President honours citizens with awards
President Ratu Epeli Nailatikau presents the Companion of the Order of Fiji to Archbishop Emeritus Petero Mataca during the investiture ceremony at Government House yesterday.
View ArticleTrio to ignite firepower
FORMER Flying Fijians coach Ilivasi Tabua is banking on Fiji's back row trio of skipper Akapusi Qera, Netani Talei and Api Naikatini to ignite firepower against Japan in their Pacific Nations Cup...
View ArticleThink, PM tells farmers
PRIME Minister and Sugar Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama says too many self-serving former political faces were still trying to sow doubt and fear.
View ArticleFiji Resorts Limited ordered to pay compensation
Fiji Resorts Limited trading as Shangri La's Fijian Resort has been ordered by the court to pay more than $55,000 in damage to an Australian tourist who had injured herself during a stay at the resort.
View ArticleMan jailed for 9 months for theft
An unemployed man of Suva was jailed for nine months today for stealing a wooden punt from the Suva wharf which he used to board a fishing vessel and steal items belonging to the crew worth $4,160....
View ArticleFiji to hold 4G mobile frequency auction in June
The interim government of Fiji plans to hold an auction of 4G Long Term Evolution mobile spectrum licences - its first tender of such frequencies - which will be capable of supporting ultra-high speed...
View ArticleQarase appeal rejected
THE Court of Appeal yesterday dismissed an application to quash the sentence and conviction of former prime minister Laisenia Qarase.
View ArticleIt's Votu's 'big day'
Fiji rugby player Watisoni Votu and his wife Litia Savu at Bukuya Village in Magodro, Ba yesterday.
View ArticlePatrick Mercer's Fiji questions
MP Patrick Mercer has resigned the Conservative whip over allegations by the BBC's Panorama programme that he broke Parliament's lobbying rules.
View ArticleHundreds learn Sanskrit
Admita Kumar joins her aunts Hirdeshni Gautam and Ashodra Gautam in a Sanscrit reading during classes at the Flagstaff Ashram in Suva.
View ArticleSteele 16 and Donald Trump's Fiji pick for world catwalk
FROM the confines of the Sigatoka coastline to the busy life of a New York Trump model, Phillipa Steele is about to venture on possibly her biggest journey yet.
View ArticleThumbs up for NTPC
Left to Right; Kamlesh Prakash, Satendra Nair, Luke Moroivalu and Salim Mohammed during the NTPC industry discussion forum at FNU in Lautoka.
View Article57 employees to receive redundancy packages
Fifty-seven employees working at the Nasinu and Lomolomo Quarry in Nadi will lose job and receive redundancy packages following the closure of both quarries at the end of this month Fiji Roads...
View ArticleTenth club for Rotary
A NEW chapter of the Rotary Club Fiji has been established in Ba, making it the 10th arm of the NGO in Fiji.
View ArticleHeavy rain warning is now in force
A heavy rain warning is now in force for Viti Levu, Kadavu, nearby smaller islands, Southern Lau and Lomaiviti group.
View ArticleEarly Xmas for 7
HOUSING Options Production Enterprise Fiji managing director Wade Evans says the relocation of seven families in Wailekutu, Lami may begin in two to three weeks time.
View ArticleOur queen
Newly crowned 2013 Miss World Fiji Caireen Erbleben is flanked by first runners up Ashna Mani, left, and second runner up Tara Thomas after the crowning at the Pearl Fiji Resort and Spa in Pacific...
View ArticleRef ready for RWC 7s
The Lakeba, Lau native is one of the assistant referees invited by the International Rugby Board to officiate at the world cup.
View ArticleWorkshop to improve beef industry
THE Fiji Crop and Livestock Council is hoping to improve the beef industry with the four-day Sarami workshop scheduled next week in Savusavu.
View ArticleInternational Sugar Council meeting tomorrow in Nadi
Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama who is the chairperson of the International Sugar Council will open the meeting where the delegates will deliberate on ways to strengthen the global sugar...
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