Suva, Fiji News

I'm going to take you on a journey. You might not come back as exhilarated as I did.

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.

Fiji's AFL Aussie rule team after a training session at the Albert Park in Suva yesterday.

THE Labasa soccer side will miss the services of lethal striker Joseph Mishra when it takes on Suva this Sunday at the ANZ Stadium.

AusAID minister counsellor-Pacific John Davidson speaks to media personnel during a press conference at the Australian High Commission in Tamavua, Suva yesterday.

THE FIJIAN LABOUR MINISTRY has still not issued a statement on an agreement between a recruitment agency and individuals in Papua New Guinea to hire 800 Fijians to work in that country.

A historic event in the Roman Catholic Archdioceses of Suva, Fiji will take place next month when we see the Episcopal ordination of the Archbishop Elect Father Peter Loy Chong as he becomes the second local Archbishop in the history of the Catholic Church in Fiji.

WHEN he was 21 years old, Manoa Rasigatale formed a musical group called Maroc 5 that toured the nation and gained legendary status in the '60s. Jumping into adoring crowds, duck-walking across the stage and swinging the microphone around like a machine gun, Maroc 5 gave Manoa Rasigatale his first real taste of live performance.

Participants tour Colo-i-Suva park to mark World Biodiversity Day and the launch of the Department of Environment's National Environment Celebrations campaign yesterday.

This was highlighted during the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation plus strategy workshop in Suva last week.

Nadi remains winless in the league and tournaments since the 2002 IDC, which came during Goundar's last term as president.

Update: 3:45PM INTERNATIONAL technical and consultancy services company, OPS Atlas, will soon open a Pacific division in Fiji to be called OPS Pacific.

IT is known for long that most Fijians of Indian descent descend from the immigrants shipped to Fiji from India under the universally condemned indentured labour scheme.

Passengers ready to board the MV Lady Sandy at Narain Jetty in Suva. Inter-island vessel owners say it might be economically viable to use solar power but it had its own restrictions as well.

Kinisimere Serukalou holds a candle during the International AIDS candlelight memorial at the Salvation Army headquarters in Suva yesterday.

I'm going to take you on a journey. You might not come back as exhilarated as I did.

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.

Amelia Lesumai of Nasilai in Rewa displays a saqamoli made out of clay at the Fiji Museum in Suva.

The Suva Peace Vigil convened by FemLINKPacific at the Holy Trinity Anglican Cathedral in Suva every Thursday is dedicated to the commemoration of the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia in collaboration with The Drodrolagi Movement .

Schools outside Suva have so much potential when it comes to the Coca-Cola Games.