How Fiji Airways cut out the middle men
… and the other financial steps on flight back to profitability Fiji Airways chief financial officer, Nick Caine. Photo: LINKEDIN Source: Airfinance Journal (Airfinance Journal is described as the...
View ArticleThe PM receives FNPF/FRCA ID card
Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama yesterday received his joint Fiji National Provident Fund (FNPF) and Fiji Revenue and Customs Authority (FRCA) card. FRCA chief executive, JitokoTikolevu,...
View Article2014 Pasifika Trade Show launched
2014 Trade Pasifika Ambassdor Kaliopate Tavola, Pacific Islands Private Sector Organisation board member Ken Uyehara and Pacific Islands Private Sector Organisation chief executive officer, Mereia...
View ArticleCabinet approves FEA to buy $60m additional generator set
By RACHNA LAL Cabinet has given its approval to the Fiji Electricity Authority (FEA) to purchase an additional 30MW Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) Generator sets for its Kinoya Power Station. This is expected to...
View ArticleFiji Airways gets good response for mid air matrimony
Fiji Airways Business Class cabin where the five lucky Kiwi couples will be married in mid air on a flight from Auckland to Fiji on August 7. Photo: FIJI AIRWAYS By RACHNA LAL Fiji Airways’ mid-air...
View ArticleAitken Spence targets port efficiency, productivity
Caption: Sri Lankan firm Aitken Spence PLC has taken management control of operations at Ports Terminal Limited after signing public-private partnership agreement. Photo: PAULINI RATULAILAI By RACHNA...
View ArticleGovt turns focus to pearl farming
Marine biologist Marilyn Vilisoni explains the processes involved in pearl farming at the J Hunter Pearls farm off the Savusavu coast. Source: MINISTRY OF INFORMATION Government’s continuous commitment...
View ArticleGovt steps up wage baseline survey
Minister for Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment Jone Usumate Source: MINISTRY OF INFORMATION Government, through the Ministry of Labour, will continue the second phase of the national minimum...
View ArticleFiji stresses regional ICT co-operation
Attorney-General and Minister for Communications Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum Source: MINISTRY OF INFORMATION Attorney-General and Minister for Communications Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum has stressed the importance of...
View ArticleMSG Roadshow, Trade Fair on the path to success
June Fakarii of the Solomon Islands Kokonut Pacific with her products during MSG Roadshow and Trade Fair at the Sheraton Fiji Resort on Denarau Island in Nadi yesterday. Photo:JYOTI PRATIBHA By JYOTI...
View ArticleFiji TV group revenue up, but profit down
By RACHNA LAL Despite a reduction in their net profit, Fiji Television Limited Group recorded an increase in revenue for the financial year ended June 30, 2013. The group recorded $39.5 million revenue...
View ArticleFiji Airways uniform ranked amongst best
By RACHNA LAL A few months since being launched and Fiji Airways’ uniform is already getting global recognition. Thedesignair, an online website, has ranked Fiji Airways’ uniform number for in their...
View ArticleWyndham opens Karma Beach club at Denarau
Karma Beach Fiji at Wyndham Resort Denarau Island. By RACHNA LAL Wyndham Vacation Resorts Asia Pacific and Karma Royal Group’s subsidiary, Beach Clubs International, have announced the opening of Karma...
View ArticleStandard & Poors maintains BSP’s rating
By RACHNA LAL Standard & Poors has maintained its assessment of Bank of the South Pacific (BSP) Group. The chairman of the BSP Group, Kostas Constantinou made this announcement yesterday in a...
View ArticleFNPF, Vodafone out of BeMobile, PNG reports confirm
By RACHNA LAL Additional Information: THE NATIONAL The Papua New Guinea media has reported that Vodafone Fiji and the Fiji National Provident Fund have backed out of the deal with BeMobile. The...
View ArticleA-G: Government finalising infrastructure-sharing laws
The Attorney-General and Minister for Communications, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum (left) with the Prime Minister of Tonga, Lord Siale’ataongo Tu’ivakano, at the 6th Asia Pacific Telecommunity (APT) Policy and...
View ArticleFarmers bind to safeguard business interests
Source: MINISTRY OF INFORMATION Farmers in the province of Kadavu are now working closely with government agricultural authorities to establish an association to safeguard their businesses. The...
View ArticleFSC awaits fifth locomotive
locomotive. By SHEIK DEAN The Fiji Sugar Corporation is awaiting the arrival of a fifth locomotive which is due on the 20th of thi smonth. Corporation chief executive, Abdul Khan said the five...
View ArticleBusinesses honour
Roselyn Naickar and Alvin Prasad of Jack’s of Fiji in a religious pose symbolising well-wishes to all during Eid Mubarak. The month-long Ramadan (Roza) fasting is expected to come towards the end of...
View ArticlePole line fishing good for region: expert
By FARISHA AHMED A report launched by environmental group, Greenpeace on ‘Transforming Tuna Fisheries in Pacific Island Countries; an Alternative model of Development,’ suggests more pole line fishing...
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