Archive [ 2017 May ]

Man Charged With Fraudulently Taking $56K+ of Vodafone Recharge
NATION

Man Charged With Fraudulently Taking $56K+ of Vodafone Recharge

A man appeared at the Suva Magistrates Court yesterday charged with dishonestly causing a loss. The matter was call...

D-day for drug farmer
NATION

D-day for drug farmer

  A 39-year-old man was convicted by the Labasa Magistrates Court with two drug-related charges yesterday. Pec...

2 charged with Manslaughter further remanded
NATION

2 charged with Manslaughter further remanded

  Two men charged for the manslaughter of a 23-year-old man have been further remanded by the High Court in Suv...

Ex-top civil servant bail extended
NATION

Ex-top civil servant bail extended

  A  former senior civil servant charged with abuse of office had his bail further extended by the High Court...

Tropical Depression located Northwest of Nadi, moving far West: MetOffice
NATION

Tropical Depression located Northwest of Nadi, moving far West: MetOffice

The Tropical Disturbance (TD21F) was upgraded to a Tropical Depression yesterday morning. TD21F has a central pressu...

Water Disruption Notice For The Greater Nausori Area
NATION

Water Disruption Notice For The Greater Nausori Area

Result of major repairs on the transmission mains from the Waila Treatment Plant to the Raralevu Reservoir The Water...

Lightning Strike Results in  Power Outage
NATION

Lightning Strike Results in Power Outage

The following is a statement from the Fiji Electricity Authority chief executive officer Hasmukh Patel At 10:39am ye...

Letters To The Editor, 4th, May , 2017
Letters

Letters To The Editor, 4th, May , 2017

Let’s check on them Tomasi Boginiso, Nasinu Has anyone noticed the increase in the number of young boys based in t...

First For Fiji
SPORTS

First For Fiji

  Melbourne Storm winger Suliasi Vunivalu makes his debut for the Vodafone Fijian Bati side in the Test match a...

Vola Ni Kawa Bula (VKB) Change Coming Soon
NEWS

Vola Ni Kawa Bula (VKB) Change Coming Soon

A proposed regulation will soon be presented in Parliament to ensure that registration of children in the Vola ni Ka...

Dairy Market Dealt Biggest Blow By Epidemic: Singh
NATION

Dairy Market Dealt Biggest Blow By Epidemic: Singh

  The dairy market was dealt the biggest blow by the Bovine Tuberculosis epidemic leading to a huge loss of cat...

Super Rugby Road Show
SPORTS

Super Rugby Road Show

Rugby fans in the west will have a chance to purchase tickets for the Super Rugby clash between Chiefs and the Crusa...

Farmers Want Sugar Industry Process To Remain The Same
NATION

Farmers Want Sugar Industry Process To Remain The Same

  Sugarcane farmers have strongly urged that all their disputes be given to the Indus­trial Commissioner who w...

New Tui Nadi Defends Title
NEWS

New Tui Nadi Defends Title

Tui Nadi Ratu Vuniyani Navuniuci has spoken strongly against those brewing tension on the decision by the iTaukei La...

Province to Conduct Bestowing Ceremony
NATION

Province to Conduct Bestowing Ceremony

  Avakatokayaca (traditional bestowing of name), ceremony for the descendants of indentured labourers on board ...

REACH Mobile Bus Offers First Service In Sigatoka
NATION

REACH Mobile Bus Offers First Service In Sigatoka

  The REACH Mobile Service Delivery bus provided the first of its services to the Si­gatoka Valley on Tuesday....

Sacrifice Is Important In Moving Ahead In Life, Says Mother Of Two
NEWS

Sacrifice Is Important In Moving Ahead In Life, Says Mother Of Two

Thankful that her parents helped look after her children Sacrifice is important if you want to move ahead, says 24-y...

Ravouvou Recovering
SPORTS

Ravouvou Recovering

  Hopes are for Vodafone Fijian 7s playmaker Vatemo Ravouvou to recover fully for the final leg of the World Se...

Rewa Paramount Chief Accorded Traditional Welcome Ceremony
NEWS

Rewa Paramount Chief Accorded Traditional Welcome Ceremony

  A traditional welcome ceremony was accorded to the paramount chief of Rewa, the Marama Bale na Roko Tui Drek...

Auditors Conference Set
SUNBIZ

Auditors Conference Set

More then 170 delegates from 48 different organisation are expected to gather at the Fiji Marriot Resort Momi Bay to...

Fijian U20 Wary Of Samoa
SPORTS

Fijian U20 Wary Of Samoa

  The Vodafone Fijian captain Temo Mayanavanua anticipates a tough encounter against Samoa in the 3rd/4th place...

Shalishna Plans To Help Father In Commercial Farming
NATION

Shalishna Plans To Help Father In Commercial Farming

  Shalishna Shankaran wanted to do something different and help her father. And so she did. The 22-year-old yes...

UniFiji Start USAID-Funded Outreach Programme
NATION

UniFiji Start USAID-Funded Outreach Programme

The UniFiji USAID PACAM project team initiated their community outreach programme at Komave Village, Nadroga. The ma...

Fiji Tourism’s Importance and plans for the future
Opinion

Fiji Tourism’s Importance and plans for the future

The following is the opening address by the President at the Fijian Tourism Expo 2017 at Sofitel Fiji Resort, Nadi o...

Akhtar Ali Hopes To Develop Nausori Town
SUNBIZ

Akhtar Ali Hopes To Develop Nausori Town

Nausori Town Council CEO, Akhtar Ali, hopes to develop the Nausori township to attract more people to Fiji’s first...

Lee Flying Fijian Flag In PNG
SPORTS

Lee Flying Fijian Flag In PNG

The Natadola Bay member travels to Papua New Guinea to contest the event which was just last year added to the ISPS ...

Koroilavesau Leads Charge In Oceans Protection
NATION

Koroilavesau Leads Charge In Oceans Protection

  With the United Nations Oceans Conference com­ing up in less than a month, the Minister for Fisher­ies and ...

Fostering Partnerships Goal
SUNBIZ

Fostering Partnerships Goal

Strengthening existing partnerships and creating new ones is an essential goal for the Fijian Tourism Expo 2017. Thi...

‘I Want to do Farming All The Way’
NATION

‘I Want to do Farming All The Way’

  Farming was the only source of in­come which helped Maciu Goneva finish his primary and secondary school edu...

Students Dominate Fiji Team For Oceania Champs
SPORTS

Students Dominate Fiji Team For Oceania Champs

Athletics Fiji has selected 169 athletes to represent Fiji  at the 2017 Oceania Championships which will be held at...

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