AP - Tight money and a shortage of volunteers have toppled a 45-year winter tradition in southern Michigan with the cancellation of the 2007 Quincy Tip-Up Festival. Read more…
FIFTY-TWO to 90 adults died of pneumonia last year, most of whom arrived at hospitals or health centres too late. Read more…
A man is in police custody over the murder of a jeweller last month. Read more…
The VAT waiver on the Fiji Electricity Authority's fuel surcharge would not sustain the economy in the long term, says the president of the Fiji Chamber of Commerce Taito Waradi. Read more…
TWO landowning units yesterday made submissions on the controversial Qoliqoli Bill. Read more…
Bus companies licensed to service the Kings Road resumed their operations after a three-day boycott. Read more…
OVER 8400 ratepayers of the Nasinu Town Council will face legal action over the next few weeks in a renewed attempt to collect arrears, some of which date back six years. Read more…
POLICE are looking for a convicted Australian fraudster over a series of crimes, including his stay in the country and alleged cyber crime over claims that a beachfront development in Yasawa was a gay haven. Read more…
THE police investigator who claims to have been removed when his work led him to query senior government officials over the multi-million dollar agriculture scam, will not be reinstated just yet. Read more…
THE Melanesian Arts and Cultural festival is not generating any extra sales in Suva, says the Fiji Retailers Association. Read more…
THE Vanuatu delegation to the Melanesian Arts and Cultural Festival will present a traditional apology to the people of Fiji for blackbirding crimes committed in the 1800s, according to a delegation representative. Read more…
POLICE have issued a national warning for people to take extra precaution to ensure the safety of themselves and their belongings over the Fiji Day long weekend. Read more…
THE increasing rate of Human Immunodeficiency Virus is alarming, says a health official. Read more…
A member of the Papua New Guinea delegation who collapsed during the opening ceremony of the Melanesian Arts Festival has recovered and returned to his contingent. Read more…
THE High Court yesterday released on bail six remand prisoners from a jail because the cells they were in were "not fit for human habitation". Read more…
The Fiji Military Forces says $600m will be lost in the tourism industry every year if Qoliqoli Bill is passed Read more…
The Fiji Military Forces has called on the Fiji Prime Minister and his Cabinet ministers to resign Read more…
Rolf Potts - Once one of the great travel deals, air courier gigs have become less common, and less of a bargain. Read more…
Here is the rundown of upcoming nightlife events in Bali provided by the Beat Magazine. •Friday Oct 6th Sky Bar Oakley Fashion Show Oakley presents their Fall 06 collection of garments and eyewear at this airy, semi-al fresco rooftop venue. From 8pm Bacio Flavours DJs Chandra, Andre, and special guest DJ Bahiana Brazilian Carnival Bringing the flavours of Rio with lavish [...] Read more…
The horrific bombing that took place in Kuta Bali in 2002, was planned by JI (Jemaah Islamiyah) operative, Dulmatin. His wife was arrested recently on the Philippine island of Jolo. JI has links to other terrorist groups in Asia, include Abu Sayyaf, located in the southern Philippines. While considered a Catholic country, the Philippines has a [...] Read more…
An evening shower on Friday night, followed by patchy cloud on Saturday morning. Could this be the start of the wet season in Bali? Sitting on a bamboo chair on my porch last night, I was getting into a travel book, Jupiter’s Travels, the story of a bloke who does a 4 year motorbike trip around [...] Read more…
There is a huge demand for seasonal employment in Australia and New Zealand says Fiji's Labour Minister Krishna Datt Read more…
A former Fiji resident has been remanded in custody by a Sydney court over an alleged attack in which another woman's ear was cut off Read more…
Around 300 ANZ employees in Fiji and the region are expected to lose their jobs due to the implementation Read more…
A delegation from Vanuatu will present a traditional apology to the Great Council of Chiefs on Monday Read more…