Shanesh goes to bat for woman's rights
BE firm in your beliefs and have enough convictions to see them through, says King contestant Shanesh Prasad.
View ArticleContestant hopes for a positive impact
MISS Shop 'N' Save queen contestant Talei Ledua has her sights on making a positive impact at the upcoming Vodafone Fiji Hibiscus Festival this year.
View ArticleCouncil urges users to tell commission of tariff impact
CONSUMERS have been urged to make oral and written submissions on how they are affected by the increase in power tariffs that came into effect in June.
View ArticleTariff data confidential
THE Commerce Commission says it is bound by law to abide by confidentiality clauses stipulated in its act.
View ArticleEntertainment for Charity
RAKIRAKI will come alive tonight when Penang Sangam School presents a charity show with a difference.
View Article22.4 tonnes: Town's daily trash
SOLID waste management is one of the issues most councils face and the Nadi Town Council has reported that waste generation amounts to an estimated 22.4 tonnes a day.
View ArticleBlessed excursion
MORE than 500 students, teachers and parents from Holy Trinity Anglican School in Suva visited the chiefly village of Viseisei in Vuda on Wednesday.
View ArticleTalks on shipping deal
IT may take another two months before the inter-island ferry, MV Westerland, cuts a direct path between Lautoka and Malau outside Labasa.
View ArticleNew bus service starts
TRAVELLING to school and work has been made easier for about 300 people of Namara, Labasa, after Northern Buses commenced services to the area this week.
View ArticleShy no more
ALL geared up for the Friendly North Festival, the queens and kings of the popular Labasa event have started breaking out of their shells to appear in public events.
View ArticleCut, saw and market
ARRANGEMENTS are being made to help landowners cut, saw and market their own logs to sawmills in the Northern Division.
View ArticleCommonwealth Bank records $52.6m loss
THE Commonwealth Bank of Australia recorded a $52.6m (AUD$30m) loss when it sold its Fiji interests to the Bank of the South Pacific in December last year.
View ArticleIt's the end of FEYE
AT 2.55pm yesterday, 15,131 Class Eight students around the country breathed a sigh of relief after completing their last exam paper for the final Fiji Eighth Year Examination (FEYE).
View ArticleLife for son killer
MAHENDRA Sharma, the man who admitted killing his eight-year old son in Waidroka, Serua, last year was handed a life sentence by the High Court in Suva yesterday.
View ArticleHospital's baby deliveries hit all-time high
THE average number of deliveries per month for the first seven months this year has reached 818 and the trend is expected to continue for over the rest of the year, says Colonial War Memorial Hospital...
View ArticleLow medical cost in India
FIJICARE Insurance Limited (FIL) has turned to India for its medical evacuations shunning the more expensive Australia and New Zealand.
View ArticleDeath at 49.2
UNEMPLOYMENT and the high cost of living have been identified as some of the causes of health problems, health insurance provider Fijicare Insurance Limited (FIL) said yesterday.
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