Official changeover to Fiji Airways on June 27
By RACHNA LAL Air Pacific will officially change its name and start trading as ‘Fiji Airways’ from June 27. Returning to its 1958 name, the switch-over will mark another important milestone in the...
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Air Pacific looks into renewing Pacific Sun fleet
By RACHNA LAL Additional Information: CENTRE FOR AVIATION Air Pacific’s second brand new Airbus A330 arrived in the country on May 23. The third Airbus is due to arrive in November. Air Pacific will...
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Suva Royal Yacht Club hosts sponsors’ evening
By RANOBA BAOA One of the country’s oldest clubs, the Suva Royal Yacht Club, held its annual Appreciation Sponsors’ Evening at the club on Wednesday night. And with the event, the club is also looking...
View ArticlePacific ACPs say agreement used by the EU to drive its interests
By Pita Ligaiula of PACNEWS Brussels: Concerns have been raised that the Pacific ACP (African Caribbean Pacific) region’s commitment to the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) negotiations has not...
View ArticleACP tells EU: Honour sugar commitments
By Pita Ligaiula of PACNEWS Brussels: The ACP (Africa, Caribbean and Pacific States) yesterday pressed the European Union (EU) to honour its commitments and extend the sugar quotas until 2020. The...
View ArticleBig accountants congress under way
By RANOBA BAOA The Fiji Institute of Accountant annual congress themed ‘Challenge of Change’, will facilitate dialogues in discussing the changing demand on Fiji’s business community. The two-day...
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Expert: Local beef enough for market here
By RACHNA LAL Fiji should not look into exporting beef as there is already a big market locally to supply beef to, says an industry expert, Peter Colmar. He said Fiji has around 750,000 tourists and a...
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Asco launches 2013 RAV4 here
By RANOBA BAOA The all new Toyota RAV4 will soon be talk of the town as it was officially launched by Asco Motors at the Holiday Inn Suva last night. RAV4 crossover Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV)...
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Demand prompts local bus builder to up capacity
By RACHNA LAL While some local bus companies continues to import buses, confidence in Fijian made buses has not gone down. Bus builder, PA Lal Coachworks, has increased its production capacity by...
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HFC brings unique deposit products
Permanent Secretary for Finance, Filimone Waqabaca (right) unveiled HFC’s new deposit products yesterday. HFC chief executive, Isikeli Tikoduadua (left) described the products as the first of their...
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Asco brings 2013 RAV4, keeps global pace
By RANOBA BAOA The arrival of Japanese fourth generation 2013Toyota RAV4 into the Fijian market indicates resilience and confidence for continuous investment here. Permanent Secretary of Finance...
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Television media war has begun
Compiled by RACHNA LAL Welcome to Hard Talk, where we pose questions to both top executives and budding entrepreneurs on some of the major issues involving business. Some serious competition has come...
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Proactive measures to protect the dalo industry here
The Ministry of Agriculture officials joined their counterparts from the Biosecurity Authority of Fiji (BAF) last week in Buca Village, Natewa, Cakaudrove to hold consultations. These consultations...
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Trip Advisor hails New Nadi Farmers
By RANOBA BAOA Not only are our hotels receiving recognition from widely-known TripAdvisor.com, but also our favourite spots to sip a cold beer, hang out with friends or enjoy a nice meal. The New Nadi...
View ArticleFBC TV takes show to the West community
Newsbreaks, exciting programmes planned for coming months By RACHNA LAL In light of the overwhelming public demand for FBC TV’s most popular local show, Bati Ni Tanoa, the station will take this out to...
View ArticleMindpearl explains reasons for investment here
By JYOTI PRATIBHA There is a need to show the world that Fiji is a destination which can be chosen for more reasons than for leisure. This is the view of Fiji-based call-centre operator, Mindpearl...
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Banks ‘diligent in identifying’ suspicious transactions: FIU
By JYOTI PRATIBHA Fijian banks are very diligent in identifying suspicious transactions, even when the transactions involve small amounts. These observations were highlighted by the Fiji Financial...
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Raimuria hands over accounting presidency to Asit Sen
By JYOTI PRATIBHA BRED Bank (Fiji) Limited’s head of corporate services, Asit Sen, was last evening announced as the new president of Fiji Institute of Accountants. He takes over from Cama Raimuria,...
View ArticlePlans likely to change for Nausori Airport expansion
By RACHNA LAL Airports Fiji Limited is now considering an entirely new plan for the Nausori International Airport. This involves building an entirely new terminal at a different location altogether....
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Top director tells Fiji not to be complacent with its locations
From left: Bollywood film director, Anubhav Sinha, Financial Intelligence Unit director, Razim Buksh and Mindpearl general manager Mark Mahoney during a panel discussion at the 41st Fiji Institute of...
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