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| FEA signs deal with Chinese firm Update: 6:25PM The Fiji Electricity Authority has signed a deal of F$230 million with the Sinohydro Corporation of China. | |
| Accident victim in critical condition Update: 6:02PM The victim of a car accident is in a critical condition and is kept in the Intensive Care Unit at the Colonial War Memorial Hospital. | |
| Underutilized land 'no asset' Update: 5:52PM The concept that Indians will take away indigenous land should be brushed aside because land that is unproductive and underutilized is not an asset, says an Agriculture working group committee. | |
| Tuvalu hopes Air Fiji resumes operation Update: 5:11PM Tuvalus Deputy High Commissioner in Suva is hoping that Air Fiji will resume its twice weekly flights to Tuvalu this week. | |
| Police say Kinivuwai's not questioned Update: 4:56PM The Criminal Investigation Department within the Police Force has confirmed it has not questioned Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua national director Peceli Kinivuwai today. | |
| NCBBF welcomes call to transparency Update: 4:35PM The National Council for Building a Better Fiji and its Technical Secretariat has welcomed the call for transparency by ousted opposition leader Mick Beddoes. | |
| Ministry buys boat for Kadavu villages Update: 4:24PM The Health Ministry in its bid to make medical services accessible to villagers in Kadavu has purchased four boats. | |
| Kinivuwai denies questioning by Police Update: 3:24PM Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua national director Peceli Kinivuwai has denied reports in a local news website that he was interviewed by Police today. | |
| Health Ministry monitoring dengue outbreak Update: 3:08PM The Ministry of Health is closely monitoring and trying to curb the increase in the number of dengue cases in the Eastern and Western Division. | |
| RBF relaxes import policy Update: 2:20PM The Reserve Bank of Fiji has relaxed its policy requirement of getting approval first on imports of $50,000 or over. | |
| SDL calls on Teleni to step down Update: 2:03PM Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua front man, Peceli Kinivuwai is calling on the Police Commissioner Commodore Esala Teleni to step aside and let investigations into treason complaints continue. | |
| Service delivery targeted by State Update: 1:08PM The general public has been urged to demand for better and efficient services to keep the government on its toes. | |
| No investigation into Baleiloa's case Update: 12:45PM The Police department is waiting on directive from the Commissioner of Police Commander Esala Teleni on investigation into circumstances surrounding the arrest of escaped prisoner Josefa Baleiloa's. | |
| Draft Charter distributed in Yasawa Update: 12:27PM Three consultation teams have been organised to distribute copies of the draft Peoples Charter document within villages in Yasawa. | |
| No investigation into treason complaint: Police Update: 12:03PM The Police department despite having a 'No Drop' policy will not be investigating the complaints of treason lodged against members interim Government. | |
| $32m per year needed to manage cancer THE Ministry of Health needs $32million a year to manage one category of cancer patients, it has been revealed. | |
| Driver flees crash site A MAN is fighting for his life while a young woman is seriously injured following a single vehicle accident where the driver allegedly fled the scene. | |
| Family holds double celebration A FAMILY took to the seaside to celebrate Father's Day together with a 21st birthday party yesterday. | |
| Group denies police claim Prostitution on the high seas and encouraging marijuana planting on isolated beaches is a homegrown problem and not of international yacht owners, says a group of yacht owners in the Northern Division. | |
| FCOSS waits for grant THE Fiji Council of Social Services is still waiting for its grant from the Government. | |
| Boy, 9, drowns THE drowning statistics jumped up one yesterday with the death of a nine-year-old boy. | |
| Police hold back on treason claim probe THE police yesterday failed to confirm whether they would investigate the treason complaint filed against interim Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama and his government. | |
| North free of dengue DENGUE fever cases in the Northern Division have been low compared to the Western Division. | |
| SDL critical of regime's spending, legislation A POLITICAL party wants the regime to explain how it can appropriate taxpayers' funds and make legislation in the absence of a court ruling on the removal of the last democratically elected government. | |
| 13 more diagnosed with dengue ANOTHER 13 people have been diagnosed with dengue fever in the West, a dramatic jump from 60 to 73 in less than 24 hours. | |
| Resort pays for Air Fiji's problems A FIVE star resort in the Northern Division has spent thousands of dollars on chartered aircraft to transport their guests on return trips from Viti Levu to Vanua Levu. | |
| FIT open day THE Fiji Institute of Technology campus in Samabula hosted around 10,000 people for its annual open day on Friday. | |
| Police explain bus case delay RELATIVES of the bus fire victims will have to wait indefinitely for the results of the DNA samples sent to Australia for testing. | |
| Nightclub staff clean city sidewalk STAFF of a Suva nightclub yesterday decided to give a little back to the capital city's food vending business. | |
| Coup caused sugar decline: Qarase The serious decline in Fiji's sugar industry can be attributed directly to the effects of the 2006 coup. | |
| Former PM doubts good from meet OUSTED prime minister Laisenia Qarase says the recommendations from the economic mini-summit are unlikely to eventuate because of the unstable political climate. | |
| Wait is bizarre, says PCPI The delay in the ruling on the Qarase vs Bainimarama constitutional case, which ended six months ago is of serious concern to national security and stability, warns the Pacific Centre for Public Integrity. | |
| Call for transparency OPPOSITION Leader Mick Beddoes has called on TASS head John Samy to demonstrate a level of transparency and accountability for the use of $3million of taxpayers' money for the charter. | |
| Provincial company tightens belt BA Holdings Limited, which is taking tough measures to stay afloat, will only allow its two vessels to sail when they're fully loaded and not at scheduled times. | |
| Ram backs charter team decisions CIVIL servants are not compelled to sign forms which the People's Charter teams are circulating, says the Public Service Commission. | |
| Lal critical of advice FIJI'S non-participation at the recent Pacific Island Forum in Niue was ill-advised and unfortunate with potentially harmful consequences for long term relations with island neighbours, says Professor Brij Lal. | |
| State denied DNA sample THE State prosecution has been denied a DNA sample from a husband charged with murdering his wife. | |
| A kind gesture for orphanage THE orphans of Dilkusha Home had an exciting Saturday. | |
| Defective machines affect operations at CWM ELECTIVE operations scheduled for the Colonial War Memorial Hospital over the past two weeks were not conducted because of a broken down suction machine. | |
| lndecent farmer jailed A FARMER who indecently assaulted his cousin early this year while she was in the shower was jailed for 10 months by the Nabouwalu Magistrates Court. | |
| Free check-up THE farming community of Sasawira in Davuilevu received free medical check-ups on Saturday. | |
| Coop child wanted for overseas tests SUNJIT Kumar, who was raised in a chicken coop, could go to Auckland for further scientific and medical tests. | |
| Samy: Charter is only way forward HEAD of TASS John Samy says Fiji's situation is deteriorating and the People's Charter is the only way to improve it. | |
| North Charter talks delayed THE consultation process on the People's Charter in the North has been delayed by a week to allow people time to read and understand the document. |
