Archive [ 2015 May 17 ]

Fiji Claim Historic World Series Title
NEWS

Fiji Claim Historic World Series Title

With their safe passage through to the semi finals, Ben Ryan’s side will lift their second World Series title ...

Senior RFMF Officer Laid To Rest
NEWS

Senior RFMF Officer Laid To Rest

Tributes flowed yesterday as senior Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) officer Lieutenant-Colonel Amani Suliano...

Words Too Far
Coconut Wireless

Words Too Far

Wonder what his party leader and fellow high chief Ro Teimumu Kepa has got to say about the disgraceful words uttere...

Joint Exercise Targets Illegal Fishing
NEWS

Joint Exercise Targets Illegal Fishing

The Fijian and French navies have stepped up the fight against illegal fishing, among other things, with a joint exe...

Bus Operators, LTA At Loggerheads Again
SUNBIZ

Bus Operators, LTA At Loggerheads Again

the Fiji Bus Operators Association and the Land Transport Authority were at loggerheads once again yesterday. High o...

Chand Heads Bus Body
SUNBIZ

Chand Heads Bus Body

While the appointment of newly-elected president of the Fiji Bus Operators Association, Parmod Chand came as no surp...

Work To Churn Economy The Ministry Urges Bus Operators
SUNBIZ

Work To Churn Economy The Ministry Urges Bus Operators

The new Minister for Transport & Infrastructure, Parveen Bala has urged bus operators to work with Government to...

Transport Is Forecast Sixth Highest Contributor
SUNBIZ

Transport Is Forecast Sixth Highest Contributor

The Reserve Bank of Fiji forecast says the transport sector is the sixth highest contributor of the country’s proj...

Strategies To Be Put In Place To Help Keep road Engineers In Fiji
SUNBIZ

Strategies To Be Put In Place To Help Keep road Engineers In Fiji

Given the amount of road works/upgrades being undertaken in Fiji, there needs to be strategies in place to ensure we...

Fiji Rugby Union Is Banking On Fiji’s Wins
SUNBIZ

Fiji Rugby Union Is Banking On Fiji’s Wins

One of the challenges the Fiji Rugby Union is facing is retaining players. Fiji Rugby Union chief executive, Radrodr...

Diversity Of Thought Will Help In Effectiveness: Smith
SUNBIZ

Diversity Of Thought Will Help In Effectiveness: Smith

A company board will be more effective if there is diversity of thought around the table, says a New Zealand-based e...

True Son Of Fiji
ENTERTAINMENT, Lifestyle

True Son Of Fiji

Rob Cromb is a true son of Fiji, born in Bua and spending the best years of his life as a child in his village in So...

Interview Rooms To Get New Gear
SUNCITY

Interview Rooms To Get New Gear

The Fiji Police Force will upgrade its interview rooms in Suva and Nadi soon. Commissioner of Police Bernardus Groen...

Agriculture Show Takes Centre Stage
NATION

Agriculture Show Takes Centre Stage

The hype was on as Rotuman farmers from the island’s seven districts took part in a competition to find out who ha...

Equal Lease Sharing Talks At SODELPA Meet
NATION

Equal Lease Sharing Talks At SODELPA Meet

People in Lami on Friday were advised by Social Democratic Liberal Party to write to the iTaukei Land Trust Board an...

University Marks Girmit Day
NATION

University Marks Girmit Day

Girmit Day should be remembered with respect for our forefathers who looked to the future with hope. Those were the ...

Takia Band Rocks
NATION

Takia Band Rocks

The New Nadi Farmers Club came alive as the Australian-based Takia Band kicked-off their 2015 Fiji tour on Friday ni...

Fijian Is Mrs Pacific Islands Universe
NATION

Fijian Is Mrs Pacific Islands Universe

An exclusive event was held in Adelaide, Australia, on May 9 to crown the new Miss and Mrs Australasia Universe and ...

New NGO Chooses Board
NATION

New NGO Chooses Board

Fifteen chiefs from the Ba province have been chosen as the executive board members of the Bose Ni Momo Non-Governme...

CWM Promotes Wellness At Fun Day
NATION

CWM Promotes Wellness At Fun Day

The Suva Grammar School ground in Nasese was a hive of activities yesterday as staff from the Colonial War Memorial ...

Church Runs Free Check-ups
NATION

Church Runs Free Check-ups

In a bid to reach out to people who find it hard to access medical services, the Ebenezer Tabernacle Church held a f...

USP Students Vow To Help Corrections Service
NATION

USP Students Vow To Help Corrections Service

Social worker students currently undergoing study at the University of the South Pacific have shown interest to help...

EDITORIAL: Fijian Pearls Boast A Proud Record, Give Credit To Netball
Sunvoice

EDITORIAL: Fijian Pearls Boast A Proud Record, Give Credit To Netball

It’s been a week of celebration for Fijians as our sportspeople do our nation proud once again. The achievements o...

Letters To The Editor, May 17, 2015
Letters

Letters To The Editor, May 17, 2015

Spice it up Regina Naidu, Lautoka With reference to articles in the media on Wednesday (May 13 and May 14) on actres...

FOCUS: Hannah Dudley (1864-1931)  –A Tribute To ‘Hamari Maa’
NEWS

FOCUS: Hannah Dudley (1864-1931) –A Tribute To ‘Hamari Maa’

On Saturday May 8, 2015 the cold Auckland morning bore a gloomy note. The sky was overcast and it drizzled persisten...

$136K For Pearls
SPORTS

$136K For Pearls

Netball Fiji raised $136,000 at a cocktail fundraising event held at the Holiday Inn Suva last Friday night. The eve...

‘Proving What I’m Made Of’
SPORTS

‘Proving What I’m Made Of’

Fijian Pearls mid-court player Losalini Tuifagalele will be make her debut at the 2015 Pacific Games in Papua New Gu...

$10K For Vatukoula
SPORTS

$10K For Vatukoula

Vatukoula Rugby Union received a big boost from major sponsors Pacific Energy at Theodore Park in Vatukoula yesterda...

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