Meta Agrees To Pay $725 Million To Settle Lawsuit Over Cambridge Analytica...
Facebook parent company Meta has agreed to pay $725 million to settle a longstanding class action lawsuit accusing it of allowing Cambridge Analytica and other third parties to access private user...
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Let’s Go Local: Rotuma Tops Ud Dean’s Bucket List
Mohseen Riaz Ud Dean is an anthropologist by profession. He currently heads the Community Research and Ethnographic Solutions Mapping at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Pacific Office...
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Let’s Go Local: Entrepreneur Opts For Taveuni
Raksha Priya Dave is and entrepreneur that set up her business amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. She is the co-founder and managing director of Trident Consultant. They have a team of graphic designers,...
View ArticleCondition Of Airport Terminals In The North Raises Concern
Requests for a port of entry in Labasa has been pending for quite some time. Labasa Chamber of Commerce and Industries vice president and Macuata Tourism Association president Paul Jaduram will be...
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Let’s Go Local: Kokomo Island Tops Manager’s List
Krishneel Narayan is the operations manager of 7 Star Tyres based in Sydney, Australia. He hopes to extend his tyre waste management business to his island home. He bought the company from his father...
View ArticleChaudhry Invited To Lead Board
Fiji Labour Party leader Mahendra Chaudhry has been invited to lead the Fiji Sugar Corporation board. Minister for Sugar, Charan Jeath Singh made Government’s intentions known while meeting with the...
View ArticleCivil Aviation to Return Under Tourism Portfolio
Civil Aviation will return to be under the tourism portfolio, says Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation Viliame Gavoka. He made these comments during the Nadi Chamber of Commerce Industries annual...
View Article‘Sugar Industry Will Not Rely On Tax Payers $’
The sugar industry will have to fill its own coffers but not at the expense of the Fijian tax payers. Minister for Multi-Ethnic and Sugar Charan Jeath Singh made this comment during a meeting with the...
View ArticleIndian Cricketer Rishabh Pant Hospitalised
India wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant has been hospitalised following a car accident near Roorkee in Uttarakhand. According to local reports, the 25-year-old’s car collided with a highway road divider while...
View ArticleWestpac NZ To Pay Back Overcharged Customers, Donate Money To Charity
Westpac New Zealand has agreed to refund customers it accidentally overcharged for six years when paying their rates bills. The mistake went unnoticed until this year, when a Lower Hutt man noticed he...
View ArticleFiji, Best Destination To Visit In 2023:CNN Travel
Fiji has been labelled as one of the best destinations to visit in 2023 by CNN travel. It is among the 23 destination ideas on the list alongside Poland, Western Australia, Liverpool in England,...
View ArticleA Municipal Council Expects To Unveil Two Projects In March
A groundbreaking ceremony for the Namoli Green Night Food Market, and the Botanical Garden Café, happened last year. The Namoli Green Night Food Market will consist of around 70 stalls, and the LCC...
View ArticleMahendra Chaudry Will Not Quit Union
A former prime minister will not resign from his role in a farmers’ union, even after he was offered a board position with Fiji Sugar Corporation. In accepting the call to head the board, Mahendra...
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Let’s Go Local: Great People, Good Food In Paradise
Meliki Qio had to shelve her dream of becoming a neurosurgeon to become an entrepreneur to get to where she is today. She owns a home-based business that specialises in Fijian handicrafts, particularly...
View ArticleYear 13 Student Is A Winner Of Isuzu D-max
Nirtika Dutt is the new winner for the Isuzu D-max the Rewa Diwali promotion. Ms Dutt who is an year 13 student at Labasa College said she was surprised upon receiving the call, and being informed that...
View ArticleNew Sugar Minister Focused On Getting Industry Back On Track
The Minister for Sugar Industry and Multi-Ethnic Affairs, Charan Jeath Singh, says he is focused on making sure that the sugar industry is back on track. Mr Singh made the statement while addressing...
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Let’s Go Local: Musician Opts For Amazing View At Golden Point
Music is an economic driver for communities. It provides jobs, social cohesion, and can strengthen a city’s brand, fuels growth and economic activity in areas such as tourism, hospitality, media, and...
View ArticleLooking For Tabua, $40K Worth In Stock
Fijians looking for tabua (whales tooth) for traditional functions can visit the ITaukei Trust Fund Board (TTFB) recently opened has now opened a tabua shop. The tabua sale started at the TTFB in...
View ArticleKavalicious Bar Tavern Invest $12k
Early school leaver and entrepreneur has invested $12,000 into a Kava Bar Tavern, located in Martintar, Nadi. Ana Malumuvatu is the co-founder and director of Kavalicious-Taveuni, a fast growing...
View ArticleFrom Lami To Tonga, Cokanasiga Is New Tax Man
Michael Cokanasiga has come a long way from his days in Fiji’s banking sector. Raised in Lami, he hails from Serua, and is the son of the late Joketani Cokanasiga, a former Government minister in the...
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