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The co-ordinator of a young women's organisation in Fiji says her group is working with the transport authorities to stop public service drivers from sexually harrassing female and transgender…

The president of the Fiji Trades Union Congress, Daniel Urai, has been released from the Suva Magistrates Court on bail. Mr Urai faces charges under the interim regime's Crime Decree...

Pacific women are calling on leaders to do more to increase women's participation in politics. Following this year's Pacific Islands Forum summit, leaders committed to increase the representation of…

A Fiji High Court judge Justice Paul Madigan has sentenced six people accused of fraudulently obtaining 468,000 US dollars from a resort in the Yasawas between 2006 and 2007. Fiji...

The President of the Fijian Teachers Union, Tevita Koroi, is rejecting directives to impose a flat annual primary school fee. The interim education minister, Filipe Bole, said he's decided to...

Efforts to enforce primary school fee levels in Fiji have lead one union to call for an assessment of how much it actually costs to educate a child. The interim...

The Fiji interim government is looking abroad for a new chief executive officer to run the Fiji Sugar Corporation. The Permanent Secretary for Sugar, Colonel Manasa Vaniqi, has told the...

Fiji Reserve Bank governor Sada Reddy has resigned, after 20 months in the position. Prior to that, he was deputy governor for 15 years.

Fiji's Reserve Bank governor Sada Reddy has resigned.. Chairman of the Reserve Bank Board Governance Sub Committee, Deo Saran, announced he had received notice of Reddy's resignation with immediate…

A representative of Fiji's sugar workers, Felix Anthony, says the sugar industry risks collapse if a new, strong and permanent leader isn't chosen soon to run the Fiji Sugar Corporation.

A third senior executive at Fiji Sugar Corporation has resigned. The corporation has announced its General Manager- Finance, Ali Ubadutt, is stepping down. Last week Chief Executive Officer, Deo…

A representative of Fiji's sugar workers, Felix Anthony, says the sugar industry risks collapse if a new, strong and permanent leader isn't chosen soon to run the Fiji Sugar Corporation.

The chief executive of the Fiji Sugar Corporation, Deo Saran, has resigned with immediate effect. According to Fijilive, Mr Saran said he tendered his resignation last week. In a press...

The permanent secretary for Sugar, Manasa Vaniqi, has thanked outgoing Fiji Sugar Corporation CEO, Deo Saran, for his valuable contribution to the sugar industry. Mr Saran confirmed to FBC News...

The Fiji Sugar Corporation may be forced to close down the Rarawai Sugar Mill in Ba as crushing is still at a standstill. Fiji Broadcasting reports that hundreds of cane...

Fiji's Sugar Corporation is assuring canegrowers that massive job cuts will not result in more problems with mills. Just weeks into the crushing season, the corporation has announced it will...

Fiji's Sugar Corporation is assuring canegrowers that massive job cuts will not result in more problems with mills. Just weeks into the crushing season, the corporation has announced it will...

The Fiji Sugar Corporation has embarked on a major cost-cutting exercise which will result in at least 1000 workers being laid off over the next 18 months. Its CEO, Deo...

As Fiji's interim government continues with its plans to help parents get their children to school, there are questions over allocation of funding. The Fiji Teacher's Union has concerns the...

The Fiji Sugar Corporation says cane growers will not have problems with the efficiency of mills this season. There were significant losses last year after planned upgrading work was not...

The Fiji Sugar Corporation is assuring growers that this crushing season the mills will be fully operational. There were significant losses last year after planned upgrading work was not finished...

The Fiji Sugar Corporation is assuring growers that this crushing season the mills will be fully operational. There were significant losses last year after planned upgrading work was not finished...

Fiji's interim Education Minister, Filipe Bole, has announced that country has achieved universal primary education. In an Information Ministry release it says figures for 2008 show primary enrolment…

Major supermarkets in Suva, Fiji, reopened on Tuesday but limited transportation has affected sales. Food 4 Less Supermarket Suva branch manager, Kamal Deo, said sales were not good even though...

The Fiji Sugar Corporation is to commence repaying a loan to India's EXIM Bank next year and not this year as scheduled. The Fiji Times reports the FSC chief executive...