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Food inflation to decline
Public market, Lautoka, Viti Levu, Fiji. Food inflation is expected to decline in the coming months as the supply of agricultural market items normalize. This is according to the Reserve Bank of Fiji’s...
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Accident claims life of 25 year old
A 25-year-old itaukei died in an accident at Laqere along the Kings Road last night. The man was crossing the road when he was hit by a minibus driven by a 40-year-old man. The driver has been...
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Investigations continue into Salesh Chand case
Investigations on the murder of Salesh Chand is also underway. Chand’s body was found inside a burnt car at the Lautoka Sugar Mill’s yard last month. Police had classified this as murder. Police...
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More mobility aid equipment for people living with disabilities
$1.2 Million worth of mobility aid, medical consumables and disaster relief equipment have been donated to the Fiji National Council for Disabled Persons. The Vodafone ATH Foundation with the...
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USP student walks to raise funds for cyclone victims
After 3 months since the devastation by Tropical Cyclone Winston, the country is still in the rebuilding phase. A USP Student is walking around Vitilevu to raise funds for those affected by the...
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Police continue investigations into murder of Russian couple
Police Commissioner Sitiveni Qiliho said no stones will be left unturned as police continue investigations on the alleged murder of a Russian couple. Police and navy divers are scouring the Natadola...
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10 year old Antonia Bhagwan shaves her hair to raise awareness on cancer
What can arguably be a young girl’s most prized possession?….. her hair. Today, 10 year old Antonia Bhagwan shaved her hair in honour of her grandmother who died of breast cancer and her aunt a cancer...
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Team Fiji clears the air
Team Fiji acknowledges Fijian Holdings Limited’s initiative offered to Team Fiji athletes that will be participating at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in August, 2016. Team Fiji Chef de Mission Cathy...
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Hill qualifies for Rio
There’s good news for amateur boxing fans as Fiji will be represented at the 2016 Olympic games in Brazil. This will be the first time in 28 years Fiji Amateur Boxing will compete at the games. The...
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Dialysis treatment needs more funding : Prasad
Shadow Finance Minister Dr Biman Prasad expressed disappointment on the allocation for dialysis treatment. $300,000 has been allocated in the 2016 – 2017 National budget. A motion was moved by...
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Improvements needed in Medicine procurement
Government is working on addressing issues relating to medicine supply. Minister for Economy Aiyaz Sayed – Khaiyum highlighted in Parliament a few years ago a lot of the medicine that were bought were...
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Concerns raised on time constraints in Parliament
The Speaker of Parliament called on MP’s to focus on the motions being moved in Parliament. Dr Jiko Luveni raised concern that too much time was being spent discussing other issues rather than the...
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Case of a dead baby found in a bus now classified as murder
Police are now treating the case of a dead baby found in a bus earlier this week as murder . Post mortem results reveal that the baby was suffocated to death. Police are appealing to members of the...
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National budget discussions at Fiji Business Forum
The Annual Fiji Business Forum will have less long speeches and more discussion. Organized by the Fiji Chamber of Commerce, the forum will focus on the 2016-2017 National Budget. “The areas of focus...
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Owner of Manohan Building awaits apology
The owner of Manohan Building is awaiting an apology from the Water Authority of Fiji and the Mineral Resources Department in relation to allegations being made about the building being unsafe. Water...
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Squatter upgrading continues
Providing basic needs to people living in squatter settlements around the country is a major area of focus by government. Under the Participatory Settlements Upgrading Program they will look to...
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Publish details of all financial donations : FYD
The Fiji Youth for Democracy is calling on authorities to publish the details of all financial donations received in the Prime Minister’s National Disaster Relief and Rehabilitation Fund. The movement...
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2016-2017 National budget passed
The 2016-2017 National budget was passed by parliament last night. After four days and hours of debate and clarifications 31 members of parliament voted for the budget while 14 voted against it and 5...
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13 years imprisonment for Marijuana farmer
A man has been sentenced to 13 years imprisonment for marijuana cultivation in Kadavu. Apakuki Vitukawalu who appeared today is charged with one count of cultivating marijuana in 2012. The cultivation...
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Security officer charged for murder
A 46 year old Security officer of Navo, Nadi has been charged for one count of Murder. The man has been charged for the death of a 28 year old man of Korovuto, Nadi on the 19th of last month. He was...
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