FSC vows to fix mill problems
FIJI Sugar Corporation and government officials on Saturday heard first-hand from farmers the problems they encountered as a result of the problems faced by the Rarawai Mill in Ba.
View ArticleFarmers warn on transfer
LAUTOKA cane farmers speaking at an open forum in Ba last Saturday asked stakeholders to reconsider sending sugar cane from other mills to the Fiji Sugar Corporation Lautoka mill.
View ArticleTruck ploughs into home
THREE-year old Asilika Turagavagone cheated death in a matter of seconds yesterday as a three-tonne truck drove into her family home, robbing them of almost all their earthly belongings.
View ArticleLow tonnage worries cane growers
Update: 4:52PM Cane farmers in Fiji's Northern Division are worried they will earn less from their harvest this year because the amount of cane being taken to the mill has dropped considerably.
View ArticleDigicel registration at prime spots
DIGICEL Fiji has sent eight teams to register customers in the outer islands.
View ArticleKaran: Business still down
THE cane harvesting season has not made much difference to the business community in Labasa.
View ArticleCane harvest down
THE amount of cane to be harvested in the Northern Division has dropped by more than 100,000 tonnes, worrying farmers about their financial earnings.
View Article$428m expenditure
AMALGAMATED Telcom Holdings Limited CEO Tomasi Vakatora says that since its inauguration ATH has been one of Fiji's leading local investors, "with capital expenditure of $428.5million in the period...
View ArticleCEO assures whistleblowers
THE protection of its "whistleblowers" will remain a crucial aspect of the operations of Amalgamated Telecom Holdings Limited.
View ArticleDividend offer awaits approval
AMALGAMATED Telecom Holdings Limited is proposing a final dividend to its shareholders of two cents per share or $8,442,097.36 for the year to March 31.
View ArticleATH forecasts lower profits
AMALGAMATED Telecom Holdings Limited has warned that profits at the end of the next financial year will be lower than that of previous years.
View ArticlePacific leaders gather for talks
THE Forum Ministerial Contact Group is expected to be tabled at the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders meeting in Vanuatu this week.
View ArticleTax check door-to-door
SOME 1596 homes in the Suva City Council boundary have been visited since the implementation of door to door tax registration.
View ArticleJoy out on bail
BOXING champion Joy Ali's bid for bail was granted by the High Court in Lautoka yesterday.
View ArticleGroup to track whales
WHALE and Dolphin Conservation Society International (WDCSI) is looking to establishing a long-term data for monitoring trends in humpback whale migration through Fijian waters.
View ArticlePriest explains pressure
OVERCROWDING has forced people to build homes close to the road.
View ArticleGrandad calls for hump
A GRANDFATHER has renewed his plea for a road hump at Burerua Village on the Tailevu North coast following an accident that almost claimed the lives of family members.
View ArticleFire warning
THE Department of Road Transport informs those living where a road is to be widened before work begins, says Ministry of Works spokesman Iliesa Sokia.
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