Fiji Airways to announce five year plan today
By RACHNA LAL Fiji Airways chief executive, Stefan Pichler, will today outline the five-year masterplan for our national airline in Suva. This masterplan had been approved by the Fiji Airways board...
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Big contract for KooGa Australia’s factory here
By JYOTI PRATIBHA Kooga Australia’s factory in Lautoka is gearing up to manufacture apparel under its BLK brand for some of the biggest international rugby clubs in Europe and the world. BLK has...
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Pioneer commercial agriculture scholarship students graduate
By RAEVENN BREEN The first batch of commercial agriculture scholarship recipients graduated this week from the Fiji National University trained with modern agriculture techniques. The graduation...
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February set for Amex Resources construction works
Amex Resources managing director, Matthew Collard. Photo: PAULINI RATULAILAI By RACHNA LAL Additional Information: PROACTIVE INVESTORS Amex Resources Limited has set February 20 as the formal...
View ArticleJack’s brings R Raj Kumar sarees
By SERUWAIA WAQASAQA Jack’s Little India is continuing to keep its Fijian customers up-to-date with the latest Bollywood fashion trends. To kick-start the New Year, Jack’s Little India yesterday...
View ArticleRBF launches community initiative, hosts visits in festive season
By RANOBA BAOA The Reserve of Fiji recently launched its charity arm – ‘HEART to HART’ – under its Sports and Social Club aimed at sharing the spirit of the festive season. This initiative is part of...
View ArticleStudent secures tertiary education through Vodafone promo
By RANOBA BAOA A 15-year-old student from Sigatoka is now financially-secured for his tertiary education after winning $25,000 through Vodafone Fiji’s Christmas promotion. Jordan Mohr had bought an...
View ArticleBentley’s Fish and Chips opens shop in Suva
By MARAIA VULA Bentley’s Fish and Chips has returned to Suva. This was a premier fish and chips outlet in Fiji in the 1980s where Harbour Centre is today. Bentley’s Fish and Chips opened its doors...
View ArticleUpgrade plans, funds set aside for new mill
By RACHNA LAL Rewa Rice (Fiji) Limited chairman, Raj Sharma, has confirmed the company is going through a reform process which includes the upgrade of its mill. He further revealed that Government has...
View ArticlePhones morph into ‘stun guns’ and ‘tricorders’
Las Vegas: Add-ons that turn smartphones into Star Trek-like tricorder medical diagnostic kits, Predator-style thermal vision cameras and even electric “stun guns” are being promoted at the Consumer...
View ArticleShipowners join forces for stronger voice (HARD TALK)
Compiled by RACHNA LAL and RANOBA BAOA Welcome to Hard Talk, where we pose questions to both top executives and budding entrepreneurs on some of the major issues involving business. Competition is...
View ArticleFiji Airways five-year master plan unveiled
More planes More routes More profits By RACHNA LAL Growing the number of aircraft, route network expansion and increasing operating profits and passenger numbers are some key focus areas of Fiji...
View ArticleSpecial cane payment this Wednesday
By SHEIK DEAN A special cane payment of $5 per tonne will be paid out on Wednesday to sugarcane farmers. Sugar Cane Growers Council acting chief executive, Sundresh Chetty, has confirmed this special...
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Expansion, more options eyed by RC Manubhai
RC Manubhai’s Christmas promotion winner, Jianghuai Sun, receives a cheque from a staff member of RC Manubhai. Photo: RC MANUBHAI By MARAIA VULA Hardware powerhouse RC Manubhai is looking to boost...
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The Consumer Electronics Show 2014
Curved TV Five trends to watch Las Vegas: The massive International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) hosts the cutting edge in technology, giving consumers a glimpse of our digital futures. Here’s a...
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Fiji Airways looks to enhance Qantas points options
Fiji Airways managing director and chief executive, Stefan Pichler. Photo: FIJI AIRWAYS By RACHNA LAL Additional Information: SYDNEY MORNING HERALD Fiji Airways, in its efforts to broaden its...
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Invogue opens at Samabula
By MARAIA VULA Invogue, a one-off designer boutique, has opened its doors in Suva at the President Plaza along Ratu Mara Road in Samabula. Boutique owner ‘Ms Singh’, as she is commonly known, said the...
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Adventure capital focuses on marketing for gains
By MARAIA VULA Fiji’s Adventure Capital will undergo an array of activities this year by focusing more on communicating with its tourism markets with an ongoing investment on a marketing campaign...
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Skype wins court challenge over 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.) Having...
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Starwood in top four of Reader’s Choice
Stamford: Starwood Hotels & Resorts (“Starwood”), the world’s largest high-end hotel company, was honoured in four categories in the 11th annual Travel Weekly’s Readers Choice Awards, namely, Best...
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