Repeka Nasiko
31 January, 2021, 8:45 pm
Police Officers assist Loata Rauga of Vadravadra village cross the flooded Wailailai flats in Ba on Friday night. Picture: BALJEET SINGH
TWO pregnant women were escorted by police officers on a fibreglass boat through the Wailailai Crossing in Ba on Friday night.
In need of urgent medical attention, the women were transported to the Ba Mission Hospital and the Lautoka Hospital.
According to a police officer, one of the women from Tavua was transferred to the Lautoka Hospital for surgery.
The second woman from Votua Village was taken to the Ba Mission Hospital.
“They’re the only cases that we were allowed to transport across,” said the officer.
Luke Rawalai
29 January, 2021, 4:05 pm
Over the past 36 hours, the Fiji Rescue Coordination Center at the Republic Of Fiji Navy has been coordinating 3 separate Search & Rescue cases around the country with Fiji Police Force & Fiji Airports. Picture: SUPPLIED
Five members of the public in Tavua were successfully rescued last night through a joint operation between the Fiji Police Force and the Fiji Naval Division.
Director of Fiji National Disaster Management office, Vasiti Soko said search were still continuing at sea for two fishermen in Cikobia, Macuata and two women in Vatuwaqa, Suva who were reported missing last night.
Ms Soko has appealed to members of the public to take heed of the weather warnings and to refrain from putting out to sea.
Environmental News For The Week Ending 20December 2019
This is a collection of interesting news articles about the environment and related topics published last week. This is usually a Tuesday evening regular post at
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Note: Because of the high volume of news regarding the coronavirus outbreak, that news has been published separately:
Some of the COVID-19 graphics presented in the above articles have been updated below.
Also, mentioned in two articles near the end of the disease collection is that there is a new strain of the virus circulating in southeast England that is 70% more infectious than the common strain. Since these news collections were assembled, England has locked down London and several European countries have restricted travelers from the country. I expect that we ll have more news on that in this coming week.
Initial assessments confirm more than 300 houses damaged after TC Yasa
Initial assessments confirm more than 300 houses damaged after TC Yasa
Kia Island, Macuata.[Image: Keira Rose]
Preliminary impact damage assessments from the divisions have identified damage sustained to more than 300 houses in the Northern and Eastern Divisions after Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasa.
The teams from the divisions were deployed to affected communities and villages last week following the aftermath of TC Yasa.
Government officials from Viti Levu have also been deployed as part of the 120 personnel deployment to Vanua Levu to assist in conducting the assessments in the North.
The team is in Vanua Levu and will begin with assessments and distribution of emergency food packs and non-food items today.
Fiji Airways flies in almost 17 tonnes of relief supplies donated by NZ
Fiji Airways flies in almost 17 tonnes of relief supplies donated by NZ
[Image: Supplied]
Fiji Airways has flown in almost 17 tonnes of relief supplies and equipment from Auckland sent by the New Zealand Government to the Fiji National Disaster Management Office.
Overnight, a Fiji Airways Airbus A330 freighter service brought in numerous pallets of supplies sent by New Zealand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, facilitated by the New Zealand High Commission, Fiji’s Ministry of Economy and Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Items flown over include mother and infant kits, generators, chainsaws, family hygiene kits, agriculture tool and shelter kits, collapsible water containers and other supplies.