Former Fiji Netball coach Unaisi Rokoura missing after suspected drowning incident

Unaisi Rokoura, 47, was reported missing on Saturday after a suspected drowning incident. Photo: Facebook / Netball Fiji Fiji's netball community is anxiously awaiting news of a former national team captain and coach who was reported missing on...

BEHIND THE NEWS | Fiji in the spotlight

FIJI remains on Tier 2 Watch List for the second consecutive year, according to the US Department of State’s 2025 Trafficking in Persons Report. This means Fiji does not fully meet the minimum standards for eliminating human trafficking but is...

Fiji Marriott Resort Momi Bay review: Luxury stay with space to spare

It’s on the Viti Levu mainland (a 45-minute drive from Nadi) but because there’s no off-site commerce anywhere nearby, it’s got an island vibe. First impressions: The resort has everything a five-star place should, and more. It’s full of solid...

Chinese EVs to hit Fiji, Pacific markets

CHINESE electric vehicles will be hitting Fiji’s roads soon with the launch in China this week of the China (Yunnan)– Fiji New Energy Vehicle Export Project, a major investment partnership between publicly-listed FMF Foods Ltd and Yunnan Maimiao...

India-Brazil-South Africa Fund empowers rural Fiji women via skills training

New York [US], October 19 (ANI): India's Permanent Mission to the United Nations shared on the occasion of the recently concluded International Day of Rural Women how the India, Brazil and South Africa (IBSA) Fund has positively impacted the lives...

World News | India-Brazil-South Africa Fund Empowers Rural Fiji Women Via Skills Training

New York [US], October 19 (ANI): India's Permanent Mission to the United Nations shared on the occasion of the recently concluded International Day of Rural Women how the India, Brazil and South Africa (IBSA) Fund has positively impacted the lives...

BPO industry poised for global recognition

[File Photo] Fiji is showcasing its growing business process outsourcing sector at BPO Exchange 2025 in Sydney next week. It aims to strengthen its position as the Pacific’s leading outsourcing destination. Outsource Fiji President Morika Hunter...

Search for Rokoura suspended

Police have temporarily suspended the search for former national netball coach Unaisi Rokoura. Rokoura was reported missing yesterday while diving for freshwater mussels near the Navuso Agriculture School. She was accompanied by a 34-year-old...

OPINION | Fijian workers in Uluru

Last week, we moved our discussions on pre-colonial Fijian history to the end of the 1850s when Ma’afu had begun to provide an effective counter to Cakobau’s aspirations for dominion over Fiji. I was all excited to continue with what followed, but...

OPINION | Are we exporting our future? | The true cost of Fiji’s labour policies

The scale of the problem SINCE 2018, approximately 114,000 Fijians – nearly 12 per cent of our entire population – have left the country. That’s equivalent to losing every resident of Lautoka and Nadi combined. Deputy Prime Minister Professor...

OPINION | The entangling alliances | Why Fiji must not tie its security to any single mast

The news this past week from Port Moresby should echo across Fiji not as a model to emulate, but as a cautionary tale. Papua New Guinea’s approval of a new defence treaty with Australia, is the latest move in the Pasifika’s Great Game, a strategic...

Fiji Airways confirms bird strike on Christchurch–Nadi flight

Fiji Airways has confirmed that flight FJ450 from Christchurch to Nadi experienced a bird strike shortly after departure. In a statement it said the aircraft is currently holding safely in the air to burn fuel and achieve the required landing...

Greene discusses bipartisan issues and media attacks on The View

Source: Entertainment Weekly Amid growing calls for more conservative voices at the Hot Topics table, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene made a rare appearance Tuesday on The View — and called out the cohosts live on air over past attacks they’ve made...

OPINION | Lee Kuan Yew’s miracle | How multiracial equality built Singapore and what Fiji must learn

When Singapore separated from Malaysia in 1965, it was a fragile, poor, and deeply divided society. Poverty, unemployment, opium addiction, prostitution, and slums were everywhere. Racial riots between Chinese and Malays had shaken the island. The...

Fiji Airways flight returns to Christchurch airport after bird strike

A Fiji Airways flight that sparked an emergency callout has landed after circling in the air for two hours above Canterbury. The airline confirmed the Nadi-bound plane hit a bird during take-off around 2pm and had to return to Christchurch...

Homecoming Festival 2024 was mission impossible and it was a dream come true for FIJI - Coffey

Homecoming Festival 2024 was mission impossible and it was a dream come true for FIJI - Coffey Renowned Events Director Moe Coffey branded the first Homecoming Festival he was planning with the late George FIJI Veikoso as mission impossible...

How China-Fiji fisheries cooperation reels in economic vitality for the island nation

GUANGZHOU, China, Oct. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — News report from South. In Fiji, Chinese fishing vessels are doing more than catching fish. They train local crews in advanced fishing techniques, sharing skills that go beyond the catch. Every year,...

$5M early payment for sugar industry workers

Thousands of cane cutters, farm workers, and machine operators across Fiji will celebrate Diwali with lighter hearts and fuller wallets after the Fiji Sugar Corporation (FSC), in partnership with the Ministry of Multi-Ethnic Affairs and Sugar...

Lion One Reports 4,200 oz in Quarterly Gold Production

Lion One Metals Limited (TSXV: LIO,OTC:LOMLF) (OTCQX: LOMLF) ("Lion One" or the "Company") is pleased to report preliminary quarterly gold production from the Tuvatu Gold Mine in Fiji for the quarter ending September 30th, 2025. Preliminary...

SHIPPING TIMES | 60 ships to visit Fiji ports

Fiji’s two main port of entries in Suva and Lautoka are expected to have close to 60 ship visits this month, the Fiji Ports Terminal Ltd’s monthly shipping schedule says. Port of Suva will receive about 38 ships, compared with Lautoka’s 19. Of the...