MDF commits to growth
By Nanise Volau AUSTRALIAN Government’s largest private sector development aid programme in Fiji, the Market Development Facility (MDF) continues to create employment through its Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
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Fiji’s pension fund payout
By Dionisia Tabureguci Fiji’s national pension fund has broken with tradition by declaring the same interest payout to its members two years in a row. In a statement, the Fiji National Provident Fund (FNPF)
Australian mission in Tuvalu
By Netani Rika AUSTRALIA will set up a high commission in Tuvalu later this year. This will be only the second foreign mission on the Pacific atoll in its 40 years of independence. Taiwan is the only nation to
Courts sanctions Corrections over rape of prisoner
By Anish Chand The Suva High Court has found the Commissioner of the Fiji Corrections Service of breaching the constitutional rights of an inmate and has ordered the Commissioner to pay the prisoner $500. Joseph
Polynesian leaders engage CSO
By Netani Rika THE Polynesian Leaders Group will openly engage civil society when it meets in Tuvalu from tomorrow. Tuvalu’s Prime Minister, Enele Sopoaga, said civil society was integral to any discussions on
Chief passes on
By Netani Rika There are reports this hour of the passing away last night of a high chief of Tailevu. No names have been released as traditional protocol is at play, whereby traditional chiefly households around the
Education Ministry clarifies leave days
By Anish Chand Government says teachers are given more paid holiday days as opposed to other civil servants and workers employed in the private sector in Fiji. And Permanent Secretary for Education Alison Burchell says
No compassionate leave for teachers
By Anish Chand School teachers in Fiji have been informed of major changes in their contracts which has taken away among others their entitlement for compassionate leave. In a newsletter issued to all teachers,
Bau chief files complaint against army, police raid
By Netani Rika RATU Epenisa Cakobau has lodged a complaint against police and the army for his arrest on Bau Island on June 7. The complaint was lodged at Nausori Police Station this afternoon. Ratu Epenisa claims
Gender training for FSM police
By Netani Rika POHNPEI police recruits have been trained in the areas of gender, violence against women and human rights. The head of Pohnpei Police, Johnny Santos, said the training was ground breaking and had been
NFP enquires about human rights
By Netani Rika THE public has a right to know why commissioners have not been appointed to oversee the Fiji Anti-Discrimination and Human Rights Commission, says National Federation Party Leader, Dr Biman Prasad.
Rein in public sector wage increases, bank urges Fiji
A major bank in the Pacific region has recommended that Fiji put the brakes on civil servants wage increases as a major step towards bringing the national budget back to balance in the medium to long term. In its
NCD impacts insurance payout
BSP Life has stamped its mark as one of the Pacific’s leading life insurance supplier with a record payout of F$58.6 million (USD28.1 million) in insurance through various benefits to its customers last year. It was
Fiji assists with burial of Pastor and son
By Nanise Volau THE Fijian Government has assisted the Suva-based Christian Mission Fellowship in the burial of their missionary and his son on Friday this week in Kenya, Africa. The church confirmed in a
Respect traditional protocols, Rabuka urge
By Netani Rika FORMER Prime Minister and Social Democratic Liberal Party (SODELPA), leader Major-General Sitiveni Rabuka has called for calm after armed troops arrested a chief today. Rabuka also called for
Tui Noco is home
By Nanise Volau THE late Tui Noco Ratu Isoa Damudamu was hailed as a “visionary leader” who made a dream happen for the Indo-Fijian community. Sashi Kiran, spokesperson for the Girmitiya group
Ratu Isoa hailed a visionary leader
By Nanise Volau THE late Tui Noco Ratu Isoa Damudamu was hailed as a “visionary leader” who made a dream happen for the Indo-Fijian community. Sashi Kiran, spokesperson for the Girmitiya group said Ratu Isoa
Rewa ready to farewell chief
By Netani Rika THE Indo-Fijian community handed over the body of the Ratu na Tui Noco to his people late today. Ratu Osea Damudamu was the first chief to accept the descendents of indentured
Bau chief row
By Nanise Volau A MAJOR row erupted two days before the planned installation of the new Vunivalu of Bau. Ratu Joji Kadavulevu Cakobau Junior challenged Ratu Epenisa Cakobau’s planned installation
Fijian missionary and son died in plane crash in Kenya
By Usa Koto Confirmation that there were no survivors in a small passenger plane that crashed in a mountaneous region of Kenya, Africa has sent a large Christian organisation in Fiji into mourning. A
World Oceans Day – What it means for the Pacific
from the Acting Director General of SPREP, Mr Stuart Chape World Oceans Day has been celebrated each year since 1992. We have witnessed increasing world attention on our oceans, particularly in the face of extreme
Force unnecessary; Tabakaucoro
By Nanise Volau THE armed arrest of Ratu Epenisa Cakobau at his home on Bau early this morning has been labelled as “sad” by a member of the Tui Kaba clan. Adi Finau Tabakaucoro said the use of force
