Lautoka, Fiji News

TAILEVU Rugby Union stormed on to the rugby scene in the late 1990s and quickly stamped its mark as one of the giants of provincial rugby in Fiji.

THE Ministry of Labour has enforced the payment of $185,339.82 in wages owed to 73 employees at a prominent resort in the Western Division.

My phone beeps while I'm driving along a muddy back road through a village in the south of Viti Levu, Fiji's big island, so I pull over to check it, then hear a knock on the car's passenger-side window.

LEARNING to be a productive individual of society while earning a living is a core focus of the Fiji Corrections Service as it continues to offer reformed prisoners a new start at life.

LIFE has become a little easier for 70-year-old Ram Charan after receiving a wheelchair from the Fiji Spinal Injury Association, in partnership with Action for Children and The Aged Trust Fiji under the Vodafone World of Difference Program.

Back, left: Miss Namaka Adi Miriama Tukana, Miss Lautoka ORGANISERS of the Duavata Crime Prevention Carnival in Lautoka are pleading with the public and relevant stakeholders to support the community-oriented festival.

Nadroga/Navosa provincial administrator Josevata Suka said having all government departments represented during a roadshow held at Vatumali Government Station also gave an opportunity for villagers to gain easy access to services.

HE represented his district on the soccer field as a youngster and is proud to be still associated with the team.

Adi Cakobau School's Miriama Senokonoko has smashed the Senior Girls Triple Jump Coca Cola Games record in the last hour after a jump of 12.03 metres.

Former Lautoka center Noa Nakaitaci has created history in world rugby by becoming the first Fijian to be selected in the French Rugby team to tour New Zealand.

VEENA Gounder has a day job but her love for gardening makes her work hours longer after her shift at the office ends.

This was revealed by Western Community Policing commander Faiaz Ali during the second day of the Duavata Crime Prevention Carnival in Lautoka.

He came to Fiji from India in search of a better life under the indenture system that was in place by the British Empire then.

REIGNING 'Mr Fiji' Vonoriti Radua has been invited to take part at the New Zealand National Bodybuilding Championship later this year.

VONIRITI Radua remains Fiji's number one after winning the overall division of the bodybuilding event held at the Fiji Arts Club in Suva on Saturday.

MOTHER'S Day arrived early for the residents of the Lautoka and Ba Golden Age Homes after a surprise visit by the Roosters Poultry staff members yesterday.

Right: Hafiz Haji Musa Patel guides Tangal Sayyid Ibrahimul Khaleelul Al Bukari in garland, from India at the Drasa Vitogo Jame Mosque, Lautoka.

A TEARY 90-year-old Shakuntla Devi could not hold back her emotions as she thought of her three children this Mother's Day.

NADI took out the Fiji Games of the Karate Championship at the Yat Sen Secondary School Hall in Suva yesterday.

Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama congratulates Rikhi Chand after the opening of his new house in Vuda, Lautoka.