Fisheries and Forests plans big for agri show
A glimpse of what to expect at the Crest 2013 Agriculture Show...Department of Fisheries and Forests’ display last week at the Government Information Referral Centre in Suva. Photo: LASARUSA TURAGA By...
View ArticleCarpenters opts out of Mobil
Mobil Service Station in Walu Bay, Suva is one of the 21 Mobil retail service stations which have been operated by Carpenters Motors. Photo: PAULINI RATULAILAI By RACHNA LAL Mobil Oil Fiji has...
View ArticleFMF: Price control, how helped competitiveness
By RACHNA LAL and RANOBA BAOA FMF Foods Limited has acknowledged the price control on certain items by the Commerce Commission has is a way made the company competitive. FMF Foods Limited chief...
View ArticleGovernment’s long term vision: Let market forces determine prices
By RACHNA LAL and RANOBA BAOA Government’s long term vision as far as price controls and regulations are concerned, is to minimise regulations and let market forces determine prices. This was...
View ArticleFishing charter company donates catch to hospital
By RANOBA BAOA Sports Fishing (Fiji) have once again committed their catch to the Sigatoka Hospital as part of the fishing charter company’s Fish for Charity drive. They have a partnership with various...
View ArticlePrivate sector shares its views with policy makers
From left: The Attorney-General and acting Prime Minister, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, Suva Chamber of Commerce and Industry president, Dr Nur Bano Ali, and Fiji Business Forum chairman, Arvind Maharaj,...
View ArticleFishing charter company donates catch to hospital
By RANOBA BAOA Sports Fishing (Fiji) have once again committed their catch to the Sigatoka Hospital as part of the fishing charter company’s Fish for Charity drive. They have a partnership with various...
View ArticleA-G briefs forum on constitution
The Attorney-General, Minister for Industry and Trade and acting Prime Minister, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, yesterday addressed the participants of the third Fiji Business Forum. He briefed them on the...
View ArticleFarmer aspires to expand sheep farm
By SERUWAIA WAQASAQA For 55-year-old Sairusi Cavula of Nasarawaqa in Bua, cattle farming is something he aspires to develop on his farm. Mr Cavula has entered into sheep farming seven years ago on his...
View ArticleRai Ki Wai estate auction on Wakaya in October
New York-based Concierge Auctions has announced that the auction of Rai Ki Wai estate located on Wakaya Island in Fiji will be held on October 3. With only eight homeowners on the island, this private...
View ArticleSlash and burn at big network equipment-maker – Cisco
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 facility in Fiji.)...
View ArticleWorks to modernise airports progresses
By RACHNA LAL and MARAIA VULA The Attorney-General and acting Prime Minister, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, has stressed that building a new airport would not be cheap. He made these comments following a...
View ArticleEnsure greater cohesion: President
From left: The President Ratu Epeli Nailatikau, Commonwealth Veterinary Association president Abdul Rahman and Commonwealth Veterinary Associations chairperson of the organising committee, Robin Yarrow...
View ArticleCrest Agriculture Show expected even better
By JYOTI PRATIBHA The Crest Agriculture Show 2013 officially starts in Lautoka today. The show is expected to be bigger and better than last year’s very successful show, which was also held in Lautoka....
View ArticleFiji TV announces management appointments
Fiji Television Limited announced yesterday the appointment of its new management team under the new organization structure approved by the Board. The appointment is made on the expectation that...
View ArticleMicro enterprises to get first time recognition
By RANOBA BAOA For the first time, micro enterprises in the nation will be recognised for their efforts and contributions towards the Fijian economy. The inaugural launch of the Microfinance Awards saw...
View ArticleVuda Marina becomes boarding station
By JYOTI PRATIBHA From today, Vuda Marina near Lautoka opens as an Approved Boarding Station. This means that arriving yachts can conveniently clear into Fijian waters, using the Marina’s floating...
View ArticleLearn from show, students urged
Students in the West parade during the Crest Agriculture Show 2013 during the official opening in Lautoka yesterday. Photo: WAISEA NASOKIA By LITIA MATHEWSELL School students have been urged to take...
View ArticleBSP commits $120k for Go Green campaign
From left: BSP country manager ,Kevin McCarthy, Ministry of Education Principal Education Officer, Narain Sharma, Sandeep Singh of US Embassy and BSP communications officer Marketing Department Salome...
View ArticleZoonosis labelled as problem in Fiji
Dr Steven Angus, Principal Veterrinary Officer of the Ministry of Primary Industries Fiji. Photo: RAEVENN BREEN By RAEVENN BREEN Zoonosis, a disease which can be transferred to animals by their human...
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