FNPF in record 6.75% interest payout
By Dionisia Tabureguci Over 370,000 Fiji National Provident Fund (FNPF) members will see their accounts credited with an annual interest of 6.75 per cent this week, as the fund closes its books for its financial year
Party unity is key says Ro Filipe
BY: PENI KOMAISAVAI Strengthening the party will be the priority of SODELPA’s newly elected party president, Ro Filipe Tuisawau. Speaking to journalists int he northern town of Savusavu following his
Wait continues for USP investigator
BY: PENI KOMAISAVAI Three days after deadline, the University of the South Pacific (USP) is still to announce the investigator that will look into allegations of corruption and abuse of office at the regional
High chief gets death threat
BY: PENI KOMAISAVAI A high chief in Fiji has relocated his family overseas after receiving a death threat. Ratu Epenisa Cakobau, a claimant to the powerful Vunivalu title, has told IB Online that he now fears for the
Is Narube joining SODELPA?
BY: PENI KOMAISAVAI Former Governor of Fiji’s Reserve Bank, Savenaca Narube has declined to confirm that he has been approached by the opposition’s SODELPA Party to take up an executive position in the party.
Is Narube joining SODELPA?
BY: PENI KOMAISAVAI Former Governor of Fiji’s Reserve Bank, Savenaca Narube has declined to confirm that he has been approached by the opposition’s SODELPA Party to take up an executive position in the party.
Fijian exporters urged to explore PNG
As the global trade environment pushes further into uncertain territory, Fijian exporters are being urged to take advantage of what Papua New Guinea has to offer. In a presentation to local businesses this week,
USP staff wants Thompson to step aside
BY: PENI KOMAISAVAI Staff of the University of the South Pacific at the university’s main campus in Suva have called for Pro Chancellor Winston Thompson to step aside to allow for an independent investigation into
RSMS under scrutiny for alleged bullying case
BY: PENI KOMAISAVAI The Education ministry is investigating an alleged case of bullying and assault at Ratu Sukuna Memorial School in Suva, Fiji. Prefects at the school allegedly beat a Year 11 student over a missing
RSMS under scrutiny for alleged bullying case
BY: PENI KOMAISAVAI The Education ministry is investigating an alleged case of bullying and assault at Ratu Sukuna Memorial School in Suva, Fiji. Prefects at the school allegedly beat a Year 11 student over a missing
Fiji to refinance global bond
By Peni Komaisavai Fiji’s Parliament has passed a government motion to borrow money by raising loans of US$65million from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and US$35million from the International Bank for
Australian scientist new SPC head
By Samisoni Pareti The new Director General (designate) of the Pacific Community is Australian scientist Dr Stuart Minchin. Dr Minchin’s appointment was approved at the Pacific Community’s Conference of Ministers
Australian scientist new SPC head
The new Director General (designate) of the Pacific Community is Australian scientist Dr Stuart Minchin. Dr Minchin’s appointment was approved at the Pacific Community’s Conference of Ministers meeting in Noumea,
USP investigator to be picked next Tuesday
The University of the South Pacific has invited four Auckland-based accounting firms to bid for the task of undertaking an independent investigation into allegations by the USP’s current Vice Chancellor and President
Academics warn on government debt
By: Anish Chand Research from two University of the South Pacific academics concludes Government debt could negatively impact economic growth prospects in Fiji. In their paper titled Public Debt and
Installation of Tui Ba stopped
By Peni Komaisavai An attempt to install Solomoni Naisau Nabuta as the Tui Ba was stopped today by police. Police spokeswoman Ana Naisoro says police met with Nailaga villagers today. “Police officers, the
Confidence motion withdrawn
By Samisoni Pareti Eleventh hour negotiations paid off for Prime Minister Carlot Salwai of Vanuatu with the withdrawal of a confidence motion against his government. The motion was scheduled to be tabled in parliament
Khan’s no longer Airports chair
By Samisoni Pareti Operator of Fiji’s airports, Fiji Airports today announced a restructure in the senior management of the company with the scrapping of the executive chairman position. Incumbent Faiz Khan is now
We’ve got consent: Standard Concrete
By Samisoni Pareti We have the lease to construct an access road. That’s the word from a Fijian Holding subsidiary, which a landowning unit in a village in Tailevu had accused of building the road without their
Land damage irks owners
By Samisoni Pareti Landowners of a small village in Tailevu are up in arms over the illegal construction of more than one kilometre of road on their land by Standard Concrete, a subsidiary of the indigenous Fijian
Fijian island embraces 4m trees project
By Peni Komaisavai in Dravuni, Kadavu Planting of one hundred trees may sound microscopic in a project that aims to have four million trees planted by 2022, but at beautiful Dravuni today, the islanders have pledged to
Environment is Huge in Fiji Budget
By Samisoni Pareti Fiji’s minister for economy Aiyaz Sayed Khaiyum handed down the country’s 2019-2020 national budget tonight that is big in environmental protection, and thrusting the economy further into the
