Call for help from Christchurch
FIJIANS in New Zealand and overseas have been asked to help those who have been affected by the earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand last Saturday morning. Fiji Club of New Zealand President Alton Shameem said they were saddened by the news. Read more...
Fiji Times Online - Local News, Yesterday, 7:18am
Disaster team to make drought call
AN OFFICIAL declaration on a state of drought will not come from the weather office but from the National Disaster Management director Pajiliai Dobui. Read more...
Fiji Times Online - Local News, Yesterday, 7:18am
Capital loses heritage interest
PEOPLE in Levuka had lost interest in the town ever being declared a world heritage site, says Levuka Town Council chief executive Sailosi Qalilawa. Read more...
Fiji Times Online - Local News, Yesterday, 7:18am
Take it easy. officers told
MEMBERS of the police force have been told not to be emotional when dealing with decisions regarding disciplinary cases in the force. Read more...
Fiji Times Online - Local News, Yesterday, 7:18am
Deaconess Volirua serves Indians
NUMEROUS doors seemed to shut when Unaisi Volirua began her search for employment. Read more...
Fiji Times Online - Local News, Yesterday, 7:18am
In the name of the Lord
HUNDREDS flocked to a special church service at the Centenary Methodist Church to witness the ordination of 23 ministers and deaconesses. Read more...
Fiji Times Online - Local News, Yesterday, 7:18am
$1m mystery baffles police
THE head of the Reserve Bank of Fiji held closed-door meetings yesterday over the mysterious disappearance of $1million in fresh $20 notes which arrived from the United Kingdom last Friday. Read more...
Fiji Times Online - Local News, Yesterday, 7:18am
Keep smiling
A PACIFIC church leader has called on the people of Fiji not to lose their friendliness and kind-hearted attitude because these were rare attributes in other parts of the world. Read more...
Fiji Times Online - Local News, Yesterday, 7:18am
Quake help ready
THE Red Cross Society in Christchurch has not asked for assistance from their overseas counterparts as yet, according to Fiji Red Cross Society spokesman Vuli Gauna. Read more...
Fiji Times Online - Local News, Yesterday, 7:18am
$10m increase in transactions
THE value of reported suspicious transactions increased to $26million last year — an increase of $10m on 2008 figures. Read more...
Fiji Times Online - Local News, Yesterday, 7:18am
Home owner hails quick-action firemen
A NADI resident praised the efforts of the National Fire Authority for dousing a blaze that threatened to destroy her residence. Read more...
Fiji Times Online - Local News, Yesterday, 7:18am
Prank callers beware
POLICE are searching for prank callers who contacted the emergency line three times with false reports of two burning houses and a bush fire at the Northern Division over the weekend. Read more...
Fiji Times Online - Local News, Yesterday, 7:18am
RBF gives banks $527m in 2009
THE Reserve Bank of Fiji issued $527.5million worth of notes and coins to commercial banks in 2009, its annual report for the year stated. Read more...
Fiji Times Online - Local News, Yesterday, 7:18am
Banabans struggle to find markets
FARMERS on Rabi island face major challenges of marketing their products to Viti Levu. Read more...
Fiji Times Online - Local News, Yesterday, 7:18am
FSC officers face favoratism claim
THE Vanua Levu Cane Farmers Milling Transport Union has written to the Fiji Sugar Corporation on favouritism by field and traffic officers towards some cane growers. Read more...
Fiji Times Online - Local News, Yesterday, 7:18am
Blaze costs $180,000
DAMAGE to a property overrun by fire on Sunday is estimated at around $180,000, according to the owner. Read more...
Fiji Times Online - Local News, Yesterday, 7:18am
Teens die in river tragedy
TWO teenagers died in a tragic drowning incident at the Sigatoka River yesterday afternoon. Read more...
Fiji Times Online - Local News, Yesterday, 7:18am
Women undergo business training
EMPOWERMENT programs for women and young girls on Rabi island have been set up to help them earn money through small businesses. Read more...
Fiji Times Online - Local News, Yesterday, 7:18am
Unit targets minors' accounts
THERE were nine minors' accounts involved in Suspicious Transaction Reports (STR) last year. Read more...
Fiji Times Online - Local News, Yesterday, 7:18am
Greek Orthodox heed Christ's calling
THE Greek Orthodox Church has set aside $0.5 million for projects for the poor and the lonely, as they fulfill Christ's call to love one another. Read more...
Fiji Times Online - Local News, Yesterday, 7:18am
It's back to school for examinations
ABOUT 197,000 primary and high school students head back to class today for the final 13-week term. Read more...
Fiji Times Online - Local News, Yesterday, 7:18am
10 fires in one weekend
PEOPLE living in the west are being asked to refrain from unnecessary burning after the National Fire Authority attended to ten grass fires in the division over the weekend. Read more...
Fiji Times Online - Local News, Yesterday, 7:18am
Witness tells of horror
A 20-YEAR old woman yesterday revealed in the High Court how she was forced to remove the nipples of her sex worker friend with a cane knife after being forced by one of the suspects accused of raping and killing her in Nasinu two years ago. Read more...
Fiji Times Online - Local News, Yesterday, 7:18am
Home on the roam
A STRONG gust of cold wind blew across the south end of the bus bay in Lautoka. Laughter drifted, attracting passersby. Curious eyes surrounded our little group, shamelessly listening in to the conversation. Read more...
Fiji Times Online - Local News, Yesterday, 7:18am
Tariff rise bid
THE Fiji Electricity Authority has asked the Commerce Commission to grant it another "significant" rise in tariffs, commission chairman Dr Mahendra Reddy said. Read more...
Fiji Times Online - Local News, Yesterday, 7:18am
RBF executives meet over missing million
Fijilive.com - Gateway to Fiji Islands - News, 6 September, 7:20pm
Why Prasad was moved: PM
Fijilive.com - Gateway to Fiji Islands - News, 6 September, 7:20pm
Significant drop in trade deficit
Fijilive.com - Gateway to Fiji Islands - News, 6 September, 7:20pm
Outgoing Indian envoy assures of ties
Fijilive.com - Gateway to Fiji Islands - News, 6 September, 7:20pm
Missing group of eight rescued at sea: Police
Fijilive.com - Gateway to Fiji Islands - News, 6 September, 7:20pm
Assassination plot chiefs province sorry
Fijilive.com - Gateway to Fiji Islands - News, 6 September, 7:20pm
Fiji welcomes ILO support
Fijilive.com - Gateway to Fiji Islands - News, 6 September, 7:20pm
Police, RBF work on missing money case
Fijilive.com - Gateway to Fiji Islands - News, 6 September, 7:20pm
Commission to delve into FEAs books
Fijilive.com - Gateway to Fiji Islands - News, 6 September, 7:20pm
Ports, FIRCA probe missing million mystery
Fijilive.com - Gateway to Fiji Islands - News, 6 September, 7:20pm
Nawalowalo laid to rest
Fijilive.com - Gateway to Fiji Islands - News, 6 September, 7:20pm
Kubuabola highlights shipping challenges
Fijilive.com - Gateway to Fiji Islands - News, 6 September, 7:20pm
Boost Fiji, Timor ties, say Australian Greens
Fijilive.com - Gateway to Fiji Islands - News, 6 September, 7:20pm
Children dish out hot meals to 'regulars'
EVERY so often 65-year old Ram Sami breaks down. He thinks about his wife who died a few years ago - and the son he has never heard from for eight years now. Read more...
Fiji Times Online - Local News, 6 September, 7:18am
Water watch
FOR the past two months, the villagers of Tavua in the Mamanuca Group have been waiting for drinking water from the mainland. Read more...
Fiji Times Online - Local News, 6 September, 7:18am
Crush halt hits growers
SUGARCANE farmers in Ba, Tavua and Rakiraki are facing mounting difficulties as Rarawai and Penang mills remained closed yesterday. Read more...
Fiji Times Online - Local News, 6 September, 7:18am
Drought will worsen, weather office
THE current dry season is expected to create a situation far worse than that experienced in 1998. Read more...
Fiji Times Online - Local News, 6 September, 7:18am
Local potatoes go on sale
FRESH locally-grown potatoes harvested from Nadarivatu are being sold for 90 cents a kilogram in Lautoka. Read more...
Fiji Times Online - Local News, 6 September, 7:18am
Fiji vital for whales
WHALE research in waters around Ovalau and Makogai is starting to point to the conclusion that Fiji's waters are an important area for the breeding and calving of humpback whales. Read more...
Fiji Times Online - Local News, 6 September, 7:18am
Isaia's new life
LIVING in harmony with the trees and the birds is exactly how 35-year-old Isaia Rokouga spends his life ù and he will not have it any other way. Read more...
Fiji Times Online - Local News, 6 September, 7:18am
12-year jail term for drugs
THE seizure of more than seven kilograms of marijuana from a man's house has resulted in a 12-year jail term after the High Court in Lautoka found him guilty. Read more...
Fiji Times Online - Local News, 6 September, 7:18am
Scrutiny on families
ABOUT 60 per cent of 109 inmates at the Vaturekuka Prisons in Labasa are between the ages of 24 and 36. Read more...
Fiji Times Online - Local News, 6 September, 7:18am
City coping after earthquake
THE reality of Saturday's 7.1 earthquake, which was felt as far north as Palmerston North in the North Island, was beginning to set in for Christchurch residents, with many facing another night in shelters away from their homes. Read more...
Fiji Times Online - Local News, 6 September, 7:18am
Shaina makes a splash
THE fine weather in Suva yesterday was enjoyed by many who took to the beach for a picnic or on a family outing. Read more...
Fiji Times Online - Local News, 6 September, 7:18am