zamzam Restaurant in Samabula
Leaders from across the Pacific region will be gathering in Suva for the 51st Pacific Islands Forum and related meetings from the 11th to the 14th of next month.
In a
55 structural fire incidents have been recorded so far this year, of which 5 are commercial and 50 are residential.
The CEO of the National Fire Authority Puamau Sowan
More support has been received to ensure that no child dies from lack of oxygen through the donation of over $69,000.
Earlier this year 4 cyclists, led by Reuben Tucke
A FICAC witness has told the Suva High Court that SODELPA MP, Salote Radrodro has declared to the Fijian Elections Office her residential address as Tacirua Heights in Su
The Fijian Elections Office will now be taking steps to directly serve the notice issued to the representative of the Fiji Labour Party, Haroon Ali Shah requiring him to
Budget consultations being held around the country by the Minister for Economy Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum has been labeled as campaigning for the elections by the National Feder
SODELPA MP Salote Radrodro for all intent and purposes resided in Tacirua and has never stayed in Namulomulo Village in Bua but was making frequent visits in the weekend.
McDonald's Chicken McNuggets are out of stock in Fiji.
McDonald's Managing Director, Marc McElrath says the restaurant is not serving it due to shipment delays out of
Ghislaine Maxwell has been sentenced to 20 years in a US prison for helping disgraced former financier Jeffrey Epstein abuse young girls.
Maxwell was convicted in Dece
The bodies of 50 migrants were discovered inside a tractor-trailer in San Antonio, Texas, in one of the most deadly recent incidents of human smuggling along the U.S.-Mex
Another round of nationwide voter registration drive is expected to be conducted and details will be announced soon.
Supervisor of Elections, Mohammed Saneem says this
Single mothers, divorcees, widows and grandmothers make up the largest group of people who have undergone livelihood skills training through FRIEND Fiji to be able to fen
Children aged from 5 to 11 years will start getting their COVID-19 vaccination from Monday.
Minister for Health, Doctor Ifereimi Waqainabete received over 7,000 doses
Supervisor of Elections, Mohammed Saneem has issued a notice to Fiji Labour Party representative, Haroon Ali Shah, directing him to correct a statement issued on 18th May
Those who have done Foundation studies and want to get TELS to pay for their MBBS studies are not eligible as only those who have done Year 13 and qualify under the requi
Police are searching for the owners of five different farms in Kadavu where more than 11,000 plants believed to be marijuana were uprooted.
Police Chief Operations Off
People living in Taveuni, Qamea and Rabi Island can now apply for the $100 unemployment assistance as Government has extended the scheme to these areas.
Applications w
Another round of voter registrations will be done in New Zealand, Australia, USA and Canada next month.
Supervisor of Elections, Mohammed Saneem says FEO teams will be
Suva High Court Judge, Justice Dr. Thushara Kumarage will deliver his judgement tomorrow if SODELPA MP, Salote Radrodro's trial will begin as a permanent application for
A FNU student has asked if the apprentices fall under the recent increase in minimum wage and whether they will get the minimum wage of $4 an hour.
The student raised
A Nadawa taxi driver is calling for justice following allegations that he was punched and assaulted by two police officers without any reason on the 18th of this month.
39 officers who will play a key role in the 2022 general elections are currently participating in a 3-day Area Officers Training conducted by the Fijian Elections Office.
The economic costs of deaths due to tobacco use and exposure to second hand smoke need a collaborative approach to save lives.
This was stated by the Chief Operations
A permanent stay application has been made in the FICAC case against SODELPA MP Salote Radrodro.
Radrodro is charged with one count each of False Information to a Publ
Global oil refining capacity shrank during the pandemic, exposing vulnerabilities in some of the world's largest fuel consumers. Yet the decline was not evenly distribute
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says a shopping centre in east Ukraine with more than 1,000 people inside has been hit by a Russian missile strike.
11 people ha
Investigations are still continuing into a case where a Suva businessman allegedly attempted to rape his staff.
The alleged incident occurred at the businessman’s ho
95 people have tested positive for COVID-19 since Thursday.
37 cases were recorded in the Central Division, 28 cases in the Western Division, 10 cases in the Northern
Three people who were under investigation for monkeypox have tested negative and are no longer in isolation.
Permanent Secretary for Health, Dr James Fong says of thes
A Fiji born woman, Laisa Maraia Waka was fatally stabbed just metres from her home in Sockburn, Christchurch, and her 11-year-old son watched as paramedics fought to save
The trial of a man alleged to have murdered a 35-year-old woman in Lami in 2020 will begin in the High Court this Wednesday.
Arvind Chand Rai, a carpenter from Narere,
A suspended surgeon at the CWM Hospital facing sexual assault charges has been granted bail.
Dr Joji Vakadiwaiwai has been charged with 2 counts of sexual assault and
The driver who allegedly caused an accident in Sigatoka yesterday morning is still on the run while 5 people remain admitted at the Navua Hospital.
Police Spokesperso
Things can never be good if there is only one man running the show according to former FijiFirst MP and Minister Ashneel Sudhakar.
Sudhakar was terminated from his pos
We do not talk about what other parties are doing internally so let us focus on issues that affect the people and the policies being delivered.
Those are the words of
A lot of people in Fiji have a xenophobic approach to getting expatriates.
This is according to the Acting Prime Minister and the Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum
Dozens of Russian missiles have struck targets across Ukraine, with the capital Kyiv enduring the heaviest barrage in months.
A Kyiv apartment block was destroyed, kil
Tourism workers have successfully completed a two month training on Child Safe Tourism and Respectful Workplaces organised by the Fiji Hotel and Tourism Association.
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It is important that political parties adhere to electoral regulations however this should not be used to divert the nation’s attention away from the worsened state of
More than 100 ginger farmers are being encouraged to transition from subsistence farming to sustainable, commercial farming following the first Fiji Ginger Growers Associ
The driver who allegedly caused an accident this morning is on the run while 5 people are currently admitted in a stable condition at the Navua Hospital.
Police Spokes
A lot of people in Fiji do not plan or worry about retirement but whether you like it or not, everybody will retire one day.
This has been highlighted by the Fiji Nati
The search continues for missing 90-year-old, Ram Jas Sharma of Waibogi Settlement in Sigatoka who has been reported missing at the Sigatoka Police Station since Friday.
30 youths will now become income generators for their families after completing a three-day training on Mobile Skills Training on screen printing with tie & dye in La
If you have been a victim of robbery or burglary and have items such as laptops, phones, boxes of milk and batteries stolen then you can call police to identify the items
SODELPA has pulled down all their policies from their social media pages, however, they are calling on authorities to have more clarity on how political parties can campa
‘As government, we always look forward to objective assessment, objective contributions and indeed objective criticism’.
This was stated by the Acting Prime Minist
More people are being employed or re-employed since the re-opening of borders in December last year.
This has been highlighted by Fiji National Provident Fund General
Children of the district of Nagonenicolo in the interior of Naitasiri can expect better quality of education after the commissioning of a new primary school in the distri
Informal waste pickers need to be protected when they undertake the work of protecting the nature and community leaders should respect these guardians who are ensuring th
The most significant US gun control bill in nearly 30 years has been signed into law by President Joe Biden.
It imposes tougher checks on young buyers and encourages s
We are seeing an increase in hard drugs used and sold locally, according to the Director of Public Prosecutions Christopher Pryde.
While speaking during the Office of
A family is seeking assistance in locating their 90-year-old father, Ram Jas Sharma of Waibogi Settlement in Sigatoka who has been reported missing at the Sigatoka Police
Shocking statistics have been revealed as 3,313 cases of domestic violence have been recorded by the Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre in the first 5 months of the year which
Clinics have begun closing in some US states after a Supreme Court ruling has removed American women's constitutional right to abortion.
About half of states are expec
Please restore FNPF pension benefits to their former levels as our pensions have been reduced by almost 50 percent.
This is the call from the former Executive Director
SODELPA MP and the paramount chief of the Burebasaga confederacy, Marama Roko Tui Dreketi, Ro Teimumu Kepa will be running for elections this year.
This has been confi
Of the three likely cases of monkeypox currently being investigated by the Ministry of Health, two have returned a negative test result while they await the result of the
SODELPA will work with the Unity Fiji Party in the upcoming general elections.
This was revealed by SODELPA Leader Viliame Gavoka during the SODELPA AGM being held at
A 37-year-old carpenter is in police custody after the vehicle he was driving was involved in an accident along the Wainibokasi Road this morning.
He is also suspected
Nasinu Muslim College was instituted in 1972 for the community in providing education and now it is in the top 10 schools in the country with the school topping the year
Investment in education remains a top priority for government.
This was highlighted by the Acting Prime Minister and Minister for Economy Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum during a
Three likely cases of monkeypox are currently being investigated by the Ministry of Health.
Permanent Secretary for Health Dr James Fong says of the three possible cas
Billie Eilish has used her Glastonbury headline set to address the US Supreme Court's decision to end the constitutional right to abortion.
She says today is a really,
Nine cases of robbery were detected by the Totogo Police team over the last two weeks and all those arrested have been charged and produced in court.
Seven men were ch
The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is safe for the more than 125,000 children in the 5 to 11 years age group in Fiji who are currently not protected.
This has been highlighte
Fiji is committed to elevating our relations with Timor Leste at all levels and looks forward to expanding collaboration in mutually beneficial areas of cooperation such
A proposed development aims to transform Keiyasi into a thriving urban centre that aims to connect Fijians in the region to services — creating economic opportunities w
To combat the widespread epidemic of non-communicable disease in the country, the Health Ministry, along with stakeholders, are using a variety of communication channels
Millions of women in the US will lose the constitutional right to abortion, after the Supreme Court overturned its 50-year-old Roe v Wade decision.
The judgement paves
$7,150 has been disbursed to 21 communities by the Fijian Elections Office as part of the Community Engagement Project in partnership with the United Nations Development
Narere taxi driver, Ritesh Kumar was all smiles today when he drove off with his brand-new Mitsubishi L200 Sportero vehicle after winning the Fuel, Refresh And Win with T
Fiji’s development partners need to come together as one as we cannot have duplication of resources as they are limited.
This is the call from the Acting Prime Minis
32 people in Koronivia now have a job following the opening of the Stop & Shop Supermarket at Hexagon Plaza in Koronivia, Nausori today.
The Koronivia area is abuz
Building on 143,399 arrivals so far this year, we believe Fiji can register its best peak season performance in terms of visitor arrivals and tourism export receipts on t
SODELPA has been referred to FICAC for breach of Electoral Act provisions.
The Fijian Elections Office says it has found that SODELPA has breached Section 116 of the E
Solar power plants are expected to be constructed in Taveuni and Ovalau through funds provided by the Republic of Korea to the Korea/Pacific Islands Forum Fund.
While
The issue of salary increase for FNU staff was raised with the Acting Prime Minister and Minister for Economy Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum during a budget consultation at FNU Sama
8 people from socially disadvantaged backgrounds living in the Koroipita community have been provided job opportunities by Aspen Medical.
Aspen Medical is the company
Nausori Airport held its full-scale aircraft emergency exercise – code named Crash Exercise 2022 earlier this week as Fiji Airports says it has no plans in lowering its
The US Senate has passed a bipartisan bill to address gun violence that amounts to the first major federal gun safety legislation in decades.
The final vote was 65 to
190 police officers successfully passed-out from the Fiji Police Force Basic Recruits Passout parade today at the Nasova barracks.
This included 116 male officers and
A $150 million Asian Development Bank loan has been approved to help Fiji recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and build resilience against climate and disaster risks.
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Supervisor of Elections, Mohammed Saneem has referred Unity Fiji’s Ratu Jope Naucabalavu to FICAC for a probable breach of Section 114 (1) of the Electoral Act.
Sane
“We need to be able to learn to change our food eating habits as some are too used to roti, purini, babakau, panikeke and bread which are made from imported ingredients
Expect prices of goods impacted by global factors, to continue to rise as the Reserve Bank of Fiji has predicted that the inflation rate which currently stands at 5 perce
Two men will be produced in the Suva Magistrates Court today after being charged for their alleged involvement in the Raiwai brawl last Sunday.
Police Spokesperson, An
$200 million worth of construction of various warehouses, factories and showrooms are about to commence in the Nadi to Lautoka corridor and there are not enough construct
104 people have tested positive for COVID-19 since Monday.
The Ministry of Health says 54 cases were recorded in the Central Division, 38 cases in the Western Division
A number of individuals are under investigation for suspected cases of monkeypox and are being preemptively isolated where the index of suspicion is high.
Permanent Se
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