The All Blacks may miss the services of No.8 Ardie Savea and prop Nepo Laulala for the third Bledisloe Cup test in Sydney next week.
Both players are on paternity leav
The founding General Secretary of SODELPA Pio Tabaiwalu has passed away.
In a statement, SODELPA says Tabaiwalu passed away early yesterday morning in Suva after a lon
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama is expected to give a statement this afternoon in Nadi in regards to a new border quarantine case of COVID-19.
This has been confirme
Police are asking people to help locate a woman who has been missing since last Sunday.
46-year-old Nirmala Devi has been reported missing at the Nadi Police Station.
A 28-year-old man who was arrested in Raiwaqa last night for allegedly breaching the curfew is also being investigated for a case of theft.
Police say six people were
More than 200 former residents of COVID-19 quarantine facilities in Australia are being urged to test for blood-transmitted diseases, including HIV, after authorities adm
The cause of the two house fires in Makoi and Koronivia yesterday is yet to be established by the National Fire Authority as investigations continue.
In the first inci
Police have arrested a man who has been allegedly posing as a government lawyer and obtaining money by false pretences.
Spokesperson, Ana Naisoro says a report has bee
The National Fire Authority has asked for updated information about the material that will be used for the fire protection of the steel at WG Friendship Plaza which is cu
The final debate between US President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden will feature a mute button to allow each candidate to speak uninterrupted.
The Trump
A wooden house was destroyed by fire at Kalokalo Crescent in Makoi this afternoon.
The National Fire Authority says they had received the call just past 3pm and they
A former Project Technical Officer with the Ministry of Health received a sentence of 17 months for forgery in the Suva Magistrates Court today.
Mohammed Ifraz will sp
The Fiji Multi-Indicator Cluster Survey 2020 – 2021 Publicity and Awareness Programme started today.
While speaking during the World Statistics Day Celebration, Fiji
A mother and her 4-year-old son escaped unharmed after a fire destroyed their three bedroom house in Koronivia this morning.
The husband was out driving taxi when the
An 83-year-old wheelchair-bound man who raped his two granddaughters and a neighbour in Gau will be sentenced by High Court Judge, Justice Daniel Goundar on Monday.
Th
Four school students are among 15 people who have been taken into custody in France following the beheading of teacher Samuel Paty, who showed controversial cartoons of t
The Ministry of Forestry is urging the people of Ovalau to construct their nurseries as they will be buying seedlings from local nurseries for the governments “30 Milli
The bus driver alleged to have caused the death of a woman following an accident in Naividamu, Seaqaqa earlier this month has been charged with one count of dangerous dri
A man who allegedly raped and sexually assaulted his stepdaughter on several occasions has been further remanded in custody by the Suva High Court.
He is facing 7 coun
The number of COVID-19 cases globally surged past 40 million overnight.
It comes as the World Health Organisation warned cases are accelerating in Europe and North Ame
Thousands of people living parts of Labasa that have been facing water supply disruptions for the last six days are being asked by the Water Authority of Fiji to remain p
Roadworks on the severely deteriorated sections of roads in the Central Division will start from tonight.
Fiji Roads Authority Acting Chief Executive Officer, Kamal Pr
The three women who were raped and sexually assaulted by Agape Healing Church Ministry Pastor Waisake Tulavu have told the court this morning that they are still being mo
Former member of the Electoral Commission, Professor Vijay Naidu says the Supervisor of Elections should be independent of the Electoral Commission and not hold the posit
National Federation Party Leader Professor Biman Prasad has today said that the Registrar of Political Parties Mohammed Saneem has misquoted the information NFP gave him
The Water Authority of Fiji is carting water to thousands of people in Labasa as they have not given a time frame on when water supply will be restored, and people have b
Police are currently investigating a complaint of staff of the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China against an employee of the Taipei Trade Office in Suva.
Spok
Officials are easing tight coronavirus restrictions in the state of Victoria after more than 100 days of lockdown.
From today, people will be able to travel further an
A man who gave false information to a nurse at the CWM Hospital that he had COVID-19 will be sentenced on Thursday.
Simione Nakuna Junior is charged with one count of
A man has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for a violent home invasion in Nakasi last year.
Isoa Vonu was convicted of one count of aggravated robbery by High C
The Assemblies of God Church has today apologized to the women who were raped and sexually assaulted by Agape Healing Church Ministry Pastor Waisake Tulavu.
Church Gen
The Water Authority of Fiji says there is no time frame on when water supply will be restored for thousands of people living in Labasa who have been affected in the past
Three men will be appearing in the Nausori Magistrates Court today charged with the alleged murder of a bus driver earlier this month.
The three were initially charged
Dozens of travellers from New Zealand have flown into Western Australia, despite the state not being part of Australia's current international travel bubble arrangement.
Communications Fiji Limited’s Radio Sargam and Navtarang Diwali Dhamaka event at Rups Mega Complex in Nakasi is promising to be exciting as people will get to see their
The Fiji Performing Rights Association Chairman Eremasi Tamanisau says the current 1999 Copyright Act needs to be reviewed as there have been a lot of cases of illegal us
Police have questioned the driver of the vehicle that was involved in the fatal road accident along Sawani/Serea Road on Saturday morning.
They are continuing with inv
Shree Laxmi Narayan Mandir priest, Jainendra Kumar is urging men on the occasion of this year's Navratri celebrations to also show respect to women in their lives and not
The Wimbledon tennis tournament is planning its comeback in 2021.
Wimbledon was the only Grand Slam tournament cancelled this year because of the coronavirus pandemic,
A Suva businessman is being questioned for allegedly receiving stolen property following a raid conducted at his shop on Saturday.
The raid resulted in the seizure of
The All Blacks showcased their class as they thrashed the Wallabies 27-7 in their second Bledisloe Cup match at Eden Park.
Aaron Smith scored the first try for the Al
The Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre has congratulated Jacinda Ardern for being re-elected as New Zealand’s Prime Minister for a second term in a landslide election victory
The Tavua Town Council has plans to build a new Tavua Market and a new bus stand for the benefit of its ratepayers and visitors.
This was highlighted by the Minister
To photograph one of rarest creatures on Earth you have to be incredibly skilled and remarkably lucky.
But Sergey Gorshkov is clearly both - as demonstrated by his stu
More than 2,000 plants believed to be marijuana were discovered in Kadavu after three raids conducted in the hills of Muanisolo Village in Naceva.
Police say the first
The Registrar of Political Parties Mohammed Saneem has today revealed that the funds from the NFP Relief and Welfare Fund were also used for other party expenses apart fr
A farmer in his 40s has been questioned and released following the seizure of several gallons allegedly containing rice whiskey in Qelemumu, Labasa on Friday. Officers
32 arrests for breach of curfew were recorded from 11pm last night to 4am this morning.
22 people were arrested in the Southern Division.
Acting Police Commissione
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama says he is proud to see his friend Jacinda Ardern score a landslide victory in the New Zealand General Elections.
Bainimarama says wi
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has won a landslide victory in the country's general election.
With all votes tallied, Ardern's Labour Party won 49.1%, bring
A staff member of the Land Transport Authority of Fiji was assaulted at LTA's Valelevu Headquarters on Thursday and the matter has been reported to the police.
LTA Chi
Fiji Performing Rights Association is calling on public transport operators to pay royalty for songs played in buses and taxis, however, the Fiji Taxi Association say th
Aquaponics farmer, Penina Tusoya has devised a cheaper way using local materials to set up a farm as the materials needed have to be imported from overseas and are very e
Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation, Mereseini Vuniwaqa has challenged women at the DIVA for Equality’s World Food Day and International Day of Rural W
A man in his 30s has passed away after the vehicle he was travelling in veered off the road along the Sawani/Serea Road early this morning.
Police say the man was from
Majority of the people arrested for breaching curfew in the past 48 hours were drunk during the time of the arrest.
Sixteen arrests for breach of curfew were recorded
The Chinese government has donated $200,000 to the South Pacific Tourism Organization for post-COVID-19 tourism recovery in the South Pacific Island Countries.
They ha
A 30 year old man who was charged with the rape of a 3 year old child has been found guilty of two counts of rape by the Suva High Court.
The incident happened in Apr
A flash flood warning is now in force all low lying areas of the country.
The Nadi Weather Office says a heavy rain warning remains in force Viti Levu, Vanua Levu, Kad
Isoa Vonu who had escaped from Police custody from the Nasinu Court Cell Block has been arrested.
He was arrested at a vacant house in Natalaselase in Nausori last nig
Millions in New Zealand are heading to the polls today in the country's general elections.
The election was originally due to be held in September but was postponed by
President Jioji Konrote says more and more of our people are choosing processed foods in recent years.
While speaking at the World Food Day Corporate Event, Konrote sa
National Federation Party Leader, Professor Biman Prasad says Fiji’s politics have now become completely absurd after the Registrar of Political Parties, Mohammed Sanee
A new truck acquired through government funding at a cost of $96,000 was handed over to Food Processors Fiji Limited today by the Minister for Economy and Attorney Genera
Registrar of Political Parties, Mohammed Saneem has now highlighted questionable conduct by the solicitors engaged by National Federation Party Leader, Professor Biman Pr
Fiji Airways has today stated that it would not be appropriate for the company to comment on matters which are currently before the Employment Relations Tribunal however
The Acting Commissioner of Police Rusiate Tudravu says he is liaising closely with the Chief of Intelligence and Investigations regarding the investigation currently bein
The Acting Commissioner of Police Rusiate Tudravu says internal investigations into the alleged police assault case in Nakasi has revealed that the social media post clai
Fiji Sugar Corporation CEO Graham Clark says the Corporation did not have to take a loan for the fourth cane payment for the 2019 season as funding was from sugar proceed
Registrar of Political Parties, Mohammed Saneem has referred National Federation Party Leader, Professor Biman Prasad to FICAC in relation to donations made by Prasad to
A 57-year-old man who allegedly raped his 11-year-old niece in Nausori has been remanded in custody.
The man had pleaded not guilty of 6 counts of rape and 2 counts of
A 24-year-old man who raped his 14-year-old nephew has been given 11 years and 8 months jail term by the Lautoka High Court.
The man was charged with 2 counts of rape,
Fifty households at Veivauceva settlement in Tacirua in Suva will now benefit from street lights after it was commissioned earlier this week by the Minister for Housing a
A heavy rain warning is in force for Viti Levu, Yasawa, Mamanuca and the Southern Lau Group, Kadavu, Lomaiviti and nearby smaller islands.
A heavy rain alert is in fo
Police are awaiting the post mortem report of a woman from Valelevu after she suffered 65% burns at her home on Monday.
Spokesperson, Ana Naisoro says they are awaitin
Minister for Economy Aiyaz Sayed–Khaiyum says one key issue in the agriculture sector is that we have an ageing farmer population.
While speaking at the Central/Eas
The United Nations in the Pacific have launched their website this morning which is a concrete step and action towards information sharing with other UN Agencies in the
The NGO Coalition for Human Rights says they are deeply disturbed and concerned about recent allegations of police brutality, which has resulted in the death of a suspec
National Federation Party Leader, Professor Biman Prasad has described Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama and his government’s response to the plea for help from a term
Acting Commissioner of Police Rusiate Tudravu has told officers that they should count themselves lucky to have employment because the way in is hard but the doors are wi
The Accident Compensation Commission of Fiji has paid over $14.2 million in compensation to victims of a motor vehicle, employment and school accidents, or to the familie
Fiji Rugby CEO John O’Connor has highlighted that they have been asking for Fiji to have test matches against Tier One Nations and the inclusion of ...
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