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Australian investment in Fiji up 559 per cent
RACHNA LAL SUVA PS Industry and Trade, Shaheen Ali.Australian investment in Fiji in 2013 increased by a whopping 559 per cent when compared with 2012. The Permanent Secretary for Industry and Trade,...
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New Lounge for Fiji Airways Tabua and Business Travellers for LA
RACHNA LAL SUVA Good news for Fiji Airways Business Class passengers travelling to or from Los Angeles International Airport, USA. Our national airline has just opened its newly-designed International...
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US$35m investment in Biomass Power Plant
SHEIK DEAN NADI Artistic impression of the Tropik Gimko Bioenergy plant. Construction works have begun on a 10 Megawatts Biomass Power Plant in Navutu, Nabou in Nadroga. This will be fueled by short...
View ArticlePichler Leads Tourism Fiji
The Managing Director andtCEO of Fiji Airways, Stefan Pichler, is the new Chair of Tourism Fiji. Tourism Fiji is the organisation that presides over the fortunes of the local industry and markets the...
View ArticleBiosecurity, FRCA sign sharing deal
MARAIA VULA SUVA The Biosecurity Authority of Fiji and the Fiji Revenue and Customs Authority have signed an agreement enabling information sharing and co-operation between the two agencies. The...
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Higgins Secures Nadi 2 $65.9m Project
RANOBA BAOA SUVA Interim FRA chairman Parmesh Chand, FRA NSRUP Programme Engineer Zaina Khan, FRA CEO Neil Cook, Higgins (Fiji) Limited manager Dave Jaques, Higgins Business Development manager Grant...
View ArticleSugarcane Fires Not a Joke: Chetty
SHEIK DEAN SUVA Despite the numerous warnings to stop cane fires from the Fiji Police Force, a number of cane fires are still being reported. This is now an ongoing issue which is a loss to the farmers...
View ArticleTuna group against US marine reserve expansion
A tuna fishing association is opposing the United States’ proposal to extend the largest marine protected areas in the world. The proposal would expand the Pacific remote islands Marine National...
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Price of Pacific Tuna Vessel Soars
Fishing vesselOfficials with the Parties to the Nauru Agreement say daily fishing access fees in the Pacific have hit an all-time high of 13 thousand US dollars. The PNA has a minimum limit this year...
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HFC Launches Lease Product
HFC Bank chief executive Isikeli Tikoduadua (left) and chairman Tom Rickettts. Photo:JONA KONATACI RANOBA BAOA SUVA Corporate customers, government, non-government organisations and government entities...
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FDB launches SME Awards
Medium enterprises included to expand the scope of those applying MARAIA VULA SUVA The Fiji Development Bank has repositioned its Small Business Awards and come up with the Small and Medium Enterprises...
View ArticleThe Tanoa Culinary Fare Begins
RACHNA LAL SUVA Hollywood has the Golden Globes before the Oscars. For the Tanoa Hotel Group here, it is the Tanoa Salon Culinaire before the National Moffat Salon Culinaire. This is Tanoa Hotel...
View ArticleBig drop in Fiji TV profits
Reason for this major decline attributed to a number of one-off expenses. Shareholders, however, are disappointed. RACHNA LAL SUVA Fiji Television Limited Group has posted a net loss after income tax...
View ArticleViliame Leqa elected new president of Fiji Australia Business Counci
Viliame Leqa elected new president of Fiji Australia Business Council RACHNA LAL SUVA Viliame Leqa, the managing director of Pacific Manufacturing Limited, is the newly-elected president of the Fiji...
View ArticleTripathi explains importance of Gen y
JYOTI PRATIBHA SUVA Gen Y getting into workforce is a global phenomenon and Fiji is not isolated from it. With new generation seeking employment, they bring with them new ideas, new attitude and...
View Article$1.3m bonus for FEA staff
MARAIA VULA SUVA Good news for staff and management of the Fiji Electricity Authority as they will receive a bonus totalling $1.3 million in their next pay. The announcement was made by the...
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Expectations and hopes of a young businessman
RACHNA LAL SUVA Elections are not only important for the general public, but also equally important for the business community. We are less than a month away from elections on September 17. So in...
View ArticleFantasy Sales Success
Abbas Ali’s dream now reality at Wailoaloa JOHN ROSS NADI One of Fiji’s most successful integrated residential and tourism developments nears completion. The Fantasy Development at Wailoaloa, on Nadi...
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It’s vitally important to retain the top accountants available
RAchna lal suva Neil Underhill, a locally-born Fijian Chartered Accountant speacialising in the tourism sector, started his life as an accountant 34 years back in 1980. After graduating from the...
View ArticleFive inspirational stories of entrepreneurs who made it big
Shashank Paranjape’s Paranjape Schemes nShashank Paranjape’s Paranjape Chemicals started operations with nine people on board. However, six months into the business, his luck ran out and he was duped...
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