Fiji joins Race for Top 7s Awards

The HSBC SVNS World Championship tournament in Los Angeles gets underway on Sunday (Fiji time) Fiji Airways Fiji 7s men’s players from left: Sikeli Basiyalo and Tira Welagi during the team’s training session in Los Angeles. Photo: World Rugby Fiji men’s …

TotalEnergies and LTA collaborate on keeping the future leaders of Fiji safe

The safety of our future leaders and the handover of these road safety kits to schools is not just a corporate responsibility but a personal one as well as a mother. TotalEnergies Marketing (Fiji) Pte Ltd Managing Director Bhavana Samel stated this while …

A tale of survival and Fiji history

BOOK REVIEW Details about the book Title: With the Gods and the Sea     Author: Narendra P Singh    Pages: 174 Publisher: Verand Press  Year: 2003 READING a book by a local author of a state should help any visitor know more about the place and its people. …

Fiji Airways boosts regional connectivity

Fiji Airways aircraft [File Photo] Fiji is stepping up efforts to expand regional air connectivity by actively exploring new regional routes in partnership with other Pacific Island nations. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Civil Aviation, Viliame …

Committee recommends increase in budget to the Republic of Fiji Navy which receives less than 20% of RFMF resources

Committee recommends increase in budget to the Republic of Fiji Navy which receives less than 20% of RFMF resources Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs Lenora Qereqeretabua says the Parliamentary Standing Committee for Foreign Affairs and Defence is …

Fiji eyes reintroduction of key passenger data systems

[File Photo] The Immigration Ministry will include in this year’s budget proposal, a bid for an Advanced Passenger Information and Passenger Name Record systems because they are essential tools for operations. Minister Viliame Naupoto says the system will …

Reaffirming bilateral ties between Cooks and Fiji

Prime Minister Mark Brown with Fiji’s Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka. Photo credit: Fiji Government/ 25043001/25043002 Prime Minister Mark Brown met with Prime Minister of Fiji, Sitiveni Rabuka, on the margins of the recent Troika Leaders Meeting …

King and Queen to attend installation of Fiji's Lau chiefs in July

Pacific news in brief for 7 May

Fijian farmers being forced to eel their produce at very low prices, the country's agriculture minister says. Photo: AFP Fiji - farming Minister for Agriculture Vatimi Rayalu says "middlemen" are using poor farmers to make large profits and …

We do not engage incentivising children to clean up waste at public events - Bulitavu

Founder of the Pacific Recycling Foundation (PRF) Amitesh Deo and Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Mosese Bulitavu The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change clarifies that it does not and will never engage in incentivising children to clean …