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Lami Darts to host singles event
THE Lami Darts Association is anticipating an exciting competition at their Singles tournament this weekend. After a night of upsets during their weekly competition on Monday at the Fusion Restaurant in Vatuwaqa, the association believes every player is ready to rumble on Saturday and Sunday.Nilesh Chandra of Procera scored two 180 points to help his team beat Combine One 6-5.Association ...
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Czarina top seeds in Lautoka
CZARINA is the top seed for the Lautoka Men's and Mixed Netball Association competition which starts next week. This is after Czarina made a clean sweep during the knockout tournament at the multi-purpose courts on Saturday.Czarina with former national basketball rep Jale Vunisa won the men's and mixed categories.The side defeated Bankstown in both finals.In the men's semi-finals ...
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Chief calls for support
TUI Wainunu Ratu Orisi Baleitavea says the inclusion of village elders and chiefs from the three provinces of Cakaudrove, Bua and Macuata in the Duavata Northern Crime Prevention Carnival is necessary to relate the message of crime prevention effectively to the grassroots people. Ratu Orisi said it was only appropriate if the committee members visited villages, districts and provincial council ...
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1000 drivers dodge levy
ABOUT 1000 drivers in the country are not paying wheel tax. And the growing number of drivers dodging payments is of concern to the LTA."The number of people not paying their wheel tax is of concern for us because they are not paying for something that belongs to the government," said LTA spokesman Iliesa Sokia."We have close to 100,000 registered drivers in the country and each ...
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Nadi wants more players
THE Nadi Football Association will be proposing for an increase in the number of players in each team during the 90-minute tournaments. According to Nadi soccer boss Navneeda Gounder, players were prone to injuries and fatigue in the 90- minute game.He said two of his players had been ruled out of the tournament leaving them with 20 players out of which three were goalkeepers."The initial ...
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Missing out on wheel tax
THE LTA loses out on potential revenue and much needed income when drivers refuse to pay their wheel tax. LTA spokesman Iliesa Sokia confirmed this after he revealed that more than 1000 drivers failed to pay the levy each year."Each tax is different for different vehicles, the minimum is $60 while the maximum wheel tax is $300," Mr Sokia said."For the Western and Eastern Central ...
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Squash starts new competition
THE Squash Fiji annual business house league is set to start next week. The competition which will run for six weeks is expected to see more than 60 players participating.Squash Fiji president Ravi Singh said they were anticipating an exciting competition this year."We are in for the big league this time as we mould our current group of young and enterprising players to represent Fiji in ...
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Excellence award for local hotel
THE Tanoa Waterfront Hotel in Lautoka has been given the certificate of excellence from TripAdvisor for the third year in a row. The recognition that honours hospitality excellence is given only to establishments that consistently achieve outstanding traveller reviews.Tanoa Hotel Group director Kalpana Reddy welcomed the award."Tanoa Waterfront is delighted to receive the TripAdvisor ...
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Colour coding for police
THE launching of a new colour coding program is aimed at improving manpower and achieving togetherness within the police force in the West. Divisional police commander West SSP Jope Ralulu said the program would involve all officers from Rakiraki to Nadroga.SSP Raululu said the police officers would be divided according to the colours red, green, blue and white.The program, which was officially ...
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Trains for public transport
A $20million project proposed by the FSC could see people of the Western Division travelling on a new mode of transport. The project would see the use of sugar cane tramlines for commercial trains to ferry passengers across the region.In a government statement, FSC executive chairman Abdul Khan said they were reviewing the railways and would invest millions over the next few years in the ...
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Life skills for youths
OBTAINING life skills in order to earn a living and starting their own income-generating projects was the key message behind a youth workshop conducted in Lautoka yesterday. Organised by the Save the Children Fiji at Vunato settlement, the workshop was attended by 15 school dropouts.Project manager of the Early Childhood Education project, Barbara Ratabacaca, said through the workshop, they ...
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Job hope for 150
THE government has officially issued a commercial lease to a multi-million dollar company planning to set up a bottled water business at Nadelei in Tavua. After two years of drilling and testing, the Korean Resort Company Limited was granted a five-year development lease by the Ministry of Lands in Lautoka last Friday.About 150 locals will be employed in the first phase that involves the ...
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Plan for mental health movement
PLANS are in progress to establish a Psychiatric Survivors Association in the North. Speaking during a recent village awareness campaign at Wailevu Village in Labasa, Public Health Risk manager Maca Wainiu said as the North did not have such an association at present, villagers could always contact their nearest health centres in order to raise issues regarding mental cases.Mrs Wainiu said ...
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Corrections service sets regional standard
THE Fiji Corrections Service is moving in a new direction and is a shining example for corrections jurisdictions in other Pacific Island nations, says Solomon Islands Commissioner of Corrections Francis Haisoma. Mr Haisoma, who met Fiji Corrections Service Commissioner Lieutenant Colonel Ifereimi Vasu, led a delegation from the Solomon Islands on a five-day study tour of the facility here this ...
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Authority reinstates four staff members
THE Water Authority of Fiji has reinstated four of its eight employees who were suspended in March because of allegations of malpractice. CEO Opetia Ravai confirmed they had set up a tribunal within the authority last month to carry out their investigation."Out of the eight, two staff members resigned, four were reinstated and the contracts of another two were not renewed," Mr Ravai ...
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Chinese state councilor meets with Pacific Islands official
Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi on Tuesday met with Tuiloma Neroni Slade, Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat.Yang said during the meeting that China and member countries of the Pacific Islands Forum enjoy friendship and the relationship between them has soundly developed with close high-level contact and fruitful cooperation.He said China is willing to work with the ...
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Prison term sought for quoting Society charity report
Fiji's attorney general has demanded jail for the Methodist minister found in contempt of court for quoting a Law Society Charity report whose contents were first revealed in the Gazette. Counsel for the attorney, Ropate Green, sought a minimum sentence of six months for Reverend Akuila Yabaki, and a fine for the Citizens' Constitutional Forum, a group which Yabaki heads, of not less ...
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2013 Lions Tour Brumbies defeat tourists 14-12 in Canberra
Canberra 2600 The Brumbies have clung on for a dramatic 14-12 victory over the British and Irish Lions in Canberra to become the first provincial team to beat the touring side in 16 years.The win in front of a crowd of 21,655 makes the Brumbies the first provincial side to beat the Lions since South Africa's Northern Transvaal in 1997, now known as the Bulls.The win delivers a massive ...
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ISO meet beneficial for Fiji Khan
A total of two red and eleven yellow cards were shown in the first match of the 2013 Fiji FACT at the ANZ Stadium in Suva as Lautoka downed Navua ...
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Daring robbery prompts police call
THE Fiji Police Force has urged business owners to contact their nearest community post or station if they need assistance when transporting large sums of money. The request comes after a daring robbery at the Nand's Mall carpark in Nabua, Suva at around 2.45pm yesterday. A 32-year-old salesman was threatened with a kitchen knife and robbed of more than $49,000 cash, and cheques worth ...
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Prank calls costly Fire chief
THE National Fire Authority has requested people to stop making prank calls and support it in reducing the number of property fires in the country. It comes after a prank fire call last Wednesday, which saw two fire tenders being deployed to Nasese from the Suva Fire Station. On arrival at the location given by the caller, firefighters found there was no property fire as reported by the ...
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Fiji name squad in bid for third RWC7s title
Lepani Botia has been named as captain of a strong Fiji men's squad set to travel to Russia in search of a third Rugby World Cup Sevens title. Fiji's men won the Melrose Cup in both 1997 and 2005 with Waisale Serevi at the helm in Hong Kong, but were knocked out at the quarter-final stage four years ago in Dubai, when Wales went on to take the ...
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Fiji needs to focus more on needs of the poor
Fiji is facing a major problem with informal housing or ‘squatter colonies’, especially on the outskirts of major cities such as Savu, which draw people in with the promise of jobs and prosperity. An ongoing effort by government to provide affordable housing for low-income earners is hampered by mismanagement, a lack of funds and the reluctance to evict non-payers from their homes.
Fiji is one of the more developed countries of the South Pacific island nations, but a large proportion of the population remain in poverty and exist through subsistence means rather than through formal integration with the national economy. Read more
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