The 8 people who were arrested for allegedly drinking yaqona in a grog shop in Nabua appeared in the Suva Magistrates Court this afternoon.
67-year-old Shafiq Ali, 64-
The Prime Minister says 68 missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints left their bags and possessions behind in Kiribati, to get 11 Fijians back home
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama says Tropical Cyclone Harold will enter the Fijian waters tomorrow, and we can expect strong winds and heavy rain in the Yasawa and Mama
Familiar sights were seen in Lautoka this morning, as the greater Lautoka Lockdown restriction was lifted however people are still taking precautionary measures for COVID
After staying in lockdown for 17 days, a number of people in Lautoka were seen going back to work after the lockdown was lifted this morning.
A resident, Narayan Reddy
24 year old Josaia Bulivono Naitukunivalu who is charged with incitement to violence and disobedience of law has been granted bail by the Suva Magistrates Court.
It is
Concerns continue to be raised as another 42 arrests were made in the last 24 hours which include two lockdown breaches where the suspects trekked through Wailoku to get
Police Commissioner Sitiveni Qiliho says they will investigate as to how a man who had arrived from Uruguay had managed to smuggle himself into the Lautoka lockdown area.
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has condemned as "racist" the comments by two French doctors who suggested a vaccine for the coronavirus could be tested i
A 24-year-old unemployed man will be produced in the Suva Magistrates Court today for allegedly inciting violence and disobedience of the law through a comment he posted
The Category 5 Tropical Cyclone Harold made landfall on the Vanuatu island of Santo yesterday with destructive winds as high as 235km/h.
The cyclone passed directly o
The Ministry of Health has launched mobile fever clinics in Suva yesterday.
The teams saw 98 individuals in an hour before stopping due to heavy rain.
The teams tea
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been moved to intensive care in hospital after his coronavirus symptoms "worsened".
A Downing Street spokesman said Johnson was mov
The Nadi Weather Office says even though the centre of Tropical Cyclone Harold is expected to pass to the southwest of Fiji later this week, active rainbands will bring h
Police Commissioner Sitiveni Qiliho says the lockdown that was placed on Kashmir, Lautoka earlier this morning has been lifted.
Qiliho says this is after the test resu
A heavy rain alert remains in force for Fiji.
Gale force winds may cause loose objects to fly, break twigs and tree branches and slight damages to weak-structured hous
The Nadi Weather Office says even though the centre of Tropical Cyclone Harold is expected to pass to the southwest of Fiji later this week, active rainbands will bring h
A number of roads are closed in the Central and Western divisions due to flooding and landslides.
The Fiji Roads Authority says Princes Road in Sawani, Waidradra Cross
Minister for Health Doctor Ifereimi Waqainabete is urging Fijians not to participate in any social events, even something as intimate as a grog session with friends.
Minister for Economy Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum confirms a number of exceptions have been made where people no longer need to take bank statements to FNPF to access their funds.
Police Commissioner Sitiveni Qiliho says that people breaking the curfew or breaching the restriction of lockdown areas do not realise that they are playing with death.
Police Commissioner Sitiveni Qiliho says he personally thinks people getting released on bail for $200 after breaching the curfew is not a good deterrent.
When asked b
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama says Fiji is preparing to face two crises at once – COVID-19 and effects of Tropical Cyclone Harold.
Bainimarama says the only way
Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama says let’s get the number down to zero for curfew breaches.
Bainimarama says police officers had to make more than a few arrests o
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama confirms that the lockdown in the Greater Lautoka Area will be lifted at 5am tomorrow however a new confined area has to be determined f
A number of roads are closed in the Central Division due to flooding and landslides.
The Fiji Roads Authority says Wailoku Road, Princes Road in Sawani, Waidradra Cros
The President of the Fiji Chamber of Commerce and Industry Doctor Nur Bano Ali is calling on those business owners in Suva and Lautoka to refrain from engaging in busines
Lautoka businessman, Narayan Reddy who along with the Rotary Club of Lautoka and Lautoka Ratepayers Association has been assisting people since the lockdown in Lautoka sa
People continue to disregard the social gathering and curfew restrictions as 40 people were arrested for breaching social gathering restrictions which includes three Poli
Minister for Employment, Parveen Bala confirms all Fijians working under the Seasonal Worker Programme and Pacific Labour Scheme in Australia and New Zealand are working
A four-year-old female Malayan tiger at the Bronx Zoo has tested positive for the coronavirus.
The Bronx Zoo, in New York City, says the test result was confirmed by t
Thousands of residents in Nadawa have been facing issues with water supply since Saturday however,the Water Authority of Fiji has not given a time frame as to when supply
A heavy rain alert is now in force for the western half of Viti Levu which includes Sigatoka to Rakiraki, Yasawa and Mamanuca group, Kadavu and nearby smaller islands and
A 29-year-old chef from Korovuto, Nadi died following a motorcycle accident along the Queens Road in Nadi yesterday afternoon.
Police say the victim left his home in K
Fiji Roads Authority says there is a landslide at Wailoku Road and it is currently closed to traffic.
Their contractors are currently at the site.
Motorists are adv
People living in Koronivia, Nausori are currently facing an unplanned power outage.
Energy Fiji Limited has confirmed that they received calls about the outage and a t
Tropical Cyclone Harold has increased to a monster category 5 cyclone with sustained winds close to its centre of 215 kilometres per hour.
This is according to the Van
Princes Road in Sawani Naitasiri is closed to all traffic due to flooding.
Advisory Councilor of Naitsiri District Sawani, Mahendra Pratap Chaudhary says the Waimanu
The Ministry of Health says from today, all General Outpatient Department services at Labasa Hospital will be directed to the Nasea Health Centre.
The Ministry says th
Expect more rain in the next few days if you live in Viti Levu, Kadavu and nearby smaller islands, Yasawa, Mamanuca Group and Southern Lau.
The rain we are currently e
Vanuatu is bracing for a direct hit from the still intensifying Cyclone Harold, which is forecast to pass straight over the central islands, forcing the country to conten
If you are a casual worker that has been laid off or a garment factory worker that was living from pay to pay every week and now do not have a job because of the lockdown
Category 4 Tropical Cyclone Harold is expected to pass over Northern and Central Vanuatu today.
Weather forecasters are saying that during the coming week there
The Ministry of Health and Medical Services says it would like to hear from all customers who attended an appointment at Jades MHCC between 23rd and 26th March and Superc
Harold, a category four storm, was sitting off the country's west and continuing to strengthen on Sunday afternoon.
The system had slowed to a crawl, said Fred Jockley
There are 89 new cases of coronavirus in New Zealand of which 48 are confirmed and 41 are probable cases.
This brings the total number of cases in New Zealand to 1039.
One of Asia's biggest slums has confirmed its first COVID-19 death as top Indian doctors warn that the country must prepare to face an "onslaught" of cases that could cri
The Rotary Club of Lautoka and Lautoka Ratepayers Association have joined hands with Lautoka businessman, Narayan Reddy and resident, Allen Lockington in a bid to provide
Attorney General and Minister for Economy Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum has announced that some businesses in some sectors are now allowed to operate in the lockdown areas in Suva
110 people were arrested for breaching the curfew from 8 o'clock last night to 5 o'clock this morning while 24 people were arrested for breaching social gathering restric
Two people have been killed and five wounded in a knife attack in south-east France, in what the interior minister of France has described as a terrorist incident.
Wit
Worldwide COVID-19 cases have passed 1.1 million, and at least 60,000 people have died from the virus.
There have been 708 deaths in a day in the United Kingdom.
A
Police Commissioner Sitiveni Qiliho says people who should be responsible and leaders in society are also involved in breaking the law.
The Police Commissioner says th
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama says come next week, if the government does not see our fever testing numbers go dramatically up, and they don’t see the numbers of th
Vatis Communications Chief Executive Officer Arnold Chanel has urged Fijian organizations to remember the thousands of students who are currently unable to attend classes
Police Commissioner Sitiveni Qiliho says they are shocked by the number of people that have been arrested for breaking the curfew hours in the last 24 hours.
123 peopl
Fiji now has 12 confirmed cases of COVID-19 but the Health Ministry is awaiting further test results of the daughter-in-law of the Soasoa man in Labasa who has tested pos
Fiji Meteorological Service Director Misaele Funaki says Category 2 Tropical Cyclone Harold will not directly affect Fiji but we could still feel the associated weather f
US President Donald Trump has said he will not wear a face mask despite new medical guidance advising Americans to do so.
He said he could not see himself greeting "pr
There are 82 new cases of COVID-19 in New Zealand, 52 confirmed and 30 probable, bringing the total to 950. Yesterday was the highest single day of testing at 3,631 in
Once-crowded city streets are now empty.
Highway traffic has slowed to a minimum.
And fewer and fewer people can be found walking about outside.
Global containme
The two drivers involved in that accident along the Labasa-Nabouwalu Highway in Tabia yesterday are yet to be questioned by Police.
A bus went off the road and tumbled
A major US mask manufacturer, 3M, says the government has asked it to stop exporting US-made N95 respirator masks to Canada and Latin America.
The request had "signifi
Supermarkets from Nakasi to Suva are taking necessary measures to stop the spread of COVID-19 by only allowing a limited amount of customers to go in and do their shoppin
123 people were arrested for breaching the curfew from 8 o'clock last night to 5 o'clock this morning.
This includes a Church Pastor who allegedly conducted a wedding
Timely help has arrived for our health care workers on the frontline in the fight against COVID-19.
8, 900 N95 masks have been handed over by UNICEF Pacific to the gov
Forty blankets and 10 tarpaulins have been delivered to the Incident Management Team of the Ministry of Health and Medical Services by the Fiji Red Cross Society to be us
37 fever clinics are currently in operation throughout Fiji.
The Health Ministry is encouraging people to visit a fever clinic if they feel that they are developing an
Several healthcare workers in India have been attacked as they battle to stop the spread of the coronavirus.
Reports say doctors have been spat at and chased away fro
Expect rain in the next few days if you live in Viti Levu, Kadavu and nearby smaller islands, Yasawa, Mamanuca Group and Southern Lau as a trough of low pressure continue
The Health Ministry says COVID-19 positive individuals who are classified “stable” will be transferred to community isolation facilities for continued monitoring and
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama has acknowledged the work of health care workers and police officers in the country who have left their families behind and have moved i
Neighbourhood markets have been set up in strategic locations in the greater Suva area where people can do their marketing rather than crowding up in the main markets.
Serious concerns are being raised as people continue to disregard the curfew times and the physical distancing requirements by the government.
Since the national curfe
Members of FNPF who have been unemployed for the last 6 months can now go and withdraw their funds.
Attorney General and Minister for Economy Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says
President of the Fiji Bus Operators Association, Nisar Ali Shah says bus services have been minimised today in the Suva lockdown area and a review will be done on Monday
The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits has hit a record high for the second week in a row as the economic toll tied to the coronavirus intensifies.
The
Some people have been hospitalised after a bus went off the Labasa-Nabouwalu Highway in Tabia and tumbled.
The accident occurred after 1pm today.
Some passengers wh
Fiji Link, Fiji Airways’ domestic subsidiary, has today suspended all flights between Nadi and Suva, due to the lockdown of the Capital City announced by the Fijian Gov
The Ministry of Health and Medical Services is advising passengers who travelled on FJ360 from Singapore to Nadi on Sunday 22nd March that they are not required to call t
Debra Sadranu has been appointed by the Minister for Local Government as the Chair of Special Administrators for the Lautoka and Ba Municipal Councils.
The Ministry of
The Director of Fiji Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Commission Ashwin Raj says we all have the right to freedom of movement guaranteed under the Fijian Constitution
Nearly all shops in Suva City are closed today except supermarkets some banks, restaurants and pharmacies.
Streets are not empty and people have been seen wandering ar
The Fiji Taxi Association has confirmed only a few taxi operators are still servicing the Suva lockdown area from today as all operators have been given the choice to dec
A bus has gone off the Labasa-Nabouwalu Highway in Tabia and tumbled.
We have received information that some passengers have been rushed to the Labasa Hospital.
Mor
The President of the Fiji Bus Operators Association, Nisar Ali Shah says he will reveal later this afternoon whether majority of the bus operators in the Suva lockdown ar
160 Ministry of Health officials and staff who live outside the Suva confinement area have moved into designated health facilities in Suva for the duration of the lockdow
The two police officers based at the Labasa Police Station who have been arrested for breaching the 10pm to 5am curfew today were allegedly drunk and driving around in a
If your place of employment is within the Suva or Lautoka lockdown areas and is closed down as the employer is not an essential service, you can access funds of up to $50
More than a million cases of coronavirus have been registered globally, according to the latest figures from Johns Hopkins University - another grim milestone as the worl
Sixty people including two police officers were arrested for breaching the curfew hours from 10 o’clock last night to 5 o’clock this morning.
Police Commissioner S
Land Transport Authority CEO Samuel Simpson has made it clear that bus operators, taxi and mini bus drivers must enforce the two metres physical distance between the driv
Spain has passed another grim coronavirus milestone after the number of deaths exceeded 10,000.
The country, the second-worst hit in terms fatalities, has also lost ne
Chief Medical Advisor Dr. Jemesa Tudravu has stated that their contact tracing team is following on the leads on the two new cases and also a person of interest who is li
The Health Ministry is in the process of tracking down 2 people who attended an Islamic congregation at Nizamuddin that has become a key source for the spread of COVID-19
Health Minister Dr. Ifereimi Waqainabete says that the test of the person who was in close contact with the two new patients of COVID-19 has been done.
The man is in t
The Prime Minister has announced that restaurants in Lautoka can now operate, so long as they follow the safety guidelines, focusing on safe physical distancing and take
The Prime Minister has announced that the nationwide curfew will be from 8pm to 5am from tomorrow night.
Voreqe Bainimarama says if you are travelling for work or as a
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama says all of the greater Suva area will be going on lockdown from 5am today for 14 days.
Bainimarama says this is a tactic that the go
The greater Suva area is now on lockdown for 14 days.
The lockdown started at 5 o’clock this morning.
Police have closed off entry and exit at the drawn-up border
Two new cases of COVID-19 in Fiji as announced by Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama.
They are a couple from Nabua.
21-year-old wife developed symptoms on Saturday 2
The 2020 Fiji Performing Right Association Awards or FPRA Awards has now been rescheduled to Saturday 31st October 2020.
The chairman of FPRA board of directors Eremas
ANZ Fiji Country Head Saud Minam has made it clear that nothing is free and the loan amount has to be paid back in full at some point in time by their customers who will
Since 23rd March 2020, more than 400 people have called Empower Pacific’s counselling helpline requesting for food supplies.
Most of these callers live in the Lautok
Police and Health Ministry officers are on the ground at Nabua Muslim League settlement along Ratu Mara Road and access into the settlement has been cordoned off.
We c
A family of three from Nabua Muslim League settlement along Ratu Mara Road is currently quarantined at the Navua Hospital Isolation Ward.
They were taken to Navua this
Hindu’s for many years have been celebrating the festival of Ram Naumi together in their communities but for the first time, Fijians are not celebrating the 9 days on a
48 more people were arrested for breaching the curfew from 10 o’clock last night to 5 o’clock this morning and many of those arrested were either returning from a soc
The Housing Authority and Public Rental Board has announced a COVID-19 relief package for affected customers.
Minister for Housing Premila Kumar says that Housing Auth
As the world celebrates Autism Awareness Day today, Merina George of Talk Autism Fiji Group says one of the challenges they face is the lack of awareness on autism.
Ge
The COVID-19 death toll has surpassed 4,000 in the United States of America and there are fears as many as 200,000 people could die there.
The US has the highest numbe
A 93-year-old Indian man has become the country's oldest patient to survive the coronavirus infection.
The BBC reports that the man and his 88-year-old wife both recov
Close to 500 people are currently under quarantine at the moment due to COVID-19 at their homes or quarantine facilities.
This has been highlighted by the Chief Medica
Health Minister, Doctor Ifereimi Waqainabete says from today 30 teams of medical staff and other agencies supporting them will be comprehensively going through the area o
Consumers are now being urged to avoid lingering in supermarkets as a safety measure against COVID-19 and the Consumer Council is also encouraging consumers to opt for ca
The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Fiji remains at 5 and there have been no new cases for 7 days now.
Health Minister, Doctor Ifereimi Waqainabete says a
Worrying statistics continue to emerge as the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions confirms that there were 17 victims of serious sexual offences in March of who
Westpac Fiji customers who have been affected by COVID-19 will be given a repayment holiday (principal and interest) up to six months on their home loans, personal loans
Bank of South Pacific says it is arranging relief packages on a case by case basis to assist customers who have been affected by the evolving nature of COVID-19.
BSP F
Minister for Agriculture Dr. Mahendra Reddy confirms that the Agriculture Marketing Authority is not in the business of making profits at this time and are not overchargi
The Ministry of Fisheries confirms that fishing is allowed during curfew hours.
The Ministry says fishermen should only fish in their iqoliqoli (traditional fishi
Five cases of serious sexual offences have been withdrawn from the courts due to insufficient evidence, false complaints and inability to locate the complainant in March
The Health and Medical Services Minister, Dr. Ifereimi Waqainabete will make an announcement this hour in relation to the COVID-19.
Stay with us for details.
You ca
The 3rd cane payment of $11 per tonne will be paid to the growers tomorrow.
The Registrar of the Sugar Industry Tribunal, Timothy Brown says this now brings the total
US President Donald Trump has warned Americans to brace for a 'hell of a bad two weeks' ahead as the White House projected there could be 100,000 to 240,000 deaths in the
Minister of Agriculture Dr. Mahendra Reddy is urging market vendors, not to take advantage of the lockdown situation in Lautoka and start hiking up prices.
The Ministe
A man who raped his cousin in Nausori in 2018 has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by High Court Judge, Justice Salesi Temo.
The 26-year-old man raped the Year
New Zealand Rugby staff, including its board and All Blacks management, are taking a 20% pay cut across the board as coronavirus bites into its finances.
The cuts are
There are 61 new coronavirus cases in New Zealand, bringing the national total to 708.
The new cases are made up of 47 confirmed cases and 14 probable cases. A probab
As people of Lautoka continue with the second week of lockdown, more assistance has come through for those who are in desperate need of food and other essential items.
Temporary reinstatement works on a sink hole on the Labasa Bridge have been completed by Fiji Roads Authority contractors and both lanes are now open.
The FRA says ful
Police Commissioner, Sitiveni Qiliho says officers have been directed to arrest people found loitering in public places outside of the nationwide curfew hours.
This fo
The Russian parliament has approved an “anti-virus” package of laws including up to seven years in prison for serious violations of quarantine rules.
BBC News repo
The world’s biggest maker of condoms has warned of a global shortage as supply falls by almost 50% while its stockpile is set to last for just another two months. Mal
Two drones have been acquired by the Fiji Police Force to help with their operations.
Police say the drones were procured from Drone Services Fiji.
Commissioner Sit
The United States’ death toll from coronavirus is now higher than that of China’s, according to the latest figures from Johns Hopkins University.
BBC News reports
WOWS Kids Team Leader, Viola Lesi has thanked Vatis Communications for donating essential items for Fijian children suffering from cancer.
Donations include food items
Minister for Economy and Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum has announced a number of initiatives that have been rolled out by Telecom Fiji Limited.
For the next thr
Another 49 people were arrested for breaching the curfew from 10 o’clock last night to 5 o’clock this morning throughout Fiji.
There were 18 arrests in the Western
A 12-year-old girl in Belgium is thought to be the youngest victim in Europe of the coronavirus pandemic.
The girl had a fever for three days but her condition then wo
Attorney General and Minister for Economy Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says some FNPF staff had turned away some people that they should not have turned away in relation to the CO
New fuel and gas prices will come into effect today.
The Fijian Competition and Consumer Commission says the price of Motor Spirit will decrease from $2.16 to $2.06 pe
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