Malolo Island Resort reopens
By JYOTI PRATIBHA Following eight months of temporary closure, Malolo Island Fiji reopened its doors in a big way yesterday. The resort sustained extensive damag during Tropical Cyclone Evan in...
View ArticleSPBD, Courts launch second financial diary
By RANOBA BAOA In a bid to improve the socio-economic standards of women in Fiji, South Pacific Business Development launched a comprehensive financial diary yesterday. This was done in partnership...
View ArticleProject to reduce rice imports
By SHEIK DEAN Farmers in Lautoka will have more opportunities in developing their skills with a pilot project for rice farming set to start soon. This will be through the Indonesian Government’s...
View ArticleBRED Bank grows
Chief reveals Nausori, Namaka outlet plans Governor of the Reserve Bank of Fiji, Barry Whiteside (sixth front left), and BRED Bank (Fiji) Limited chief executive, Satish Deb (on Governor’s left) with...
View ArticleNational housing expo at Hibiscus Festival
Acting PS for Local Govt Saverio Baleikanacea with Lami Town Special Adminstrator, Jasper Singh during the opening of National Housing Expo. Photo: MINISTRY OF INFORMATION Source: MINISTRY OF...
View ArticleFiji envoy meets Fiji Airways CEO
Source: MINISTRY OF INFORMATION The Chief Executive Officer-Designate of Fiji Airways Stefan Pichler paid a courtesy call on Fiji’s Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates Robin Nair at the Fijian...
View ArticleMalolo plans to go organic
By JYOTI PRATIBHA The newly re-opened Malolo Island Fiji Resort has plans to have a fully-organic vegetable garden. Newly appointed executive chef,Yngve Muldal, who joined the resort from Etihad...
View ArticleAmalfi plans Suva expansion after five years of success
By LITIA MATHEWSELL A passion for bringing the best and most authentic of Italian cuisine to Fiji, saw the opening of the Amalfi Italian Restaurant and Bar at Port Denarau on August 13, 2008. And now...
View ArticleRBF launches Be Money Wise
By RANOBA BAOA The newly launched ‘Be Money Wise’ programme by the Reserve Bank of Fiji is set to further enhance financial literacy amongst our younger population the central bank says. It will run...
View ArticleGovernor: Investor confidence up
By RACHNA LAL and RANOBA BAOA Improved consumer confidence has translated well to business and investor confidence, says the Reserve Bank of Fiji Governor, Barry Whiteside. Mr Whiteside made these...
View ArticleFiji, PNG provinces foster ties
Divisional Commissioner Western Joeli Cawaki Source: MINISTRY OF INFORMATION The province of Ba and Gulf Province of Papua New Guinea will formally establish their sister province relationship to...
View ArticleJob market improves: RBF
Source: MINISTRY OF INFORMATION The number of jobs available to those in the labour market increased by 14 per cent in the first half of the year says Reserve Bank of Fiji Governor Barry Whiteside....
View ArticleShore buses invest $1m in 10 new buses
By RANOBA BAOA Shore Buses Limited has added 10 brand new buses to its growing fleet which will immediately replace the old ones running on our roads. This is an investment of just over $1 million,...
View ArticleNew Fiji Airways chief visits our ambassador
The chief executive-Designate of Fiji Airways, Stefan Pichler, paid a courtesy call on Fiji’s Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, Robin Nair, at the Fijian Embassy in Abu Dhabi this week. In...
View ArticleTalanoa session held for the 2014 Budget submissions
By RACHNA LAL As the 2014 National Budget submission deadline nears, stakeholders were given a chance yesterday to present their submissions to Government for the budget. A talanoa session hosted by...
View ArticleHousing Authority urges general public to visit expo
By RANOBA BAOA Housing Authority of Fiji is urging the general public to take advantage of their National Housing Expo 2013 at the Vodafone Hibiscus at Albert Park in Suva. Thirteen stalls from...
View ArticleExpert: Efficient housing finance system needed
By RANOBA BAOA A housing research expert has stressed the need to have an efficient home financing system in Fiji. HFC manager Policies, Research & Development, Arishma Prasad, made these comments...
View ArticleA-G urges to think against sugar strike
By MAIKA BOLATIKI and JYOTI PRATIBHA The Attorney-General, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, has urged the Fiji Sugar and General Workers Union and mill workers to reconsider their decision to go on strike and...
View ArticleWorld’s second most expensive hotel is in Fiji
The world’s second most expensive hotel is located in Fiji, according to a new survey from Luxury-Hotels.com. The survey specifically compared the rates of luxury hotels around the globe this Northern...
View ArticleTongan plane: Chinese question NZ hostility
Wellington – The Chinese embassy in New Zealand says it is improper for the New Zealand government to make negative comments about the new MA-60 aircraft China gifted to Tonga. New Zealand has...
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