An additional $4 million derived through sale of more sugar to the European Union market has seen the Fiji Sugar Co-operation make a major turnaround in profits for the 2007 financial year after suffering a huge loss the previous year Read more…
Every time I come to Singapore I meet up with my friend Fauzi, a Malay Singaporean who works in the IT industry. As well as being a great guy Fauzi knows a lot about what is going on in the city. Getting together this time took longer than usual due to his work schedule and [...] Read more…
The Fiji Islands Commission Against Corruption has today resumed their investigations into the Fiji Development Bank (FDB) and Fiji Holding Limited (FHL) with officers dispatched to search their Suva offices Read more…
Fiji's Citizen's Constitutional Forum has accused Suva Lord Mayor Ratu Peni Volavola of "misusing Council privileges again" Read more…
The Fiji Islands Visitors Bureau has deferred the appointment of a new chief executive for the foreseeable future due to severe budgetary constraints faced by the bureau Read more…
Fiji's interim Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama says ousted Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase is playing the emotions of people by alleging that the military threatened to kill him if he arrived in Suva Read more…
Australian tourists are being enticed to come to Fiji with a media campaign highlighting an affordable Fiji holiday on a basic three night package deal Read more…
Fiji's interim regime has no intention of privatising water at all, says interim Minister for Public Service, Public Enterprises and Public Sector Reform, Poseci Bune Read more…
AP - More than 140 years after Civil War cannons fell silent, two museums in Richmond are offering very different views of the war between the states. Read more…
Singapore offers a unique mixture of cultures with Chinese, Malays and Indians making up the main population with a scattering of Brits and others. Walking around town one will notice unique cultural icons and three of those can be found on Waterloo St. near Bugis MRT station. •Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho temple Kwan Im Thong Hood [...] Read more…
Singapore’s most recognizable symbol, apart from food courts and Lee Kwan Yew, is Singapore Airlines. Ask most experienced air travelers which airline offers the best in-flight service and they’ll say Singapore Airlines. •Service innovation SIA’s in-flight entertainment system, KrisWorld, was introduced in 1977 and is now offered to passengers in all classes with over 600 entertainment options. [...] Read more…
Two bodies have been found at Deuba, one washed ashore and the other on the reef, police say Read more…
Interim Finance Minister Mahendra Chaudhry says Fiji needs to move away from the race-based voting system if its people are to be united Read more…
A Singapore visa run means running into other expats living in Indonesia. Often I see familiar faces on the plane or even in Singapore, other times I’ll run into expats living in other parts of Indonesia. Jakarta exapts are easy to spot, their lifestyle quite different from those living in Bali. Yesterday while handing over my [...] Read more…
Fiji's ousted Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase says he has asked members of his SDL party to arrange for a ship to ferry him to Suva after being denied entry onboard any Air Fiji flights to the capital Read more…
Fiji Islands Customs and Revenue Authority national manager, Jitoko Tikolevu is expected to takeover as the new acting chief executive officer from September 6 Read more…
Fiji's interim Minister for Transport and Civil Aviation, Manu Korovulavula says he will recommend to Cabinet concepts that will see overseas companies takeover major airports around the country very shortly Read more…
Fiji's trade and investment missions to overseas countries have generated interest of up to a $1 billion but the harder part now is to turn that into reality, interim Trade and Commerce Minister Taito Waradi says Read more…
Fiji's interim Education Minister Netani Sukanaivalu says they have started talks with various school stakeholders to remove religious tags from the schools in order to encourage multi-racialism Read more…
Fiji's interim Fijian Affairs Minister Ratu Epeli Ganilau says there is no such thing as a life membership of the Great Council of Chiefs under the Fijian Affairs Act Read more…
Fiji's interim regime has brought in a number of lawyers from Hong Kong to help them in the constitutional case filed by ousted Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase against them Read more…
At least 15 companies have put in their bids to operate mobile phone services in Fiji, interim Communications Minister Taito Waradi said today Read more…
Fiji's economy is expected to decline further this year, but will be boosted in 2008 by the expected growth in Tourism, says interim Finance Minister Mahendra Chaudhry Read more…
The Fiji Islands Revenue and Customs Authority (FIRCA) intends to write off about $6million in uncollectable debt Read more…
Caribbean-based mobile phone operator Digicel which has been vying to get a mobile phone licence to operate in Fiji for several years now, today put in its tender bid (to operate mobile phone services) amid much fanfare Read more…