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Fiji: Unfair Rental Car Practices Still Prevalent
Scoop
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Serious complaints against rogue rental car companies have prompted a renewed warning to the public, as the Consumer Council of Fiji expresses alarm over increasingly aggressive and unethical behaviour by operators. Since 2020, the Council has...
Palau Mini Games: Team Fiji will be participating in basketball, baseball, swimming, and Va’a today
Fijivillage
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Palau Mini Games: Team Fiji will be participating in basketball, baseball, swimming, and Va’a today As day one of the Palau Mini Games kicks off today, Team Fiji will be represented in Swimming, Basketball, Baseball, and Va’a. Competing in the 400...
Team Fiji Va’a V12 500m through to the final
Fijivillage
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Team Fiji Va'a V12 500 metres Mixed team are through to the finals after winning their heats this morning. The team consist of Martha Samuel, Sera Havea, Ifereimi Vesikula, Abraham Fong, Semesa Vilise, Apete Dabea, Faith Khelan, Talei Kaimacuata,...
Vanua Levu tapped as Fiji’s next economic growth hub – Minister
The Fiji Times
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June 30, 2025
Government has set its sights on Vanua Levu as the country’s future economic growth hub for the next 20 years. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Professor Biman Prasad made the announcement during the post-budget breakfast held at the...
Fiji assumes MSG chairmanship from Vanuatu
NBC PNG
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Prime Minister James Marape (second-left) and the MSG Leaders of the member countries Fiji PM Sitiveni Rabuka, Vanuatu PM Jotham Napat, Solomon Islands PM Jeremiah Manele and FLNKS Spokesman Wamytan Roch of New Caledonia inside the BLV Talanoa for...
Horror movie: Why Wallabies are focused on Fiji and not British and Irish Lions
The Sydney Morning Herald
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June 29, 2025
“Yeah, that was a tough game, obviously, and they were up for it, and they played a cracker,” he said. “And obviously, it was the first time they beat us in 60 or 70 years. “So yeah, this isn’t a warm-up game for sure. This is a game that we need...
Youths urged to reject drugs and protect Fiji’s future
FBC News
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June 30, 2025
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Professor Biman Prasad has delivered a powerful message to the nation’s youth, urging them to say no to drugs and take control of their futures. Speaking amid growing concerns over drug abuse among...
Fiji Football tells all
The Fiji Times
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June 23, 2025
Just a month after the Fiji Football Association and the Fiji Rugby Union settled their double-booking issue with the Fiji Sports Council, the two sporting organisations have once again found themselves in another venue booking controversy- this...
BUDGET 2025-2026 | $1.1M allocated to establish Fiji Embassy in Jerusalem
The Fiji Times
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June 29, 2025
An allocation of $1.125 million has been made for the establishment of Israel Mission. In February this year, Cabinet endorsed that Fiji’s Embassy in the State of Israel be located in Jerusalem. Fiji and Israel established diplomatic relations in...
Government to build new Mortuary Units across Fiji
FBC News
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June 30, 2025
[File Photo] The government has allocated $1.2 million in the new fiscal year to construct new mortuary units in various locations across the country. As part of the initiative, new units will be built at the Rakiraki and Tavua Sub-Divisional...
Fiji to join Australia's National Rugby Championship in 2017
Samoa Observer
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SYDNEY (AP) — A Fiji team will join Australia's National Rugby Championship in 2017, laying the platform for a potential future push for a Pacific island team in Super Rugby. Fiji provided one of the feel-good stories of the Olympics in Rio de...
BUILD-UP TO FIJI vs WALLABIES MATCH | ‘Superboot’ recalls 1987 win
The Fiji Times
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June 30, 2025
Dancing his way around the rugby field with his form and shooting well-placed conversions in between the goal posts was more than enough for former Flying Fijians fullback Severo Koroduadua to be dubbed the ‘Superboot.’ In today’s RAKA FILE...
BUILD-UP TO FIJI vs WALLABIES MATCH | ‘Superboot’ recalls RWC thriller
The Fiji Times
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June 30, 2025
Nicknamed the ‘Superboot’, former Flying Fijians fullback Severo Koroduadua’s prowess in the rugby arena could be attributed to his father being a rugby player and his mother a netball player herself. He told this newspaper that when asked if...
How a Fiji childhood horror shaped a life studying floods in Australia
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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June 29, 2025
Abrar Shabren knows from firsthand experience the deadly dangers of floodwaters. "It was in our village when I was in year 6 that I saw my friend washed away by floodwaters when we were walking to school," Mr Shabren said. "I decided not long...
DISCOVERING FIJI | Wairiki’s famous holy crosses
The Fiji Times
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June 29, 2025
Under the watchful eye of Holy Cross Mission’s priest (Wairiki, Taveuni) is a bronze crucifix parishioners believe contains a piece of the cross Jesus was crucified on more than 2000 years ago. While the year this item of religious significance...
BUILD-UP TO FIJI vs WALLABIES MATCH | Fiji edge Wales in RWC thriller | Published in The Fiji Times on Monday, October 1, 2007
The Fiji Times
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June 29, 2025
THE Flying Fijians have put their shock victory over Wales and resulting quarter-final spot at their expense down to their sheer hard work. Fiji’s 38-34 win in a thrilling, see-saw match earned them their first quarter-final since 1987 and knocked...
BUILD-UP TO FIJI vs WALLABIES MATCH | Fiji captain to miss trials, Published in The Fiji Times on Tuesday, May 6, 1980
The Fiji Times
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June 28, 2025
FIJI captain and fullback Pita Kewa has withdrawn from next Saturday’s final Fiji rugby trials. Kewa will not be in the country on May 24, the day Fiji plays Australia in the only international Test. Kewa, 35, last year’s Fiji captain during the...
Fiji Museum turns 70
FBC News
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June 22, 2025
[Source: Fiji Museum/ Facebook] The Fiji Museum faces a crucial moment as it approaches new challenges and opportunities. President Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu revealed that many valuable Fijian artifacts are held overseas in museums and universities....
Fiji Museum celebrates 70 years of preserving history
Fijivillage
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The museum is a living archive and testimony to Fiji’s identity and a powerful tool for social cohesion, understanding and unity. President Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu, highlighted this during the 70th-anniversary celebration of the Fiji Museum,...
Skelton knows it is not going to be easy with Fiji coming in with world-class players
Fijivillage
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Skelton knows it is not going to be easy with Fiji coming in with world-class players As the Wallabies prepare to take on the Fiji Water Flying Fijians next Sunday, lock forward Will Skelton knows the task at hand will not be easy, especially with...