Fourth Pacific Microfinance Week brought here in October
By FARISHA AHMED The 4th Pacific Microfinance week has been scheduled to be held at the Sheraton Fiji Resort on Denarau Island in Nadi from October 21 to 25. This follows on from the successful Pacific...
View ArticleTravel agents receive positive feedback
Jolly Good Travel and Tours’ director, Jolly Tiwari (middle) with local partners Rusiate Saukuru (left) and Fiji Cave Tours Nadi tour guide, Peni Tuqea at the Fiji Sun office in Walu Bay, Suva. Photo:...
View ArticleFood voucher recipients win with MHCC
Minister for Social Welfare, Women and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Jiko Luveni picks the name of one of the lucky winners of the food voucher recipient promotion organised by MHCC. Carpenters Fiji director...
View ArticleBig turnout to seek retirement options
Reserve Bank suggests Viti Bond to invest in Ministry of Enviroment staff during Westpac and Public Service Commission Retirement Planning Exposition at the Tebara Plaza Complex in Nakasi, yesterday....
View ArticleUseful tips from Investment Fiji
AWARENESS By RAVUNI ULUILAKEBA Investment Fiji Chief Executive This is one of the series of monthly articles from Investment Fiji which will be published by the Fiji Sun. It is aimed at creating...
View ArticleHome detention for Fiji holiday fraud
Auckland: The woman who “fragmented the dreams” of Fijian holiday makers will serve her home detention sentence in the seaside settlement of Omaha. Anita Cranston admitted a charge of dishonestly using...
View ArticleSmartphone brand dominance changes hands
Bye bye Blackberry OPINION By KELVIN DAVIS (Kelvin Davis is the director or Greymouse, a cloud service-provider that supplies high quality, time-bound and cost-efficient services through its own...
View ArticleBSP Life’s Bula Elite gains interest
First policy handed to Low By RACHNA LAL Since being launched mid last month, BSP Life’s new product, Bula Elite, has already generated a lot of interest. In a short time it has been available to the...
View ArticleSKY Pacific satellite upgrade done
By RACHNA LAL Fiji Television Limited’s SKY Pacific will be moving from IntelSat 18 to a new satellite, IntelSat 19 from July. This upgrade will mean all SKY Pacific satellite dishes will need to be...
View ArticleMH Supermarket coming back in Nadi Town
By JYOTI PRATIBHA Consumers in Nadi will soon be able to shop at MH Supermarket in Nadi Town once again. Final touches is being carried out on a new complex before the MH Supermarket opens its doors...
View Article$60k for CPA congress
By RANOBA BAOA Westpac Fiji and Vodafone Fiji have once again pledged their support to the Certified Public Account (CPA) Australia-Fiji branch congress for the next three years. In doing so, $60,000...
View ArticleO’Reilly’s, Bad Dog become smoke free zones
By RANOBA BAOA Famous night hangouts in the capital city, O’Reilly’s and Bad Dog Café are following sister-establishment, Shenanigans’ footsteps and have become 100 per cent smoke-free zones. The...
View ArticleTuna competition heats up in Pacific
Local reaction: Regional approach needed By RACHNA LAL Tuna is an important commercial fish but increased competition for tuna is causing tension between local fishers and industrial vessels in some...
View ArticleGoundar’s new $1.5m vessel here
By RACHNA LAL and RANOBA BAOA Goundar Shipping’s latest vessel has arrived in the country and it has been named the Lomaiviti Princess II. Goundar Shipping managing director, George Goundar, was...
View ArticleDeal boosts business opportunities for women
Source: MINISTRY OF INFORMATION Government has signed off an agreement that will result in more entrepreneurship opportunities made available to women around the country. The agreement, which was...
View ArticleBus builder strengthens reach in Pacific
By RACHNA LAL PA Lal Coachworks’ reach into the Pacific island countries is strengthening. The local bus builder yesterday handed over yet another bus, this time to a company in Kiribati. PA Lal Group...
View ArticleDigicel appoints Satish Narain as public relations manager
By RANOBA BAOA Satish Narain, former Fiji TV journalist,has taken on his new position as Digicel Fiji’spublic relations &sponsorship manager. His appointment was effective from July 8. In doing so,...
View ArticleInitiative launched to assist women entrepreneurs
Courts (Fiji) Limited director marketing, Anil Senewiratne (left), Courts (Fiji) Limited chief operating officer, Hamendra Prasad (second left), South Pacific Business Development general manager,...
View ArticleSPR invests $1.4m in production equipment
By FARISHA AHMED With more film productions expected to come to Fiji, South Pacific Recordings Limited (SPR) is taking the opportunity to extend its business. SPR confirmed its $1.4 million investment...
View ArticleLautoka Chamber to host customer service training
By SHEIK DEAN Improving the services provided by employees to customers lead to a direct result of increasing sales stated the Lautoka Chamber of Commerce administrator, Salim Mohammed. The chamber...
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