Police resources and salaries under scrutiny

[File Photo] Urgent reforms are needed in the Fiji Police Force to address equipment shortages, faulty infrastructure and weak internal controls. Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs Lenora Qereqeretabua highlighted these issues as part of the...

Placing priority on diversification

An economy is a continuum. One finance minister who manages an economy for ten continuous years hands either a jewel or a disaster to his replacement. What has former finance minister Colm Imbert handed his successor Davendranath Tancoo? Jewel or...

South African 7s star Rosko Specman named official Ambassador for 2026 McDonald’s Coral Coast 7s

South African 7s star Rosko Specman named official Ambassador for 2026 McDonald’s Coral Coast 7s South African 7s star Rosko Specman will be the McDonald’s Coral Coast 7s ambassador for the 2026 tournament in Sigatoka. Tournament Communications...

Ministry achieves 99.99 percent utilization

Minister confirms 99.9% budget utilisation for workers’ compensation, Minister for Employment, Productivity and Industrial Relations, Agni Deo Singh, has confirmed that his ministry has achieved a 99.99 percent budget utilisation in the last...

Power Volt energises Suva FC for IDC 2025

[Photo Credit: Fiji FA] Suva Football Club has received a major boost ahead of next week’s FMF Inter-District Championship in Ba, with Power Volt Services Pte Limited coming on board as the team’s naming-rights sponsor. The partnership, unveiled...

Not “every Tom, Dick and Harry” can have a say in aviation safety – MP Koya tells Parliament

Opposition MP Faiyaz Koya has criticised the trend of raising serious aviation concerns on social media, saying Fiji’s civil aviation system must not be undermined by what he called “every Tom, Dick and Harry” airing grievances online. Speaking in...

USP PhD student calls for women’s involvement in ocean governance

A doctorate student at the University of the South Pacific (USP) in Suva, Fiji, is urging greater involvement of women in ocean governance and program implementation. Alice Clara Rore of North Malaita made the call during her presentation on the...

Pacific News In Brief For 1 October

Article – RNZ A round-up of news from around the region, including concerns about rheumatic heart disease in Fiji. Fiji – health A leading doctor in Fiji says rheumatic heart disease prevention needs to be ramped up. Almost one child in every...

High freight costs threaten regional trade

[File Photo] Freight costs are strangling Fiji’s trade with Vanuatu despite a new partnership. Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka admitted this in Parliament while responding to an oral question. Thus, he states that high port charges, commercial...

Real estate heavyweights back Villaraigosa’s 2026 bid for governor

It was the personal touch that won over Jay Luchs when Antonio Villaraigosa — a Democrat making his second run for California governor — called to talk about real estate. “I respect him for picking up the phone and calling me to talk business...

EFL to transport power transformers from Suva Port to the Kinoya Power Station from 9pm to midnight

EFL to transport power transformers from Suva Port to the Kinoya Power Station from 9pm to midnight Energy Fiji Limited contractors will be transporting two 15 MVA power transformers from Kings Wharf to the Kinoya project site from 9 pm to...

Nations openly violating global norms: Rajnath

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday stressed that India is standing ‘strong” in upholding international rules based order and flagged that some nations are “openly violating” the international rules, while many others are wanting to create...

Eyes on new export markets for kava, coffee and cocoa

file photo Fiji is working to expand its international markets and strengthen its commercial agriculture sector, focusing on crops such as turmeric, ginger, cassava, cocoa, coffee, kava, and pineapple. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade,...

Letters to the Editor | September 30, 2025

Media freedom, neutrality and perceptions There was a perception, albeit misplaced, some years ago that The Fiji Times was biased against Government in its reporting. A few editorial oversights back then did land the paper in court, but the paper...

FCCC Act review to reintroduce on-the-spot fines

The Fijian Competition and Consumer Commission Act is being reviewed where one of the key areas that is under review is the reintroduction of on-the-spot fines. This has been confirmed by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade Manoa...

Battle for the Heart and Soul of Cane Farmers: Charan Jeath SINGH vs Mahendra Chaudhry. Singh and Chaudhry locked in a bitter war of words over allegations of arson at mill, negligence, and political responsibility

Battle for the Heart and Soul of Fiji’s Cane Farmers: Charan Jeath Singh vs Mahendra Chaudhry ​The simmering tensions within Fiji’s sugar industry have exploded into public view, with Sugar Minister Charan Jeath Singh and National Farmers Union...

Arson attacks on cane farms strain mill, says Singh

There have been numerous arson incidents on sugar cane farms in the West, putting pressure on the Lautoka mill to process burnt cane as quickly as possible, says Minister for Multi-Ethnic Affairs and Sugar Industry, Charan Jeath Singh. He assured...

BACK IN HISTORY | Ratu off to India

On July 12, 1998, The Fiji Times wrote about a young student who was awarded a scholarship to study at Pune in India. Evelina Ratu, a sixth former at Sigatoka Methodist, was awarded an Indian Government scholarship by the Fiji Girmit Council....

Afghanistan’s cellphone, internet services down after Taliban ordered cut

[Source: Reuters] The Taliban have ordered internet and mobile phone data services to be cut across Afghanistan, diplomatic and industry sources said. As residents and monitoring services reported no connectivity and disruption to flights and...

Cane growers to receive full final payment after waiver of deductions

Cane farmers will receive their full final payment for the 2024 season today following the Government’s decision to waive all statutory deductions and loan repayments, a move welcomed by the Sugar Cane Growers Council (SCGC) as a major relief for...