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Viliame Gavoka, deputy prime minister and minister for tourism and civil aviation, said the victims experienced nausea, vomiting and urological issues. (Facebook/Fiji government) ...
Fiji's Tourism Minister Viliame Gavoka is scrambling to manage the fallout from a severe alcohol poisoning event at a luxury resort. Over the weekend, seven individuals, including an American ...
Fiji Deputy Prime Minister Viliame Gavoka, in a press conference from Wednesday, said the toxicology report into the alcohol samples showed “no illicit substances or methanol” in the ingredients.
The cause of the tourists' illness over the weekend remains under investigation, Fijian Tourism Minister Viliame R. Gavoka said. 7 tourists hospitalized in Fiji were not poisoned by alcohol or ...
Fiji’s tourism minister, Viliame Gavoka, told reporters Wednesday that the results of a toxicology report showed “no evidence of alcohol poisoning.” ...
Virgin Australia crew members were allegedly sexually assaulted and robbed in one of Fiji's nightclub areas on New Year's Day, the island country's Deputy Prime Minister Viliame Gavoka announced.
At least 6 tourists dead after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos 00:30. Seven foreign tourists, including an American, were hospitalized in Fiji after drinking cocktails at a resort bar, Fijian ...
As of Monday evening, Tourism Minister Viliame Gavoka said that two people remained hospitalized in stable condition. Officials also said Monday the incident remains under investigation.
“I think there is something else we need to identify,” Fiji’s Deputy Prime Minister and Tourism Minister Viliame Gavoka said.
Toxicology tests on the ingredients of drinks consumed by seven tourists who fell ill in Fiji showed “no methanol or illicit substances,” authorities on the South Pacific island said Wednesday.
“I can confirm that no illicit substances or methanol were found in the ingredients or liquor samples,” Fijian Tourism Minister Viliame Gavoka said at a press conference Wednesday.
Gavoka, who is also the minister for tourism and civil aviation, said such attacks can happen anywhere and Fiji was not "immune." "We, as always, remind tourists to exercise caution in nightclub ...