Arrival of the lascars before girmitiya
IT is known for long that most Fijians of Indian descent descend from the immigrants shipped to Fiji from India under the universally condemned indentured labour scheme.
View ArticleWheels to make life easy
LIFE has become a little easier for 70-year-old Ram Charan after receiving a wheelchair from the Fiji Spinal Injury Association, in partnership with Action for Children and The Aged Trust Fiji under...
View ArticleOPS Atlas to open Pacific division in Fiji
Update: 3:45PM INTERNATIONAL technical and consultancy services company, OPS Atlas, will soon open a Pacific division in Fiji to be called OPS Pacific.
View ArticleUp close and personal with Australian musician
Lisa Purmodh , Craig Calhourn, on her left, Fiji jazz legend Tom Mawi with local musicians from the West.
View ArticleNadi wants new soccer colours
Nadi remains winless in the league and tournaments since the 2002 IDC, which came during Goundar's last term as president.
View ArticleFiji marks World Biodiversity Day
Participants tour Colo-i-Suva park to mark World Biodiversity Day and the launch of the Department of Environment's National Environment Celebrations campaign yesterday.
View ArticleForest loss fight
This was highlighted during the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation plus strategy workshop in Suva last week.
View ArticleFiji's second Airbus arrives home
Update: 3:49PM THE atmosphere at the Air Pacific headquarters in Nadi is electric as the national carriers second brand new Airbus A330 touches down.
View ArticleHundreds welcome second Fiji Airways A330 aircraft
Hundreds of people were at Nadi Airport to welcome the arrival of the second Fiji Airways A330 named Namuka-I-Lau. While welcoming the new aircraft Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama said the...
View ArticleInmates learn business skills
LEARNING to be a productive individual of society while earning a living is a core focus of the Fiji Corrections Service as it continues to offer reformed prisoners a new start at life.
View ArticleRasigatale's reign as the music king
WHEN he was 21 years old, Manoa Rasigatale formed a musical group called Maroc 5 that toured the nation and gained legendary status in the '60s. Jumping into adoring crowds, duck-walking across the...
View ArticleIs it a scam? Fiji officials quiet on PNG recruitment
THE FIJIAN LABOUR MINISTRY has still not issued a statement on an agreement between a recruitment agency and individuals in Papua New Guinea to hire 800 Fijians to work in that country.
View ArticleFiji firm on sugar vision
LAUNCHING one of the first international sugarcane breeding workshops in the lead up to hosting the 43rd session of the International Sugar Council next month shows that Fiji and the council are firmly...
View ArticleFiji's lead role in research
FIJI has been at the forefront of sugar research from the early 1900s and has pioneered equipment and research that has been developed into normal use at sugar research institutes around the world today.
View ArticleAustralia increases aid to Fiji
AusAID minister counsellor-Pacific John Davidson speaks to media personnel during a press conference at the Australian High Commission in Tamavua, Suva yesterday.
View ArticleAFL moves North
Fiji's AFL Aussie rule team after a training session at the Albert Park in Suva yesterday.
View ArticleTravel ease for lawmen
LAW enforcement agencies and International Criminal Police Organisation investigators are able to travel without visas when assisting transnational cases or urgent deployments.
View ArticleFiji: What a wonderful day
I'm going to take you on a journey. You might not come back as exhilarated as I did.
View ArticleChild labour training for 347
THE Ministry of Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment has trained at least 347 teachers from 197 rural agricultural-based schools in the country on issues of child labour.
View ArticleState to look into concerns
GOVERNMENT and the community of Rotuma have invested a lot in infrastructure where new industrial and residential buildings have been constructed.
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