Archive [ 2017 May ]

Karate Fiji Continues To Grow
SPORTS

Karate Fiji Continues To Grow

The country’s National Karate Day event took place at the Yat Sen Hall in Suva last Saturday. In a press release K...

Nadi Aim To  Retain FACT Title
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Nadi Aim To Retain FACT Title

Defending Vodafone Fiji FACT tournament champions Jack’s Nadi are confident of retaining the title. Nadi Football ...

MOU To Boost  Healthy living
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MOU To Boost Healthy living

The Ministry of Youth and Sports has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Think Pacific in Suva yesterday...

Our Players Continue To Excel
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Our Players Continue To Excel

Our players continue to excel in last weekend’s Top 14 competition in France. Coming towards the end of the season...

Bring On Stallions
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Bring On Stallions

The Suva rugby team hope to maintain their winning form when they host defending Skipper Cup champions Nadroga in th...

Lyndhurst Backs Bua Sevens
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Lyndhurst Backs Bua Sevens

The Bua Invitational 7s tournament officials received a sponsorship of $13,350 from Lyndhurst Limited in Valelevu, N...

Labasa Football Boss Confirms AGM Date
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Labasa Football Boss Confirms AGM Date

The Labasa Football Association (LFA) will be having their annual general meeting (AGM) on Sunday at 11am at the Nat...

$104k Distributed Amongst 19
NATION

$104k Distributed Amongst 19

  A total of $104,885.42 was distributed to 19 organisations marking the success of 2016 Hibiscus Festival. Th...

Excitement builds up for Northern women
NATION

Excitement builds up for Northern women

Excitement is increasing for the women in the North who will attend the National Women’s Expo in Suva next month. ...

Finau: Employee taken to task over misappropriation of funds
NATION

Finau: Employee taken to task over misappropriation of funds

  An internal investigation has been conducted over the misappropriation of revenue stated in the 2015 Auditor ...

Engineering Navigation – Searching The Longitude
SUNBIZ

Engineering Navigation – Searching The Longitude

Mahesa Abeynayake Head of Quality/ Act. CEO/Consultant Marine Engineering, Fiji Maritime Academy Just as oil and wat...

Derelict MV Sea Love Removed
SUNBIZ

Derelict MV Sea Love Removed

The derelict MV Sea Love, a former cargo and passenger vessel which belongs to Seaview Shipping Limited,had been suc...

Cop To Minister: Police Penalty In Road Accidents Too Harsh
NATION

Cop To Minister: Police Penalty In Road Accidents Too Harsh

A Police officer in Labasa says the penalty for officers who were involved in road accidents was too harsh. The offi...

PM’s Relief Fund Gets $46K Boost
NATION

PM’s Relief Fund Gets $46K Boost

A total of $46,097.05 was donated towards the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund yesterday. Foneology, Suva Retailors As...

Fiji Doing an Amazing Job in  Climate Change, says Advisor
NEWS

Fiji Doing an Amazing Job in Climate Change, says Advisor

Fiji is a classic example of a country in the Pacific punching above its weight in climate change matters, says sust...

Fiji should lead way to protect ocean, says Oceans Champion
NEWS

Fiji should lead way to protect ocean, says Oceans Champion

Minister for Fisheries Semi Koroilavesau says the challenges facing the ocean require a multi-stakeholder approach. ...

Company Pays $11,000 Penalty Fee Per Day
SUNBIZ

Company Pays $11,000 Penalty Fee Per Day

Pacific Cement Limited (PCL) is currently paying a penalty fee of $11,000 per day starting from last Sunday, April 2...

Bridge Repairs Due To Steel Corrosion And ‘Fatigue’
NATION

Bridge Repairs Due To Steel Corrosion And ‘Fatigue’

  Parallel repairs underway on the Labasa Bridge are due to a fatigued deck and steel corrosion in its columns,...

Handwashing Keeps Children Happy, Healthy, Months After Cyclone Winston
NATION

Handwashing Keeps Children Happy, Healthy, Months After Cyclone Winston

Handwashing is so crucial especially after an emergency. Data has shown that children who practice handwashing are l...

Tuvalu Police Seeks Training Opportunities in Fiji
NATION

Tuvalu Police Seeks Training Opportunities in Fiji

Tuvalu’s Commissioner of Police Luka Falefou yesterday paid a courtesy visit to Commissioner of Police Brigadier-G...

PM’S SECOND PLEA TO TRUMP
NEWS

PM’S SECOND PLEA TO TRUMP

Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama yesterday made a second impassioned plea to United States President Donald Trump o...

Usamate: OHS Trainings Help Reduce Work Hazards
SUNBIZ

Usamate: OHS Trainings Help Reduce Work Hazards

The four-day inaugural training on occupational hygiene for OHS inspectors, health inspectors, medical practitioners...

Pacific Leads High Ambition Coalition For Shipping Emission Reduction
SUNBIZ

Pacific Leads High Ambition Coalition For Shipping Emission Reduction

Marshall Islands and Solomon Islands have submitted a paper to the forthcoming meeting of the International Maritime...

Letters To The Editor, 3rd, May, 2017
Letters

Letters To The Editor, 3rd, May, 2017

Parliamentary Powers and Priveleges Bill 2016 Rajneel Kumar, Suva It was disheartening to hear and read NFP statemen...

Trusting Relationship Important In Democracy
NATION

Trusting Relationship Important In Democracy

Democracy flourishes at its best where there is trusting relationships between Parliament, Parliamentarians and citi...

Get Ready For Bula Interhash 2018
NATION

Get Ready For Bula Interhash 2018

The organisers of the Bula Interhash 2018 will continue to increase the national awareness of the event. The first b...

‘Do not alter Sugar Tribunal’
SUNBIZ

‘Do not alter Sugar Tribunal’

  Farmers in Sigatoka have proposed to the Standing Committee on Economic Affairs for The Sugar Industrial Trib...

15 Charged With Aggravated Robbery Or Burglary
NATION

15 Charged With Aggravated Robbery Or Burglary

  The total number of accused persons charged for aggrevated robbery wa 7 and aggrevated buglary was 8. The fol...

Tourism Expo Important
SUNBIZ

Tourism Expo Important

The 2017 Fijian Tourism Expo is a very important event for Fiji. Boasting the two-day event is the number of buyers ...

Row breaks out Over new chief
NEWS

Row breaks out Over new chief

Tension was high in Narewa Village in Nadi yesterday after a row erupted between two rival groups over the new Tui N...

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