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THE headquarters of the leading money transfer and foreign exchange in Fiji and the Pacific will be moved to the new Damodar City Centre in Laucala Bay. more...
+ Enlarge this image FexCo Pacific general manager Steven Narayan, left, and Damodar City Centre manager Carmelita Price seal the tenancy deal with a handshake at the incomplete Damodar City Centre in Laucala Bay yesterday. Picture: ROPATE ...
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BANK of South Pacific customers in Muanikoso will now have to use the automatic teller service at Hansons Supermarket. more...
BANK of South Pacific customers in Muanikoso will now have to use the automatic teller service at Hansons Supermarket. Several customers in the area had arrived to use the ATM only to find it had been cornered off at the shop near the junction of Muanikoso and Kings roads in Nasinu recently.BSP country manager Kevin McCarthy said their tenancy at the shop had ended and they were relocating the ...
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FIJI needs productive workplaces that can grow the economy says Minister for Labour Industrial Relations and Employment Jone Usamate. more...
FIJI needs productive workplaces that can grow the economy, says Minister for Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment Jone Usamate. Addressing the importance of occupational health and safety (OHS) in the workplaces, Mr Usamate said the ministry had been responsible for OHS reforms in Fiji including the enactment of the Health and Safety At Work Act (HASAWA) in 1996."The enactment of ...
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THE live rock trade will soon be phased out as efforts continue to sustain healthy reef systems in Fiji and the Pacific. more...
THE live rock trade will soon be phased out as efforts continue to sustain healthy reef systems in Fiji and the Pacific. Department of Fisheries principal research officer Aisake Batibasaga said operators should plan accordingly and look for alternative commodities now that the quota for live rock harvest may decrease.Aquarium industry players actively participating in the non-detrimental ...
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Santa Boman Irani gets injured in Fiji
Multitalented actor Boman Irani who is busy shooting in Fiji for his forthcoming film 'Santa Banta' has hurt his knee and tore a ligament we ...
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NZ snub Fiji centenary Test request
New Zealand have put a damper on Fiji's 100th anniversary celebrations, by claiming they are too busy to play the islanders in a commemorative Test. The Fijian Rugby Union wrote to the New Zealand Rugby Union last August requesting a June Test against the All Blacks in Suva, Fiji's capital, to mark the occasion.But the NZRU rejected their offer citing the World Cup winners' ...
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Arrogant All Blacks snub Fiji centenary
Fiji, who have also been rebuffed by other major Test-playing countries, will play a Classic All Blacks side featuring recent Test players ...
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Attorney General and Elections Minister Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum on the request of the Fiji Commerce and ...
Flying Fijians utility back Vereniki Goneva and league convert Alipate Ratini have been included in Fiji 7s coach Alifereti ...
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Fiji wants greater MSG economic integration
Fiji Fiji's acting prime minister, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, has urged Melanesian countries to consider forming a common economic union.He has told at a meeting of trade ministers from the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) in Nadi that free trade between Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea is the future.Mr Sayed-Khaiyum says Fiji's trade with Pacific Island nations has seen ...
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New Fiji rugby boss says finances in crisis
New Fiji Rugby Union chairman Filimone Waqabaca said Tuesday he was determined to clean up the organisation's finances after it posted a FJ$600,000 (US$325,000) loss last year. Waqabaca, a permanent finance secretary in the South Pacific nation's military-led government, was elected FRU chairman last weekend after being nominated by the regime's leader Voreqe Bainimarama. He ...
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New Zealand to increase military presence in South Pacific
New Zealand is preparing to increase its military presence in the South Pacific, in close collaboration with the Australian government. The moves further align the two regional imperialist powers with the US Obama administration's "pivot" to the Asia-Pacific and its aggressive confrontation of China.The New Zealand government announced its plans following an inaugural meeting of ...
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The Suva Retailers Association is calling on the Fiji Roads Authority to open up the Stinson Parade ...
Flying Fijians utility back Vereniki Goneva and league convert Alipate Ratini have been included in Fiji 7s coach Alifereti ...
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The Fiji National Provident Fund and the government of Papua New Guinea through its commercia ...
Flying Fijians utility back Vereniki Goneva and league convert Alipate Ratini have been included in Fiji 7s coach Alifereti ...
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$30m complex nears completion
CONSTRUCTION works at the $30m Damodar City Centre are more than 80 per cent complete. Centre manager Carmelita Price said they had expanded the complex from its initial plan which took more time. She said the centre had something unique which would be revealed at the opening. At this stage, Ms Price said the opening would depend on the preparation of their ...
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OPS Atlas to open Pacific division in Fiji
INTERNATIONAL technical and consultancy services company, OPS Atlas, will soon open a Pacific division in Fiji to be called OPS Pacific. Headed by vice president Simione Tugi, the company was expected to provide world class technical and occupational health and safety training for participants in Fiji and around the region. Mr Tugi said the company would officially launch on June 19 at the ...
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Understanding the law of armed conflicts
ISSUES highlighted in today's International Committee of Red Cross Law of Armed Conflict training program in Vatuwaqa included personal application of Law of Armed Conflict or who the law applies to. The workshop which started on Monday provides senior military officers a chance to better understand the Law of Armed Conflict and to prepare them on overseas peace-keeping missions. ...
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Bus operators receive funding for convention
THE Fiji Bus Operators Association will discuss major issues at its annual convention this Saturday. With the theme Transportation and the Economy, association president Richard Lal says issues like the importance of public transportation to the nations economy and its development will be discussed through a series of presentations and guest speakers. This was possible after Asco Motors ...
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Mass media plays vital role participants told
MORE than 40 participants were part of the Developing People's Critical and Creative Abilities Through Media Education workshop in Suva today. The workshop, organised by Fiji Media Watch, aims to create awareness on how participants can conduct media education within the various communities. Former Ba Provincial Council chairman Ratu Meli Saukuru said mass media played a vital role in ...
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Fexco Pacific becomes Damodar City tenant
FEXCO Pacific signed an agreement this morning to become a tenant at the soon-to-be-complete Damodar City Centre in Laucala Bay, Suva. The company's general manager, Steven Narayan, says the shop will be an additional office to more than 100 centres around Fiji. He said they were proud to be part of the multi-million dollar complex. Damodar City Centre manager Carmelita Price says the ...
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HIV decree removes barriers
FIJI is doing well in its efforts in eliminating stigma and discrimination of people living with HIV/AIDS. This was revealed by Dr Tamara Kwarteng, an independent consultant working with the UNAIDS office in the country. Speaking during the Fiji Mid-term Review of the United Nations General Assembly 2011 Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS at Lamis Novotel Hotel, Dr Kwarteng said she has been ...
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Consumers have been urged to be responsible when shopping during the Fiji Showcase which starts on F ...
A 22-year-old woman of Savusavu convicted of killing her four-month-old baby last year has been ordered to undergo counseling by the Ministry of Social Welfare for as long as the department sees ...
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Filimoni Waqabaca named Fiji Rugby Union chairman
Filimoni Waqabaca, a permanent secretary at Fiji's Finance Ministry, has been elected chairman of the Fiji Rugby Union. Waqabaca was elected by members of the union's board to replace outgoing chairman Colonel Mosese Tikoitoga. He was the nominee to the board of Fiji's interim Prime Minister Commodore Frank Bainimarama. Four new board members were elected at the union's ...
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Baby Flying Fijians psyched up for WC
THE Fiji under-20 side presented its i-tatau to the Minister for Youths and Sports Viliame Naupoto in Suva yesterday. The Baby Flying Fijians will be competing at the Junior Rugby World Cup (JWC) which will be held from June 5 to 23 in France.Team assistant coach Saiasi Fuli said the minister gave a motivational speech to psych the players up for the tournament.He said Naupoto also emphasised ...
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Tritons celebrate swimming dominance
THE Tritons Swimming Club emerged victorious at the Fiji Swimming National Championships, scooping a record total of 100 gold, 21 silver, and 24 bronze medals. The team of 25 swimmers led by Charissa Panuve and Paul Elaisa under the guidance of head coach Eugene Panuve, were named Fiji National Champions for the 5th year running after three days of competition against six local and three ...
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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. Many people also believe, assume or mistakenly think that the first Indians who arrived in Fiji came under the indenture system or girmit.But little do they know that their forefathers who arrived in Fiji on May 14, 1879 under ...
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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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