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This evening I interviewed Dallas Finn, founder of Bali Peace Park, in Legian. Bali Peace Park was set up after the Kuta Bombings in 2002, to develop the Sari Club and Paddy’s sites as a memorial. Baliblog: What is the goal of your organisation? Dallas: To develop the Sari Club & Paddy’s site. Paddy’s is still a part of [...] Read more…

SUICIDE is the most common cause of death among young people in Fiji, it was revealed yesterday. Read more…

A CARPENTER who tried to rob an elderly woman in her home last week was yesterday fined $300. Read more…

A MAN who was charged with indecent assault of his two grand nieces, aged five and six years old at the time, was acquitted because of a lack of evidence. Read more…

POLICE are trying to identify a Fijian man who lies unconscious in the hospital after he was hit by a vehicle on Sunday. Read more…

A chief in the highlands of Navosa is unhappy with the manner in which more than 30 police officers entered their village, destroyed 9000 marijuana plants, root crops and burnt small huts in the plantations two weeks ago. Read more…

SUPPORT for the Qoliqoli Bill and Indigenous Claims Tribunal continues to rise, says Mitieli Bulanauca, Chairman of the Joint Committee receiving public submissions around the country. Read more…

A TEAM of police officers was yesterday combing a rural farming community trying to piece together events that led to a tragic house fire that claimed the lives of two siblings on Monday morning. Read more…

More than 100 chiefs and members of the Lau Provincial council meeting will be briefed by the Native Lands Commission on the importance of the leadership structure in a clan and village today. Read more…

The country's largest farmers' representative organisation, the National Farmers Union, has called for a substantial review of the Government's Sugar Adaptation Report. Read more…

The organising committee of the Melanesian Arts and Cultural Festival are trying their best to keep within their $1.9million budget. Read more…

STUDENTS will be the focus of this year's Disaster Awareness Program to be launched at the Suva Grammar School today. Read more…

A 46-year-old bus driver died after the vehicle he was travelling in veered off the road and smashed into an electrical pole on Monday night. Read more…

ABOUT 5000 civil servants may lose their jobs if the Government goes ahead with a five-year reform plan scheduled to begin next year. Read more…

PENIASI Kunatuba has told the High Court that after four years of sifting with police over the various aspects of the Affirmative Action Scheme, he had come to realise its shortfalls. Read more…

A commercial diving company in Fiji has been shortlisted as a finalist in a global conservation competition for Read more…

Fugitive Solomon Islands Attorney General Julian Moti has been arrested by Solomon Police after escaping Read more…

Organisers of the Melanesian Arts festival being held in Suva say they may save around Read more…

Attorney General Qoriniasi Bale refutes claims that foreigners can buy and sell land in Fiji at will Read more…

Here is the second of three parts of this post covering the possible reasons for the price hikes at Blue Canyon Country Club and an excellent suggestion that would benefit everyone. The reasons for the green fee increases depend on... Read more…

Rolf Potts - For centuries, souvenirs have had a way of bringing out the traveler's inner knucklehead. Read more…

AP - How can you resist taking a vacation trip to a place called the Garden Isle, the nickname given to Hawaii's scenic island of Kauai? But if you need more incentive, plus information to help you make plans, just turn to the Internet. Read more…

Correction: The date of the Bali Bombing aniversary is October 12th, not the 11th as I previously. With the excitement and emotion that goes along with this annual event, I let the date slip. The memory of 9/11, so firmly fixed in my mind I was thinking October 11. The good news is the event is [...] Read more…

Galaxy bar in Seminyak has sexy dancers twice a week, and last night on my way back from an internet cafe I stopped to chat with a friend. Galaxy is owned by Jeff, fom Australia, who has just become a dad last friday. Jeff’s wife is Indonesian and his new daughter is Jessica. Congratulations Jeff. Galaxy [...] Read more…