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PM: No room for cheats in poll
Voreqe Bainimarama.Measures will be in place to ensure ‘transparency and fairness’ By MAIKA BOLATIKI There will be no room for cheats in the one- day September elections, says Prime Minister Rear...
View ArticleWhat the water authority is doing
The multi-million upgrades this year are part of a bigger plan to boost national water supply Josua Tuwere suva The Government has allocated $130 million for water distribution upgrading projects in...
View ArticleAshort history, the UN’s WORLD DAY for Water
World Water Day has been observed on March 22 since 1993 when the United Nations General Assembly declared March 22 as “World Day for Water”. This day was first formally proposed in Agenda 21 of the...
View ArticleNZ students here to teach dance
USP, University of Auckland in joint study of dancing for a living AQELA SUSU SUVA A three -week training is underway at the University of the South Pacific by post-graduate students from the...
View ArticleMore Europe scholarships for Fijians
WATI TALEBULA SUVA The Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency are hoping to send more students for the European Union Erasmus Mundus Scholarship, compared to previous years. Head of...
View ArticleTAXI UNION Back-in-the-job Rishi Ram tells what next
Dress code, insurance cover on his agenda WATI TALEBULA SUVA Rishi Ram is ready to pick up from where he left off two years ago after he was re-elected the general secretary of the Fiji Taxi...
View ArticleDANCE FESTIVAL International Dance Festival Starts At USP Week- long festival...
AQELA SUSU SUVA The University of the South Pacific’s art and culture centre is hosting its first Epeli Hau’ofa International Dance Festival with dancers from other parts of the globe. Yesterday’s...
View ArticleBONE CANCER Manisha’s only hope is overseas
Leukemia victim may also need bone transplant WATI TALEBULA suva Manisha Narayan, 19, who is fighting for her life is suffering from acute myeloid leukemia [AML] a cancer that starts inside the bone...
View Articleprovince Council talks development, membership
Election of the sub-committees are a vital part of the council aqela susu suva Developments carried out by the Government in Naitasiri Province are expected to be one of the main issues discussed...
View ArticleCOURT WHERE ARE MY RIGHTS? MAN ASKS REMAND PRISONER’S CASE REFERRED TO HIGH...
LOSALINI RASOQOSOQO Suva A remand prisoner who is challenging the Central Police Station over claims that his constitutional rights were not met while in remand has had his case referred to the High...
View ArticleFRAUD Eight months jail for conman
LOSALINI RASOQOSOQO Suva A 32-year-old man charged with eight counts of obtaining financial advantage by deception was sentenced to eight months imprisonment at the Suva Magistrates Court yesterday...
View ArticleDRUG HALL ‘LSD, cocaine traces found in energy supplements’
Locals in illicit drugs smuggling worry FRCA’s Tikolevu LITIA MATHEWSELL NADI A 39-year-old Nadi man is in Police custody after traces of cocaine were found in an envelope sent to him from Hong Kong...
View ArticleVendors make do with what’s available
Vegetables price increase blamed on flood damage aqela susu suva The increase in vegetable prices after the floods earlier last month has not deterred women vendors at the Valelevu market from selling...
View ArticleDrug Accused Remanded
Peniasi Sukanakoniferedi charged with one count of unlawful possession of illicit drugs LITIA MATHEWSELL nadi A 39-year-old man of Sabeto, Nadi, has been remanded in Police custody after being charged...
View ArticleRURAL HELP $46m development in Naitasiri provincial council told the bulk of...
LOSALINI RASOQOSOQO suva More than $46 million have been spent by Government on development works in the Naitasiri province from 2010 until last year. This was revealed by provincial administrator Semi...
View ArticleLeadership Be transparent, Govt officials told
Districts complain, requests were not met LOSALINI RASOQOSOQO suva Government officials present at the Naitasiri Council Meeting yesterday were told to be transparent with their work. Itaukei Affairs...
View ArticleCoconut Wireless
By leone cabenatabua SODELPA on North move During the Social Democratic Liberal Party (SODELPA) convention in Suva a delegation from Vanua Levu indicated that the party is going to do well there ahead...
View ArticleLeaders, Advisers Urged to Accept New Plan
Reverend Eroni Moce says the Connexional Plan is a source of direction. ana sovaraki suva The Methodist Church in Fiji’s Suva Division superintendent, Reverend Eroni Moce, has urged leaders and...
View ArticleSuspended term for infant’s death
LITIA MATHEWSELL lautoka A man who caused the death of his four-month-old daughter last year after he accidently lay on her has been given a suspended jail term. Kami Namalo pleaded guilty to a charge...
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INVESTIGATION Police probe assault on minor
Isikeli Labati alleged his 16-year-old son (in photograph) was beaten up by Police officers. Photo: Ronald KumarPolice spokesperson Ana Naisoro confirmed they had received a complaint and were...
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