Long walk for education
CLASS Five student Shelvina Prasad walks six kilometres every morning to Tabia Primary School.
View ArticleNuk Nuk now has power
MORE than 18 households of Nuk Nuk settlement in Yalava, Tabia now have electricity.
View ArticleMaking money from nature
LEARNING to make ornaments from bamboo has been rewarding for a group of women in the Northern Division.
View ArticleOne-day polling possible: Toutou
ACTING Supervisor of Elections Soro Toutou says that after observing the recent one-day election in the Solomon Islands and in Australia, Fiji should not have any major problem with one-day polling or...
View ArticleDrought takes it toll on farm animals
RESIDENTS of Valelawa in the Northern Division are losing their livestock ù and livelihood ù to the drought.
View ArticleFijian with an uncanny ability
WHEN Rifleman Aselemo Kokoidabuli Vetanibua goes to work, he has only the Afghan landscape in front of him and an unseen enemy.
View ArticleStudy to unravel secrets of sixth-sense
UNITED States military thinkers are trying to scientifically establish why some soldiers seem to have a sixth sense at being able to spot improvised explosive devices.
View ArticleAlley of despair
MORE than 1000 confirmed psychiatric cases have been reported from the Nasinu-Nausori corridor, a statistics which has alarmed the Fiji Council of Social Services.
View ArticleResidents bath with animals
HARSH dry weather conditions have led residents in Valelewa outside Labasa to bath in the same stream with farm animals.
View ArticleIslanders ration pipe water supply
VILLAGERS on a remote island in Lau have rationed the use of piped water because of the dry spell affecting the country.
View ArticleFijian sniffs out 19 Taliban IEDs
A SOLDIER from Suva who found 19 IEDs is to receive the Queen's Commendation for Bravery for an extraordinary feat of physical and mental endurance, skill and courage while serving in Afghanistan.
View ArticleMakogai site for mating
THE sighting of humpback whales with calves suggests that Fiji's warm waters are a significant destination for the mammals' mating and calving.
View ArticleA whale of a time
THE majority of the sightings during the Whale and Dolphin Survey 2010 were of spinner dolphins.
View ArticleInternet proce cuts will affect us, says Kidanet
KIDANET warns its service may be affected if Internet prices are slashed further by the Commerce Commission.
View ArticleHeritage delay alarm
THE delay in registering Levuka on the World Heritage Sites list has become a cause for concern in the Old Capital.
View ArticleCourt discharges Methodist padres
TWENTY-three Methodist Church ministers and officials were yesterday discharged for organising a meeting in contravention of the Public Emergency Regulations.
View ArticleVolleyballer denies charge
NATIONAL volleyball rep Liku Ledua Loloma appeared in the Magistrates Court yesterday charged with theft, driving a vehicle without a licence, driving a vehicle contravening the Third Party Policy...
View ArticleFiji has 400 typhoid cases
THE Ministry of Health confirmed yesterday there are 400 confirmed cases of typhoid fever in Fiji compared to 205 cases for the same period last year.
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