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“𝐹𝑖𝑗𝑖 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑇𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑎 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑛 𝑢𝑛𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑘𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑡 𝑜𝑛 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑, 𝑚𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑖𝑡𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑃𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐 𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑦” – King Tupou VI.

01 of Fiji Corrections Service (“FCS”) officers, Mr. Usaia BAINIVALU, who is also a Suva Rugby Referee, arrived in Tonga last week to referee the Intercollege Rugby Semi-Finals.

Mr Bainivalu was one of the basic recruit instructors for 𝐅𝐂𝐒’𝐬 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝟏/𝟐𝟒 that the 04 Tongan prison officers just graduated from recently in March 2025.

Their Majesties, King Tupou VI and Queen Nanasipau’u Tuku’aho, paid a courtesy call to the Republic of Fiji earlier this month where President Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu “…𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝 𝑖𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑠, ℎ𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑇𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑎𝑛 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑎 𝑪𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒆 5 𝒊𝒏 𝑪𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑴𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑖𝑛 𝐹𝑖𝑗𝑖 𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟” ( https://www.facebook.com/FijiGovernment/posts/1159257392905123 ).

HM Prisons and FCS’s 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 which promotes regional co-operation still stands and as a goodwill gesture of our 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝, HM Prisons hosted Mr Bainivalu for a farewell dinner on 25 July 2025 as a token of our gratitude to FCS for our continuing cooperation in capacity building.

Also present at the farewell dinner were Deputy Commissioner of Prisons Laini Manuofetoa, Superintendent of Prisons Kalavite Taufa, Assistant Superintendent of Prisons Pouono Lino, and our Tongan instructors who prepared our recruits prior to their departure to Fiji, Prison Officer Kilifitoni Vea and Prison Officer Patsy Manuofetoa.

📸: Prison Officer Salote Faka'osi.