Fiji News Archives

Fiji's Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama has urged indigenous investment conglomerate Fijian Holdings Limited to take an innovative look into investment opportunities that will generate exports for Fiji, in the Pacific in particular.

Nasinu's Teimumu Moce shows her skills in volleyball during training at the National Stadium car park courts yesterday.

The Fiji Barbarians 7s team will not be part of the first series of the Digicel Suva 7s next weekend.

I guess this is where some of the Fiji Visitors Bureau money is going. Certainly the prices of trips to the resorts sounds very good and the articles are the usual mix of fun and description even promoting Fiji's bad roads as 'part of the adventure'. Rory Gibson knows Fiji well and there is a lot of information.

The Fiji government and tourism stakeholders said on Tuesday they expect tourism numbers to boom with increased airlines servicing Fiji and a direct flight from China to the Fiji resort city of Nadi.

Tourism Fiji chairman Patrick Wong says extra seat capacity on the Fiji-Australia route through two Australian carriers Jetstar and V Australia will help brand Destination Fiji.

Moses Hicks of Fiji Water shows Lisa Tavisoro and her family members how to filter water at Sasa Village in Ba.

THERE has been a mechanism put in place by forum island leaders that will ensure Fiji is briefed about the process of negotiations discussed at the trade ministers meeting in Brisbane this week.

FIJI Under-14 fly half Epeli Sicinilawa is ready for his debut in national colours against Tonga at Ratu Cakobau Park in Nausori today.

Based in Suva Fiji the Escapade brings together affordability and comfort. She is economical to run with 2 x Volvo D2 engines and legs and has been fitted with the works including GPS, compass, search light, liferaft, life jackets, a brand new teak deck, new fuel tanks, new morse and cables, reconditioned engines with all new filters, reconditioned ...

FRIENDLY FACE: Plastic surgeon Dr Murray Beagley is heading a medical team that will travel to Fiji and carry out operations for those who couldna t otherwise access treatment.

Fiji will benefit from Australia's provision of 9.2 million Fiji dollars over the next six years as part of its continued support to the work of the Fiji Women's Crisis Center as more women experience violence in their homes.

Vijendra Kumar of The Fiji Times ... few Indo-Fijian editors since his era. Photo: Pacific Journalism Review Pacific.Scoop Opinion - " By Thakur Ranjit Singh The launch of the long awaited and anticipated special edition of Fijian Studies research journal is seen as a breath of fresh air for Fiji news media.

FORMER Ba strike ace Tuimasi Manuca was on target for his new club Hekari FC in round one of O-League on Saturday.

No pain, no gain ... national 7s squad member Apisai Naiyabo during the squad's training session in Suva yesterday FIJI has been banned from the 2010 Commonwealth Games after the Commonwealth Games Federation yesterday suspended the country's membership from the CGF.

The Fiji 'Cinderellas' flourishing under the safety and comfort of Koroipita, near Lautoka.

Fiji's Seismology Department believes the South Pacific island country's procedure in place to communicate tsunami warning alerts to the public is sufficient.

Fiji is ranked the fourth obese nation in the region, says the Minister for Health Dr Neil Sharma.

International law is unfit to deal with the millions of people expected to flee their home countries to escape droughts and floods intensified by climate change, a group of lawyers said on Thursday.

The European Union has invited Fiji back to the negotiating table over millions of dollars of sugar industry subsidies the country is in danger of losing.

FIJI Football Association president Doctor Muhammed Shams-ud Dean Sahu Khan says all voting this evening at the annual general meeting must think for themselves.

Sir Michael Somare receives Ratu Mara's biography from the author, Dr Deryck Scarr, in Suva yesterday.

AUSTRALIA needs to keep out of Fiji's path towards democracy, self-appointed prime minister Frank Bainimarama says.

Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama met with the three visiting Prime Ministers this morning to talk about Fiji's progress.

SUVA : One Fiji union has welcomed the set-up of a proposed Wages Council to regulate the terms and conditions of workers in the media and communication industry.

Current Fiji FA President, Doctor Samshu Dean Sahu Khan will contest the Fiji FA 2011 elections.

Thursday, 8 October 2009, 2:49 pm Press Release: Fiji Times Exhibition Artists mark Fiji Day Click for big version Artist: Margaret Aull "For Fiji, Ever Fiji" Mixed media on canvas Five contemporary artists from Fiji have come together for an exhibition in response to Fiji Day, 10 October.

THE Ministry of Education has set aside $40,000 for the Fiji Day celebrations this year.

A TEAM of specialists deemed as a godsend by parents whose children were given free surgery at the Colonial War Memorial Hospital in Suva, has completed their task in Fiji.

An earthquake or a tsunami is not 'an act of God', it is part of the vulnerability we experience in life because of weather and geology.

The Chairman of the Fiji Media Council resigned from his position today in the Council's meeting.

A former resident and a top heart surgeon in Gold Coast, Australia, Dr Vijay Kapadia believes other former residents should assist in Fiji's progress.

Air wrestle ... Fiji is at the centre of contest between Qantas and Virgin Blue.

The Flying Fijians players plying their trade for overseas clubs will get a chance to play against world champions South Africa and Australia this Autumn.