Hotels defend food prices
RECENT reports in overseas media about the high cost of food at local resorts and hotels are unfair and one sided, said Fiji Islands Tourism and Hotel Association chairman Dixon Seeto.
View ArticlePriti face, pretty smile
PRITI Darshani is all about gender equality. That, she said, is her reason for becoming a contestant in the 2010 Sugar Festival.
View ArticleBarge plans on hold
PLANS to cart pine logs to Malau Tropik mill via barges have been pushed aside as it would cost more than road transportation.
View ArticleFiji man stars in NZ film
A FIJI-BORN man, will star in the film Curry Munchers, which will be released in New Zealand in October.
View Article$90,000 to dredge harbour
ABOUT 40,000 cubic metres of silt at a cost of $90,000 was dredged out of Malau Harbour when three months dredging works ended yesterday.
View ArticleDeal to revive $2.3m mill
TROPIK Wood Industries Limited has entered into an agreement with a New Zealand company for the maintenance of the pine chip mill at Wairiki in Bua.
View ArticleSecond double win for north school
THIS is the third year of Labasa Sangam College's participation in the Fiji Audio Visual Commission's Kula Film Awards and it has succeeded with winning two honours the second time.
View ArticlePriest held over rape bid claim
A 37-YEAR-OLD church minister on Kadavu will appear in the Magistrates Court in Suva this afternoon over allegations involving attempted rape.
View ArticleA school concert for women
TO become a woman of substance, let us hold the dream and strive to become the best. This is the integral message students of Saint Joseph's Secondary School in Suva will portray at their annual...
View ArticleBusts hint of drug network
THE drug busts and immigration arrests in the past decade in Fiji have indicated a network of people working from inside of Fiji and outside as well, the United States Embassy highlighted.
View ArticleChicken shortage
THE Agriculture Ministry will begin inquiries over why there is a shortage of chicken in Lautoka.
View ArticleSugar buyer in debt
FIJI'S longest standing and largest sugar buyer ù Tate & Lyle ù will discontinue its multi-million dollar sugars division from September 30 this year.
View ArticleFather, son die in crash
Police are cautioning motorists again to observe speed limits after a 27-year-old man and his two-year-old son died in a road accident on Wednesday night.
View ArticlePhone company defends form
THE country's biggest mobile service provider yesterday defended its decision to include an array of personal questions as part of its Phone Decree SIM registration process.
View ArticleAsian link to drug bust
THE mid-week drug bust, which resulted in the seizure of raw material for the production of methamphetamine, was the biggest in Fiji.
View ArticleToni Willie wows fans
MORE than 500 fans cheered when Pussycat singer Toni Wille took the stage at the Vodafone Arena last night.
View ArticleSlade moots co-operation
PACIFIC island countries must work co-operatively and collaboratively to pool limited resources to develop collective responses to address common developmental challenges.
View ArticleKava ban in fire stations, offices
THE sale and consumption of yaqona has been banned from all fire stations and offices around the country.
View ArticleJICA's 39 volunteers
THREE JICA volunteers were yesterday introduced to departments they will be working in over the next two years.
View ArticleFake drug control
COUNTERFEIT pharmaceuticals have become a serious concern to Fiji, and as a result the Ministry of Defence has undertaken a number of initiatives to control the movement of all drugs.
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