Oceania Fiji The government has granted Vodafone Fiji a non-commercial 5G licence to operate; Vodafone Fiji will undertake testing with end users in the 5G pilot network before a full commercial licence is issued later this year
Oceania Fiji The term 'Micro' will be included, from 1 August, in the name of the Ministry that will be known as the 'Ministry of Commerce, Cooperatives, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and Communications', given the growing importance of this category
Oceania Fiji The newly built hospital in Rotuma was officially handed over to the Ministry of Health by the military forces of the Republic of Fiji and is now ready to serve the public
Oceania Fiji Over 10.000 Fijian coffee farmers in the Viti Levu highlands will benefit from a US$25.000 grant that the Indonesian government handed over to Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka
Oceania Fiji A Fijian academic challenged the Pacific region's media and politicians on their coverage of the climate crisis, asking whether the discriminatory style of reporting is a case of climate injustice
Oceania Fiji The Fiji Police Fraud Investigation Unit has received numerous reports of MPAiSA accounts being hacked by unknown persons in recent months; head of the anti-crime unit says victims are often people who may not be familiar with modern technology
Oceania Fiji David Group Fiji's casino project manager, Sandeep Singh, said the $2 billion casino project would be detached from the local community, as Fijians will not be allowed in, to prevent the local community from being exposed to gambling
Oceania Fiji Fiji Airports Ltd has put out a tender for the construction of the new Labasa Airport building, a single-storey structure of about 1000 m2 including head end facilities
Oceania Fiji A defence mission will soon be opened at the French Embassy in Fiji; representing the French Ministry for the Armed Forces, the defence mission will be tasked with strengthening exchanges on defence policy and military cooperation
Oceania Fiji Fiji has witnessed a significant decline in its workforce, with over 50.000 people leaving for overseas in the past 19 months, stated the Permanent Secretary of Fiji's Ministry of Finance at the Top Executive Conference in Nadi
Oceania Fiji Fiji participated in the signing of the Samoa Agreement, a new partnership framework between the European Union and the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States, which will guide them for the next 20 years
Oceania Fiji The ITaukei Trust Fund Board stated that the tender for the construction of the Great Council of Chiefs' main building is under evaluation; the redevelopment of the complex will take place in two phases and work is expected to be completed by June 2024
Oceania Fiji 90% of Fiji's working population earns less than 50.000 Fijian dollars per year (€20.000); they cannot access the formal housing market: there is no mortgage from a commercial bank that is lower than this amount