13+ hour, 46+ min ago  (248+ words) According to the 2026–2027 Budget Estimates that will be debated in Parliament this week, the allocation comprises $464.6 million in operating expenditure and $85.4 million in capital expenditure, with all disbursements subject to strict oversight by the Permanent Secretary for Finance. Among the…...

15+ hour, 35+ min ago  (290+ words) Remote villagers are calling on the government to urgently refurbish local mortuary services, citing high transportation costs and erratic power supplies compromise the storage of their deceased loved ones. Ratu Aporosa Navakaroko of Naqelewai Village and the district representative for…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (1739+ words) The Terms of Reference for the 2026 CRC are as stated in the Government Gazette Vol. 27 No. 21 (Friday, March 27, 2026) requiring the Commissioners to “inquire into and examine the democratic deficit of the 2013 Constitution of Republic of Fiji, as identified by the…...

15+ hour, 36+ min ago  (221+ words) Years of requests to supply electricity to communities in southern Taveuni have gone unanswered, leaving families without reliable power supply. Transport operator Prakash Sami said residents had repeatedly called for electricity to be extended beyond Wairiki towards the southern end…...

15+ hour, 46+ min ago  (33+ words) Before the crime comes the crisis A gap Fiji must fill More than a roof over their heads The hidden link: drugs, HIV and young lives A chance before it is too late...

16+ hour, 34+ min ago  (156+ words) The Government is considering further investments in new Government offices, staff accommodation, and upgraded facilities in strategic locations across the country. Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka revealed this, during the official opening of the refurbished headquarters of the Commissioner Western Division…...

16+ hour, 43+ min ago  (163+ words) Government will not act under threat, says Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka. Earlier this week Ba sugarcane farmer Arvind Singh had called for an urgent roundtable meeting with Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka, warning that Fiji’s sugar industry is on the brink…...

16+ hour, 21+ min ago  (201+ words) There seems to be a growing perception that changing the Constitution will fix all of Fiji’s problems. Everyone, together with their dog and donkey, appears to be jumping on the constitutional reform bandwagon. How many constitutions have we already had,…...

16+ hour, 47+ min ago  (226+ words) Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has called for a major shift in Fiji’s national development, urging government agencies to coordinate efforts to help ageing urban dwellers return to their ancestral village homes. Speaking at the official opening of the new District…...

16+ hour, 28+ min ago  (454+ words) The most important lesson from the Government’s plan to establish a rehabilitation centre for vulnerable children is that intervention must begin long before a child enters the justice system. As the story rightly points out, “the road to trouble does…...