Mother relives last moments
AAM Tawanang tried to coax Opaia Beia Karutake, her 15-year-old son, to go home on Tuesday afternoon. The Central College Lautoka fourth former politely refused.
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TANUA Willie keeps staring at the brand-new guitar he bought for his guitarist son, Tabuia Tanua.
View ArticleFSC plans pay cuts
THE financially-troubled Fiji Sugar Corporation and industrial unions are expected to go into negotiations over FSC's bid to impose an across-the-board pay cut.
View ArticleTwo-month spell
CLOUDS hovered over the Western Division yesterday but meteorologists say residents should not get their hopes up too much for rain up because it would clear today.
View ArticleLau water relief
MORE than 779,000 litres of water were transported to islands in the Lau Group after the Water Authority of Fiji (WAF) received requests for emergency supply.
View ArticleFatal crash
THREE members of an extended family are dead and a fourth is fighting for her life at Lautoka Hospital after a late-night joyride ended tragically for a group of youths.
View ArticleBrucellosis still threat
TWENTY-ONE heads of brucellosis-infected cattle have been culled at the abattoir, says Agriculture permanent secretary Colonel Mason Smith.
View ArticleFrom sports to farming
SHE used to be a bodybuilding star but now she helps take care of her family and works on her family farm in Motusa Village on Rotuma.
View ArticleFather tends to his flock
WE arrived in Sumi in Rotuma on Thursday morning after spending three nights and two days at sea and the first thing that greeted us was the flock of sheep running merrily on the school playground.
View ArticleGroup frets over future
CONSERVATION of the environment is one of the main aims of the Rotuma Women's Association, says President Marieta Tuihea.
View ArticleVita meal project launch
Ministry of Health will soon launch Nuskin "Vita meal" program for malnourished children to reduce the malnutrition rate from current seven per cent.
View ArticleState reviews job norm
ALL those who want to join the civil service will be required to meet a minimum qualification requirements (MQR) come January 2011.
View ArticleFiji band sings health
KORO Island group Tegu ni Delai Kuitarua has released two health songs on healthy living and HIV and AIDS.
View ArticleSurprise bash for Queen Sera
NEWLY-crowned Vodafone Fiji Miss Hibiscus 2010 Sera Tikotikoivatu was lost for words when her sponsors at the festival, the Suva City Council, hosted a surprise birthday party and lunch bash yesterday...
View Article48 school days to exams
THREE major external exams will be held within 48 days of the start of the new and final school term for the year, the head of the Ministry of Education Filipe Bole has warned.
View ArticleBe on time, Bole warns
SHOPPING for school materials and uniforms must be progressively carried out to avoid the hassle of last-minute shopping, Ministry of Education head Filipe Bole said.
View ArticleChurch hosts spiritual nurturing workshop
CLOSE to 70 children from three squatter settlements and a housing estate participated in a four-day workshop aimed at nurturing them spiritually.
View ArticleTadra Kahani ultimatum
ORGANISER of the Tadra Kahani shows have been ordered to include the Ministry of Education in its screening processes or have the show scrapped.
View ArticleTimes hosts tea party
RAISING awareness of cancer especially the importance of early detection is a priority community program for the Fiji Times, says managing director Anne Fussell yesterday as the company hosted the...
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