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Strong start for Team Fiji athletics
FBC News
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July 5, 2025
Fiji’s 4x400m relay team celebrates after finishing first: Sesenieli, Heleina, Melania, and Adi Ceva. [Photo Credit: Oceania Athletics] Team Fiji had a strong start at the Pacific Mini Games in Palau, winning several medals on day one. The women’s...
FLYING FIJIANS v WALLABIES | Two-try hero | Published in The Fiji Times on June 10, 2015
The Fiji Times
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July 5, 2025
RA flyer Sireli Bobo was listed in the Tongan hit líst because of his sterling 60m try against Tonga in last year’s PNC game which enabled Fiji to win the PNC title. But the Flying Fijians speed merchant instead added salt in the wounds of the...
FLYING FIJIANS v WALLABIES | Fiji’s flying winger
The Fiji Times
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July 5, 2025
“COMMIT to the Lord all the work you do, and your plans will succeed.” Those words from Proverbs 16:3 guided former Flying Fijians winger Isireli Bobo through a rugby journey that began on a village school ground in Ra and led him to score a...
Diabetes claiming lives of young people aged 14 to 30 years - Diabetes Fiji
Fijivillage
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It is concerning that people as young as 14 and 30 years old have lost their lives last year due to complications related to diabetes. Diabetes Fiji Executive Director, Marawa Kini shared this with fijivillage News when asked about the growing...
Fiji eyes $386M ADB deal for oceans and water projects
The Fiji Times
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June 30, 2025
Fiji Government is in discussion with the Asian Development Bank to secure a $386.3 million finance package to facilitate the Fiji – Healthy Oceans and Water Supply Improvement Project (HOWSIP). This is stated in the Economic and Fiscal Update...
Fiji Allocates $1.1M for Embassy in Israel
Fiji Sun
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July 1, 2025
Further details on timelines, staffing, and location-specific arrangements are yet to be confirmed. The Government has allocated $1.125 million in the 2025–2026 National Budget to establish an embassy in Israel. The allocation, listed under the...
Wallabies warned Test against Fiji is a danger game
Narromine News
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July 5, 2025
"Obviously we've been keeping our eyes on the Lions, watching the Super clubs verse them, but for us a Test match against Fiji, it doesn't get much bigger than that so we'll be throwing everything at them to make sure we go out there and get the...
Fiji Airports assumes data provider status
The Fiji Times
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June 30, 2025
FIJI Airports has officially assumed the Data Provider function within the European Aeronautical Information Services (AIS) Database (EAD). This transition from being a data user to a data provider marks a pivotal step in modernizing Fiji’s...
Fiji human rights coalition challenges Rabuka over decolonisation ‘unfinished business’
Asia Pacific Report
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June 30, 2025
Asia Pacific Report The NGO Coalition on Human Rights in Fiji (NGOCHR) has called on Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka as the new chair of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) to “uphold justice, stability and security” for Kanaky New Caledonia and...
Fiji To Spend $4.8 Billion Despite Growing Budget Deficit
The Epoch Times
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June 30, 2025
Fiji Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Biman Chand Prasad speaks during the resumed High-Level Segment on day eight at the UNFCCC COP29 Climate Conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Nov. 19, 2024. Sean Gallup/Getty Images Fiji’s Deputy...
What the Wallabies have to get right against Fiji
WAtoday
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July 4, 2025
The Wallabies have already secured a major victory when it comes to perception at scrum time – an area where they have been smashed by referees in the past. Scrum coach Mike Cron is so well regarded as a disciple of square, technically correct...
Fiji sees investment boost
FBC News
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June 30, 2025
Minister for Finance Professor Biman Prasad Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Professor Biman Prasad says Fiji is experiencing an increase in investment confidence, with $5.8 billion worth of projects either underway, completed, or in...
Fiji’s Dr Prasad unveils $4.8b budget as deficit widens
Asia Pacific Report
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June 30, 2025
By Kaya Selby, RNZ Pacific journalist The Fiji government is spending big on this year’s budget. The country’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Biman Prasad, unveiled a FJ$4.8 billion (about NZ$3.5 billion) spending package,...
Sorovakarua’s journey of grit gets her Fiji Kulas debut
FBC News
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July 4, 2025
Akanisi Sorovakula [middle] [Source: Fiji Football/Facebook] 20-year-old US-based defender Akanisi Sorovakarua’s football career is a story of grit, forged through personal hardship and nurtured by the steadfast backing of her community and...
Fiji gov't launches initiatives to boost affordable housing
Xinhua News Agency
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SUVA, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Fiji's Ministry of Housing has launched three initiatives aimed at boosting affordable housing in Fiji. The three initiatives are the Housing Authority Model Homes, the Village Housing Loan Scheme, and the further...
Fiji steps up qualification policy development
Pacific Community (SPC)
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To improve the quality of national qualifications, the Higher Education Commission (HEC) Fiji, in collaboration with the Pacific Community (SPC), is working to strengthen the outcomes of local qualifications, aligning with the Pacific...
Talanoa: Fiji film wins gold
TP+
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July 4, 2025
John Pulu | Presenter/ Reporter/Director “Nothing is Impossible: The Primanavia Story” is a short film that follows the journey of Fijian choir Primanavia, who came together in a matter of weeks to compete at the World Choir Games — often...
Salesi Rayasi debuts for Fiji at fullback against the Wallabies
RNZ
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July 4, 2025
Former New Zealand sevens rep Salesi Rayasi trains with the Flying Fijians in Sydney this week, ahead of Sunday's Test against the Wallabies. He has been named to debut for the Fijians at fullback. Photo: Supplied / Fiji Rugby Union Former New...
Fiji records 2,446 drug cases from May 2024 to 2025, majority involve marijuana
Fijivillage
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A total of 2,446 illicit drug cases were recorded from May 2024 to May 2025. Commissioner of Police, Rusiate Tudravu highlighted this during the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking event, where he stated that 2,098 cases...
Marie Kaipu shines as PNG defeat Sāmoa in OFC Women's Nations Cup opener in Fiji
Pacific Media Network
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The Oceania Football Confederation's (OFC) Women’s Nations Cup 2025 is underway in Fiji, and the champions from 2022 - Papua New Guinea - got off to a great start against Sāmoa, thanks to two goals from their legend Marie Kaipu. The match, played...