A SENIOR Fiji Military Forces officer says soldiers deployed for overseas missions should go through standard medical procedures including testing for HIV/AIDS. Read more…

Four prime ministers and a president arrived yesterday for the Forum Island leaders meeting in Nadi which starts on Monday. Read more…

A DIPLOMAT'S wife has called on the nation to use Diwali as an excuse to link all communities in Fiji with long threads of lights. Read more…

Australian officers, not the Fiji Police, will provide security for Prime Minister John Howard during his stay here for the 37th Pacific Islands Forum in Nadi. Read more…

The ANZ Bank today denied that workers will lose their jobs under a major restructuring operation (in Fiji and the Pacific) announced over a week ago Read more…

Fiji's Foreign Affairs Minister has assured delegates attending the 37th Pacific Islands Forum next week that the situation in the country was stable Read more…

Fiji police say that international conman Peter Foster is still in Fiji and that it has intensified its search for the Australian citizen Read more…

The Fiji Labour Party leader Mahendra Chaudhry has called on the Indian Government to be more mindful of the needs of people of Read more…

An Information Technology officer at the Agriculture ministry has told the High Court that there was a clear breach of financial regulations in the funding of the farming assistance scheme Read more…

Current secretary general to the Forum Secretariat Greg Urwin will be reappointed to his post next year, says Fiji's Read more…

Former Fiji citizen Julian Moti is due in a Solomon Islands court for a bail hearing today and is hoping to walk Read more…

Barbara Correa - DealMine lets travelers compare discount offers. Read more…

AP - Now that she's learned to walk in gravity again, American space tourist Anousheh Ansari has some things to take care of on Earth: developing a new company, promoting science and space travel, and spending time with her family. Read more…

AP - West Virginia's annual fall foliage showcase brings near-peak conditions in many counties this week. Read more…

AP - Less than a year after opening, the world's largest aquarium is getting a multimillion dollar makeover. Read more…

AP - American Airlines cut prices Wednesday for travel between Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport and many U.S. cities one day after rival Southwest Airlines Co. announced a fare sale to the same cities. Read more…

The nightlife scene in Bali is a worked of its own. To fully have a handle on it you’d need a fulltime staff, that’s why I asked the Beat Magazine to let me post their bi-weekly Update. Last night I wanted to see what was going on in 2 parts of town. Seminyak nightlife [...] Read more…

This evening I am hoping to interview Dallas Finn, founder of Bali Peace Park, about the gay scene here in Bali (won’t that be exciting!). Dallas suggested wee meet at Poser’s Pub in Legian, the location of our last interview. My thoughts were this was not an ideal location. Doing an interview, is a more intense [...] Read more…

I bet you thought I would post another golf tip. The next 2 articles deal, not with golf advice, but rather with gratuities. I find this an even more appropriate discussion topic since many golf travelers to Thailand may be... Read more…

I went to the Apple Service Center to get my power adapter sorted out for my Macbook Pro here in Bangkok. Here?s what happened. Read more…

Sound like some kind of smart alec don’t I? I’m not, I’m as in need of good advice as the next guy. Browsing through CNN’s money section, I saw 25 Rules to Grow Rich By and thought I’d share them. These rules can help those living in Bali, those planning to live in Bali and [...] Read more…

The Fiji military and police should be included in the National Security Council to encourage dialogue Read more…

AP - A storm dumped up to a foot of snow in the Colorado mountains Tuesday, and more was expected Wednesday. Read more…

AP - The living-history museum that opened in 1957 for the 350th anniversary of America's first permanent English settlement has new galleries and a newly expanded focus that has opened in time for the 400th anniversary. Read more…

AP - The iconic images are all there: The presidents. The rock stars. The actors and other celebrities. Read more…