Vendor back on her feet
UN project boosts families THE decision of her husband to leave her behind with her two children did not deter Sulueti Liku from living her life. Her husband was the sole bread winner of the family and was a very
Day: September 20, 2017
Raising voices
OXFAM in the Pacific, working in partnership with the Pacific Disability Forum, has been awarded a grant by the European Union to implement “Raising Pacific Voices”- a three-year, £2.55million (FJ$5.46m) programme
Tour operator goes hybrid
Green fleet WITH the growing number of tour operators and tourism logistics companies, every passenger moved makes a difference. And sometimes the business edge comes not only in volume of traffic but by the ability to
Killing the golden goose
High taxes threaten tourism HIGH taxes and service charges have pushed Fiji’s major revenue generator into the more expensive destinations for tourists. With VAT increasing from 5 to 10 per cent and Service Turnover
Time to walk the talk
Conference to dialogue on tourism issues In a bid to provide a regional platform for dialogue on matters of interest in international and regional tourism, the first ever Pacific Tourism Insights Conference (PTIC) will
Church to set up uni
THE Methodist Church in Fiji and Rotuma will establish a Methodist University that will cater for students who don’t reach tertiary education. The proposal – which aims to provide Methodists, and others, with a
Permanent no more
“If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange apples then you and I will still have one apple. But if you and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas”
Watch this space
Emerging brand makes it to World Cup WHEN the West Indian cricket team took the field at Edgbaston in England last month, their kit was provided by local brand BLK. It’s a brand that was propelled onto the world scene
