Man City stumble in title race
Manchester City’s hopes of regaining the Premier League title suffered a potentially grievous blow as they were held to a goalless draw by struggling Norwich at Carrow Road. The unpredictable 2014...
View ArticleSharapova hits back
Five-times grand slam tennis champion Maria Sharapova has hit out at accounts of her doping case that she termed “wrong” in an open letter to her fans on Facebook. Sharapova, who tested positive for...
View ArticleFiji too strong for Portugal in Vancouver
The Vodafone Fiji 7s team won their second Pool A encounter at the Vancouver Sevens, thrashing Portugal 62 points to nil. This is so far the highest score of day One. Fiji opened the scoring Masivesi...
View ArticleAustralian Defense Force help Koro rebuild
Damaged infrastructure on Koro island are undergoing repair works. This is being undertaken by the Australian Defense Force personnel with the assistance of RFMF engineers. “Our focus is being on...
View Article711 Koro homes completely destroyed
Majority of houses on Koro island have been completely destroyed with most living in temporary shelters. 711 homes were completely destroyed in strong winds and storm surges while the remaining 210...
View Article25,000 dwellings affected
A total of 25 thousand dwellings have been damaged in affected areas. A massive rehabilitation is expected to be led by government. National Disaster Management Office Director Akapusi Tuifagalele who...
View ArticleAustralia’s Foreign Minister here to assess
Australia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop arrived into the country at 2.30 yesterday afternoon to see first-hand the devastating impact Tropical Cyclone Winston has had on the people and...
View ArticlePolice urge motorists to exercise caution
Police are urging motorists to exercise caution while using our roads following a string of serious incidents on the road. A 53 year old woman was rushed to CWM Hospital after she was involved in an...
View ArticleInfant dies from scalding water
An 8-month-old baby has died after a jug filled with hot water allegedly spilled on her. The incident occurred at their family home on Yanuca Village in Levuka. Police say the baby was rushed to Levuka...
View ArticleBody of teenage girl found on beach
A class 7 student was found dead on a beach in Pacific Harbour. According to Police, a 30 year old security officer of Lepanoni Village in Serua found her body at the Loloma Beach. She was a student of...
View ArticleRio Games organisers release photos of stark athletes rooms
Athletes at the Rio Olympics village might not have quite the luxury they were expecting. Games organisers have been proudly tweeting photographs of some of the athletes rooms as they are completed at...
View ArticleQuade Cooper in line to get another chance to impress before Rio Olympics
Quade Cooper could get one final opportunity to impress Australian sevens coach Andy Friend before he picks his squad for the Rio Olympics with Toulon understood to be considering releasing Cooper for...
View ArticleFormer Manawatu outside back Semisi Masirewa loving life in Turbos-like Force
Semisi Masirewa has found his Super Rugby comfort zone at the Force. The 23-year-old former Manawatu outside back is in his first season with the Perth-based franchise, but said the environment was...
View ArticleHiker finds rare gold coin in Israel
The shiny object was just sitting there in the grass, waiting to be found. It was a 2,000-year-old gold coin with the face of a Roman emperor, so rare that only one other such coin is known to exist....
View ArticleFormer England captain set to be World Rugby chairman
Former England captain Bill Beaumont is set to be the chairman of the sport’s governing body, World Rugby. The 64-year-old RFU chairman, a former British and Irish Lions captain, is the only nominee to...
View ArticleHMNZS Canterbury returns for more relief supplies
The New Zealand Defense Force HMNZS Canterbury arrived in Suva this morning for more relief supplies. The ship returned from Vanuabalavu where major rehabilitation works are being carried out by the...
View ArticleNew Zealand assists with power restoration
New Zealand is supporting the restoration of electricity on Viti Levu after the damage caused by Severe Tropical Cyclone Winston. Damage to Fiji’s electrical distribution network from the February...
View ArticleTrump: ‘There’s no violence, nobody’s been hurt’ at rallies
Donald Trump said Monday “there’s no violence, nobody’s been hurt” at his rallies, which have had a number of high-profile incidents of violence in the past week. “First of all let’s not even use the...
View ArticleANZ assists FNPF with relief assistance withdrawals
Those applying for assistance under the FNPF Cyclone Winston Natural Disaster Assistance Scheme will be able to pick up their cheques directly from the ANZ Bank. ANZ Chief Executive Vishnu Mohan says...
View ArticleBerlin car bombing a murder, police say
An explosion — described as “murder using a car bomb” by a local prosecutor — rocked a residential area of western Berlin Tuesday morning, killing a 43-year-old Turkish citizen. The blast occurred...
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