Fiji wants village law on fishing by pregnant women enforced Updated 1 June 2012, 10:29 AEST Fiji’s Ministry of iTaukei Affairs wants a village law preventing women from fishing once they are more than five months pregnant to be more strictly enforced. http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/sites/all/libraries/jwplayer/player.swf Fiji wants village law on fishing by […]
How early Christian missionaries carved a lifestyle for the stone-age Fijians by translating Bible into Fijian language is indeed amazing. They taught them language, fed and clothed them and taught them a new way of life. Soon there was a newly emerging educated Fijians. It took them some years but […]
The journey of translating the Fijian New Testament May 31, 2012 | Filed under: Opinion | Posted by: newsroom By Dr Andrew Thornley, Visiting Lecturer Davuilevu Methodist Theological College One of the first priorities of the Wesleyan missionaries in Fiji were the translation of Scripture into the vernacular language. This was carried out by David […]
Govt rejects claims, as Qantas quits FJ board May 30, 2012 | Filed under: Business | Posted by: newsroom By ELLEN STOLZ The Fijian Government last night said it is disappointed by Australian airline Qantas removing its directors from the Air Pacific board. The Government strongly rejected claims that Air Pacific could be nationalised. And […]
Life term for murderer May 31, 2012 | Filed under: Fiji News | Posted by: newsroom By JYOTI PRATIBHA The High Court in Labasa yesterday has sentenced Lepani Temo to life in prison for murder. Temo, who denied murdering his cousin and lover Susanna Niubalavu in Taveuni last November, was convicted of murder by Justice […]
Phone scam based here May 30, 2012 | Filed under: Fiji News | Posted by: newsroom By FONUA TALEI The Fiji Police Force played an active role in the crackdown of a transnational telephone scam ring in six Asian countries and Fiji last week. A total of 482 suspects have been arrested in an operation […]
Injured Tiwa out as Simi leads Fiji May 28, 2012 By Sunil Sharma A knee injury has forced Ba midfielder Malakai Tiwa out of the Fiji soccer squad preparing for the OFC Nations Cup to start this Saturday at Lawson Tama Stadium in Honiara. TOP STORIES LOCAL INTERNATIONAL Savusavu […]
Fiji’s Wedding Market One of the BestTourism Fiji acting chief executive officer Michael Meeds says weddings can be among Fiji’s major market segments, especially for tourists from Australia and New […]
Fiji voters to receive ID cards Posted 28 May 2012, 17:25 AEST The interim Fiji government says voters taking part in the 2014 elections will be issued with identfication cards. Fiji’s interim Attorney-General, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, says voter ID cards will help reduce election fraud. [Fiji Ministry of Information] The interim […]
EU keen on Fiji sugar 13:10 Sun May 27, 2012 Permanent Secretary for Sugar Colonel Manasa VaniqiTaken from/By: FBC News Report by: Epeli Tukuwasa There is a likelihood that the European Sugar Market will extends it preferential agreement made with ACP Countries, including Fiji. This was revealed by the Permanent Secretary for […]
Expo targets Asian market Fiji Times “We have a lot of demand from Asia and most of them are from China and Japan while some come from as far as India,” said Fiji Hotels and Tourism Association chief executive officer Michael Wong. Diving operators gathered at the Fiji Dive Expo in … See all stories […]
U20 a threat in world meet Arin Kumar Sunday, May 27, 2012 THE Fiji under-20 rugby team can be a threat to any team if they play with a proper pattern says International Rugby Board’s Oceania Development manager Lee Smith. Smith conducted a scrum coaching session with the baby Flying […]
FIJI’S NATIONAL AIRLINE AIR PACIFIC TO BE REBRANDED AS “FIJI AIRWAYS” BY2013 Ministry of InformationPDF | Print | E-mail May 15|12:34 pm Hear this article FIJIAN GOVERNMENT OFFERS FULL SUPPORT TO AIRLINE’S DEVELOPMENT Air Pacific today announced the historic name change from Air Pacific to Fiji Airways, a major development for the airline with government’s full […]
Traffic centre to generate money May 26, 2012 | Filed under: Fiji News | Posted by: newsroom Land Force Commander, Colonel Mosese Tikoitoga during the opening of the Traffic Command Centre in Nabua yesterday. Photo: RAMA By NANISE LOANAKADAVU The new National Traffic Control Centre is expected to generate revenue for Government if its […]
Australia commits F$4 million to help Fiji flood affected Communities The Australian government has announced a further contribution of close to F$4 million (A$2 million) to Fiji to assist in the relief and recovery efforts of communities devastated by the April floods.The Acting Australian High Commissioner, Glen Miles, made the […]
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A midnight massage under a full moon? One of the many perks of this Fiji resort Globe and Mail So you can imagine my glee at hearing of a 15-hour spa treatment […]
FIJI has a lot to learn from India in terms of maintaining and sustaining a viable sugar industry. These were the words of Sugar permanent secretary Lieutenant Colonel Manasa Vaniqi on his return from the International Sugar Organisation meeting that was held there. Lt-Col Vaniqi said despite having 15 million […]
Fiji defends military’s election role Published: 23/05/2012 at 11:48 PM Online news: Asia 0Share http://platform.twitter.com/widgets/tweet_button.1337330192.html#_=1337866239858&count=vertical&id=twitter-widget-0&lang=en&original_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bangkokpost.com%2Fnews%2Fasia%2F294764%2Ffiji-defends-military-election-role&size=m&text=Fiji%20defends%20military's%20election%20role%20%7C%20Bangkok%20Post%3A%20news&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bangkokpost.com%2Fnews%2Fasia%2F294764%2Ffiji-defends-military-election-role https://plusone.google.com/_/+1/fastbutton?bsv=p&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bangkokpost.com%2Fnews%2Fasia%2F294764%2Ffiji-defends-military-election-role&size=tall&count=true&hl=en-GB&jsh=m%3B%2F_%2Fapps-static%2F_%2Fjs%2Fgapi%2F__features__%2Frt%3Dj%2Fver%3Dh53B7oxkHD4.en_US.%2Fsv%3D1%2Fam%3D!tbK8W_8mwqaIodoNDQ%2Fd%3D1%2Frs%3DAItRSTPvEPz66vsxcJ6_x6O4TIjVPHqWQg#id=I1_1337866239896&parent=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bangkokpost.com&rpctoken=360715153&_methods=onPlusOne%2C_ready%2C_close%2C_open%2C_resizeMe%2C_renderstart Fiji on Wednesday defended the army’s role in preparations for the Pacific nation’s first elections since a 2006 military coup, saying there was no other way to lay the groundwork for the vote in 2014. Soldiers chat […]
Workshop enhances EU-funded tourism program Repeka Nasiko Monday, May 21, 2012 + Enlarge this image Michale Tokuru with Tarataaki Teannaki at the SPTO workshop in Nadi. Picture: BALJEET SINGH A South Pacific Tourism Organisation workshop brought together heads of tourism organisations and the private sector in an effort to raise […]