Archive [ 2016 May ]

One & A Half Hour Night Closure  For Bridge To Remove Work Platform
NEWS

One & A Half Hour Night Closure For Bridge To Remove Work Platform

Members of the public are advised that the Tamavua-I-Wai Bridge will be closed to traffic for an hour and a half fro...

Telecom Fijiana Qualify For Next Leg
SPORTS

Telecom Fijiana Qualify For Next Leg

  The Telecom Fijiana team have qualified for the 2016-17 World Sevens Series. This was after the Iliesa Tanivu...

Doge Grateful, Excited
SPORTS

Doge Grateful, Excited

It is a dream come true for Mesake Doge who is one of the seven new caps in the Vodafone Flying Fijians for the upco...

Ba Sangam Netters Top
SPORTS

Ba Sangam Netters Top

  Ba won the TIV Sangam Convention netball tournament at the Sangam Sadhu Kuppuswamy Memorial School (SSKMC) ha...

Death Driver Sentenced To Three Years 11 Months Imprisonment
NATION

Death Driver Sentenced To Three Years 11 Months Imprisonment

A man charged for dangerous driving causing deaths was sentenced to three years and eleven months imprisonment. Pon...

Tamavua-I-Wai Bridge All Set To Open Tomorrow, Says Roads Authority
NATION

Tamavua-I-Wai Bridge All Set To Open Tomorrow, Says Roads Authority

Good progress has been made over the weekend and Fiji Roads Authority (FRA) is still confident that the bridge can b...

Military Officers Plead  Not Guilty To Bribery
NATION

Military Officers Plead Not Guilty To Bribery

An assistant purchasing clerk and a works warrant officer with the Republic of Fiji Military Forces yesterday pleade...

USP Close to Achieving US Uni Accreditation
NATION

USP Close to Achieving US Uni Accreditation

The University of the South Pacific is in the final stages of assessments by a region­al American accrediting agenc...

ANALYSIS: Hope For First Home
NEWS

ANALYSIS: Hope For First Home

In the next financial year, expect Government policies focussing on providing affordable housing options for youth a...

Woman Granted Bail In Charge Over Child
NATION

Woman Granted Bail In Charge Over Child

A woman charged for failing to supply necessities of life for her child appeared at the Nasinu Magistrate’s Court ...

Hearing For Chiefly Dispute On June 16
NEWS

Hearing For Chiefly Dispute On June 16

The chiefly dispute for Vunivalu (warlord) at Natewa in Cakaudrove Province will be heard on June 16. This was confi...

Officials From Region Attend Governance Workshop
NATION

Officials From Region Attend Governance Workshop

A governance workshop fo­cusing on statistics to pro­vide evidence for decision making speaks volumes of the re­g...

Alleged Arsonist Fronts Court
NATION

Alleged Arsonist Fronts Court

A 35-year-old labourer appeared at the Nadi Magistrate’s Court yesterday charged with one count of arson. Kitione...

Big Hearted Aussie Travel Agents Reach Out To Fiji
NATION

Big Hearted Aussie Travel Agents Reach Out To Fiji

  Australia-based Mobile Travel Agents’ (MTA) co-managing directors Roy and Karen Merricks have recent­ly de...

PM To Get Europe’s $23.4m Today
NEWS

PM To Get Europe’s $23.4m Today

The Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama, will today receive a payment of F$23.4million from the European Union to ass...

Ratu Inoke Holds Talks With ACP Counterparts
NEWS

Ratu Inoke Holds Talks With ACP Counterparts

The Minister for Foreign Affairs Ratu Inoke Kubuabola attended the Joint Meeting of the Africa, Caribbean and Pacifi...

ANALYSIS: Quiet Achievers Of Bainimarama’s Cabinet
SUNCITY

ANALYSIS: Quiet Achievers Of Bainimarama’s Cabinet

They are the quiet achievers of Cabinet. They don’t frequently appear on newspaper headlines but they are hard at ...

Changes In The Air
Coconut Wireless

Changes In The Air

Whisper is that the very successful Faiz Khan is resigning as the chairman of Fiji Hardwood Corporation. This is bel...

Friends In China Help Yasawa High School
NATION

Friends In China Help Yasawa High School

Prime Minister Voreqe Baini­marama received a cheque of $659,343 from the Friends of Fiji (China and Hong Kong) for...

Man Cops Nine Years for Rape
NATION

Man Cops Nine Years for Rape

A man charged for raping a 16-year-old girl in 2013 was sentenced by the Suva High Court yesterday. Nitendra Prasad...

New Passport For Fijian  Peacekeepers Proposed
NEWS

New Passport For Fijian Peacekeepers Proposed

The Government wants a passport bill passed without delay for the safety of our peacekeepers in the Middle East. Att...

Vision Investments Founder Shareholders Carry Out Special Crossings
SUNBIZ

Vision Investments Founder Shareholders Carry Out Special Crossings

The four Founder Shareholders of Vision Investments Limited have carried out special crossings in order to bring the...

22,083 Homes Assisted: A-G
NEWS

22,083 Homes Assisted: A-G

Around 22,083 homes have been assisted under the Help for Homes initiative says Attorney-General, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyu...

Handover Specialised Vehicles, Equipment To Expedite FEA Restoration Efforts
SUNBIZ

Handover Specialised Vehicles, Equipment To Expedite FEA Restoration Efforts

The Fiji Electricity Authority yesterday received seven specialised vehicles, tools and equipment worth UD$670,000 (...

Nanuku Wins TripAdvisor Award For Superior Service
SUNBIZ

Nanuku Wins TripAdvisor Award For Superior Service

Nanuku Auberge Resort Fiji has been awarded a 2016 TripAdvisor ‘Certificate of Excellence for Superior Service’....

Bill To Give Powers To FICAC To Proceed On Crimes
NEWS

Bill To Give Powers To FICAC To Proceed On Crimes

A Bill that will see the Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption (FICAC) holding powers similar to the Direc...

Castaway Island, Fiji Resort Reopening Tomorrow
SUNBIZ

Castaway Island, Fiji Resort Reopening Tomorrow

Castaway Island, Fiji Resort will reopen its doors tomorrow to welcome guests back on the private island resort. Thi...

Reddy Gets Barrage From Opposition
NEWS

Reddy Gets Barrage From Opposition

Minister for Education Mahendra Reddy received a barrage of questions about cyclone-damaged schools from the Opposit...

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