News

FEO used $22.1m to conduct 2018 General Election

Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Professor Biman Prasad has revealed that the budget allocated to the Fijian Elections Office for the 2018 General Election was $20.4 million.

April 4, 2023 4:53 pm
 

News

CID investigates assault video

Officers from the Criminal Investigations Department and Southern Division have taken into custody the man who was captured on video assaulting a youth for allegedly stealing his phone.

April 4, 2023 4:50 pm
 

Education

Closure of technical colleges exacerbated the skills gap: Singh

The gaps that are created by skilled migration has been exacerbated by the closure of technical colleges.

April 4, 2023 4:43 pm
 

Health

Ministry faces staffing shortage as nurses leave workforce

The Health Ministry lost 800 nurses from its workforce in the last 12 months, which includes nurses who have moved to the Aspen Hospitals in Lautoka and Ba.

April 4, 2023 4:34 pm
 

Volleyball

Big turnout expected at Easter volleyball

The Fiji Volleyball Federation is anticipating a big turnout at the Easter championship.

April 4, 2023 4:28 pm
 

Business

Tuna industry contributes $200 million to GDP

The tuna industry currently contributes around 0.8% to the country’s gross domestic product, which is equivalent to $200 million.

April 4, 2023 4:27 pm
 

News

Navigation system to be upgraded

The Ministry of Land and Mineral Resource is working on modernizing its geodetic datum.

April 4, 2023 4:18 pm
 

Entertainment

Indiana Jones and The Dial of Destiny to have world premiere at Cannes Film Festival

James Mangold said, “In 1995, I was honoured to come to Cannes with my first film as part of Director’s Fortnite.

April 4, 2023 4:17 pm
 

Athletics

Lautoka Zone live on TV

Students, old scholars, families and friends who can’t make it to Churchill Park tomorrow for the Lautoka athletics zone can watch it live from the comfort of their homes.

April 4, 2023 3:25 pm
 

World

After COVID and drug shortages, EU revamps drug laws

The EU is revamping laws governing the 136 billion euro ($148 billion) pharmaceuticals industry aimed at reviving investment and boosting access to affordable drugs at a time when health budgets have been drained by the costs of treating COVID-19.

April 4, 2023 3:20 pm
 

Golf

Woods and McIlroy fly PGA Tour flag at Masters practice

Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy launched a charm offensive ahead of this week’s Masters as they flew the proverbial PGA Tour flag during a practice round at Augusta National while a number of LIV Golf players also began their preparations.

April 4, 2023 3:18 pm
 

Entertainment

The Beatles: How a schoolboy made the band's earliest known UK concert recording

The earliest known full recording of The Beatles playing a live concert in the UK, at the point they were becoming the biggest band in the nation, has been revealed by BBC Radio 4’s Front Row, almost exactly 60 years after it was made.

April 4, 2023 3:12 pm

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