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Minister urges schools to use grants wisely
FBC News
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August 22, 2025
The government has released the free education grant to 806 schools this term. The funding reached over 243,000 students across early childhood, primary, and secondary levels. Minister for Education Aseri Radrodro reminded school heads to prepare...
Fiji weightlifters depart for Commonwealth challenge
The Fiji Times
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August 22, 2025
Seven members of Fiji’s national weightlifting team have left for India to compete in the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships from August 24-30 in Ahmedabad. The team includes three women and four men. The women’s squad features Mereia...
West Papuan media plea for Melanesian support against Indonesian media blackout
Asia Pacific Report
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August 22, 2025
By Andrew Mathieson Exiled West Papuan media are calling for Fiji — in a reflection of Melanesian solidarity — to hold the greater Pacific region to account and stand against Indonesia’s ongoing media blackout in addition to its human rights...
FNU’s College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences – School of Medicine | A history 1886 – 1971
The Fiji Times
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August 22, 2025
Fiji became a British colony in 1874, driven largely by economic struggles. The situation deteriorated in 1875 when Ratu Cakobau and his party returned from Sydney carrying measles. The epidemic devastated the non-immune Fijian population, killing...
Police warn of social media misuse, calls for urgent change in online behaviour
The Fiji Times
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August 22, 2025
The Fiji Police Force has raised serious concerns about the growing misuse of social media, warning that inappropriate content and online abuse are having damaging impacts on individuals and society. In a statement released today, police said that...
Get Ahead of Property Tax and Business License Compliance
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Pacific Islands News Roundup – August 15 – August 21, 2025
Pacific Islands Report
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August 22, 2025
Editor’s Note: We are undergoing a web host migration process and may need to make necessary modifications to our format and frequency over the next several weeks. Thank you in advance for your understanding. Political Leadership and Regionalism,...
Down to business in Schools football championship
FBC News
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August 22, 2025
Suva Muslim College and Vunimono High School under 19 sides are through to the semifinals of the Extra Fiji Secondary Schools Football Championship currently underway in Ba. Suva Muslim defeated Shree Gurunanak Khalsa College 10-9 after a...
Fiji Commerce and Employers Federation urges focus on local labour market before overseas schemes
Fijivillage
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Fiji Commerce and Employers Federation urges focus on local labour market before overseas schemes The Fiji Commerce and Employers Federation has called on the government and training institutions to prioritise Fiji’s local labour market needs by...
Free ‘A Hui Hou Tribute’ concert to honor Fiji in Waikiki
Hawaii News Now
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August 22, 2025
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A tribute concert at the Waikiki Shell is set to honor the late island music legend Fiji. George Brooks Veikoso, widely known Fiji, died Wednesday, July 23 in his home nation of Fiji, surrounded by family. He was 55...
I’ve travelled around the world — this is the one thing I buy before I go on any trip
Metro
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August 22, 2025
Having travelled the numerous countries in the past few years, there is one piece of tech I made sure I download before I go (Picture: Mel Evans) Metro journalists select and curate the products that feature on our site. If you make a purchase via...
ADF continues commitment to Pacific maritime security
The National Tribune
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August 22, 2025
Department of Defence The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has continued its successful support to surveillance operations in the Pacific region. Under Operation Solania, the ADF assisted the Solomon Islands through the Pacific Islands Forum...
Police raise concerns over misuse of social media
FBC News
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August 22, 2025
The Fiji Police Force is deeply concerned and disappointed in the manner in which social media is being misused. Police say while those who use the platforms in a positive manner and for its intended purpose outnumber those who are using it in a...
Pacific Polytech and ServicePro International Tourism Hospitality Institute failed to meet criteria for Higher Education grants
Fijivillage
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Pacific Polytech and ServicePro International Tourism Hospitality Institute failed to meet criteria for Higher Education grants Director of the Fiji Higher Education Commission, Eci Naisele has revealed before a Parliamentary Standing Committee...
Fiji now has a National Child Safeguarding Policy
The Fiji Times
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August 21, 2025
Cabinet has approved the nation’s first National Child Safeguarding Policy, marking a major milestone in child protection efforts, states the Ministry for Women, Children and Social Protection Although Fiji already has two critical pieces of...
Pacific Tourism CEO Urges Paradigm Shift toward Sustainability at GSTC2025 Fiji
Pacific Tourism Organisation
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August 21, 2025
Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO) Chief Executive Officer, Christopher Cocker, has called for renewed regional and global commitment to advancing sustainable tourism in the Pacific through the Pacific Sustainable Tourism Policy Framework...
2025 Pacific Music Awards Winners Announced
Rolling Stone Australia
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August 22, 2025
The 2025 Pacific Music Awards winners have been revealed The event took place last night (August 21st) at the Due Drop Events Centre in Manukau, Auckland, celebrating the 21st year of recognising Pacific musical excellence. Shane Walker was a...
Cook Islands U16s fall to Fiji, must win vs Tahiti to keep semi-final hopes alive
Cook Island News
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August 21, 2025
The Cook Islands U16 men’s national football team. CIFA MEDIA/25081220 Fiji have become the first team to book their place in the semi-finals of the OFC U-16 Men’s Championship in the Solomon Islands, after a commanding 5-0 victory over the Cook...
Yat Sen Secondary School student Aditi Naidu calls for action as Fiji faces growing HIV crisis
Fijivillage
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Yat Sen Secondary School student Aditi Naidu calls for action as Fiji faces growing HIV crisis Yat Sen Secondary School Aditi Naidu is stepping up to raise awareness about Fiji’s escalating HIV epidemic, urging communities to break the silence,...
Will’s Word: Is the Pacific’s response to the war in Gaza weak?
Pacific Media Network
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Here's a genuine question: How much more blood must be spilled before the Pacific finds its voice? Israel's war in Gaza has become an absolute humanitarian catastrophe. Journalists gunned down, families buried under rubble, children starving as...