News

Updated: 7:12am - A Vanuatu kava exporter says foreigners have misled the industry into believing the so-called tudei variety of the crop poses a health risk.

Updated: 6:55am - A girl has died after being hit by a train at Ngaruawahia, north of Hamilton.

Updated: 6:51am - The National Party has been forced to apologise to potentially thousands of people after accidentally signing them up to the party database.

Updated: 6:42am - Supervisor of Elections Mohammed Saneem is calling on the Fiji Times to make clarification on an article that was published on Saturday, which stated that the voting papers will be transported to Suva, where it would undergo a final count.

Updated: 6:38am - Police are currently investigating a fatal accident where a man had passed away along Natodola Road on Friday.

Updated: 7:30am - The current minimum wage rate of $2.68 will be reviewed by the end of this year.

Updated: 7:25am - A 29-year-old man has been found guilty by Suva High Court Judge Justice Thushara Rajasinghe for raping his 11-year-old stepdaughter.

Updated: 7:20am - Acting Minister for Infrastructure Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum has hinted in Parliament yesterday that major change may take place on how people will travel once they have four-lane roads.

Updated: 6:50am - The Ministry of Health was warned four years ago about a risk people would unknowingly miss out on a bowel cancer screening programme, but did little about it until late last year.

Updated: 6:45am - A dairy owner attacked with a machete says he tried to use his karate skills to fend off the attackers.