October 4, 2021

Nisha thankful for Cash for Cultivation initiative

Robbed of the family's sustenance by two cyclones that happened within five years, has done little to deter Ba farmer Shamshun Nisha who has since rebuilt from scratch and is already saving up for her Undergrad son's Masters studies. When her house and sugar cane farms in Ba were destroyed by Tropical Cyclone Winston in 2016, Nisha decided to venture into vegetable farming. She relied on relief assistance from the Fiji Government’s seed distribution program which helped start her vegetable farm. She managed to rebuild her home from the savings she earned. CLICK ON HEADLINE FOR MORE

Man face court today over obscene publication and confinement of youths

Children vaccination resumes in Fiji

The children's vaccination program for those aged between 15 and 17 years resumes today in Fiji. At Samabula Primary in Suva, parents and guardians turned up with their children well before 9am for registration and vaccination. CLICK ON HEADLINE FOR MORE

COVID-19 Fiji: Fiji reports death of fully vaxxed 33-year-old man

Fiji reported the death of its seventh fully vaccinated COVID-19 victim last night, a 33-year-old man from Newtown who died at his home last Friday and is also believed to be the country's youngest fully vaxxed COVID-19 fatality. The Ministry of Health said that although the man was fully vaccinated "he had existing underlying medical conditions that would have toned down his ability to mount a good vaccine-induced immune response and thus reduced his ability to fully benefit from the protective effects of the vaccine." CLICK ON HEADLINE FOR MORE
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