Kirsten's healing hands
DOING physiotherapy with babies after a major heart surgery is never an easy job and visiting Australian physiotherapist Kirsten Gerathy knows it takes more than just a gentle touch to make them all...
View ArticleOperation team takes a bow
THE visiting cardiac team from the Sydney Adventist Hospital completed a successful two-week surgical operation at the Colonial War Memorial Hospital in Suva.
View ArticleLosavati bounces back
NINE-year old Losavati Matila cannot wait to go back to school to see her friends and playmates again.
View ArticleLarge-scale plans for glory
PLANS for large-scale sandalwood nurseries are being pursued in Bua to reclaim its former glory as the sandalwood province.
View ArticleChange of fortunes
A YAQONA farmer from Natewa Bay, Vanua Levu has discovered a rise in sales after changing from the Savusavu to Labasa market.
View ArticleProvince after $2m
THE Cakaudrove Provincial Holdings Company is pursuing major subdivision works at Devodara in Savusavu in order to raise $2m for capital projects.
View Article72-year-old grandma just can't stop trying
VILOMENA Cokanasiga banks her life and that of her grandchildren on puddings she sells at the Nabouwalu market.
View ArticlePresident opens republic's chancery
PRESIDENT Ratu Epeli Nailatikau thanked the People's Republic of China for its confidence and continued support and financial help for Fiji.
View ArticleIce plant down for a 'week'
FISHERMEN in Lautoka have been without ice for approximately one week after the ice making plant at the wharf broke down.
View ArticleWeatherman on leave
FIJI Meteorological Services director Rajendra Prasad has taken pre-retirement leave from May 17 until his official retirement on September 12.
View ArticleTown cracks down on litterbugs
LITTERBUGS beware if you ever visit Sigatoka. The town council has adopted a one-strike policy and is taking a very strong stand against littering in the area.
View ArticleProbe called into market power
ALLEGATIONS of inappropriate trade practices such as the sale of expired and damaged products, and misuse of market power has prompted a directive for an investigation into a locally-based retail giant.
View ArticleForum invites Fiji to meet
THE Pacific Islands Forum Ministerial Contact Group (MCG) has invited Fiji to participate in its Monday meeting next week.
View ArticleAbandoned children helped
THREE young children abandoned by their parents at the home of a woman who rescued them off the streets a week ago were yesterday overwhelmed by the generosity of complete strangers.
View ArticleMost kids ‘hit at home'
SEVENTY-TWO per cent of adults admit they physically hurt children in the household, the latest Child Protection Baseline Report has revealed.
View ArticleRatu Sukuna ‘a shining example'
THERE may not be a holiday in honour of Ratu Josefa Vanayaliyali Sukuna but its cessation does not for one moment dim his shining example, says President Ratu Epeli Nailatikau.
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