Fiji News

A NIGHTCLUB in the UK has banned Fiji British Army soldiers following a series of incidents.

Vegetable prices in Fiji are souring and other negative implications are expected for farmers and Fiji's economic activities, as the current weather patterns of a dry spell, as a result of El Nino effect, hits the Pacific island nation.

Fiji will recruit 170 nurses per year over the next three years to be able to meet its health care demands.

With the 2010 National Budget announcement next Friday, Tourism Fiji is hopeful for a positive allocation.

Fiji President Ratu Epeli Nailatikau said on Tuesday that HIV/AIDS has become a profound threat in Fijiand the region, and called for joint efforts to fight against the disease.

A Fiji pilot on charges of making a hoax airport bomb threat to stop his then girlfriend from leaving the country has today appeared in court for the murder of another woman, a Suva kindergarten teacher found dead in her home early this month.

A major undersea earthquake of seventh magnitude struck Fiji just before midnight New Zealand time.

The Flying Fijians failed to live up to expectations as they lost to Scotland 23-10 in their opening Test match of the Northern Tour this morning.

More than 25 scholarships are awarded to students from Fiji to study in India under the Indian Council for Cultural Relations scholarships each year, says Indian High Commissioner to Fiji, Professor Prabhakara Jha.

TWO earthquakes rocked areas in the Fiji group yesterday. The first tremor, measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale, struck in northern Vanua Levu yesterday morning.

SYDNEY :A Fiji's coup culture is costing it billions of dollars and unless democracy is restored the country risks hunger and further impoverishment, a leading Fiji economist and former shadow finance minister warned yesterday.

George Speight, who led an armed coup against the Fijian government nearly two years ago, avoided the death penalty yesterday after pleading guilty to treason.

Going for broke...Alex Miller tones up his muscles for the Mr Fiji Body building event later this month ALEX Miller of Nadi will be out to claim the Mr Fiji title during the Fiji Amateur Bodybuilding Federation Championship in Suva on November 21.

A strong 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit Fiji Islands at 6.45pm Monday, the Meteorological Department said.

The story does not say much about pro-active health and community health awareness which I think is really important.

SOUTH PACIFIC experts at a recent annual conference on the region were unable to see an end to the deteriorating political situation in Fiji.

SUVA: Fiji's military leader yesterday intensified his crackdown against perceived enemies of his regime, throwing out an Australian academic days after expelling the top envoys from New Zealand and Australia.

Three Fijians and an Indian businessman have been accused of running a human trafficking racket selling jobs in New Zealand.

The government of the People's Republic of China today handed over US$850,000 to the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat towards several projects for Forum member countries The Chinese Ambassador to Fiji, H.E. Dr Han Zhiqiang handed over the funds to the Secretary General of the Forum Secretariat, Tuiloma Neroni Slade during a brief ceremony at the ...

New Zealand head of mission Todd Cleaver wore a traditional sulu - a wrap-around garment like a skirt worn by both men and women in Fiji - to Nadi International Airport for his precipitate departure from the islands.