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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.

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.

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.

Hundreds of people were at Nadi Airport to welcome the arrival of the second Fiji Airways A330 named Namuka-I-Lau. While welcoming the new aircraft Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama said the new fleet of A330 is a key in bringing millions of visitors to our shores in the coming years.

Update: 3:49PM THE atmosphere at the Air Pacific headquarters in Nadi is electric as the national carriers second brand new Airbus A330 touches down.

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

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.

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

Lisa Purmodh , Craig Calhourn, on her left, Fiji jazz legend Tom Mawi with local musicians from the West.

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

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.

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.

People of Samabula will continue to face low water pressure as efforts are being made to repair the burst water main at Moala Street today.

Vatukoula Gold Mines, an AIM-listed company whose major asset is a gold mine in Fiji, provided dealers with plenty to talk about.

The Fiji National University campus in Nasinu. Organisations are obliged to pay 1 per cent of their gross payroll to the Fiji National University for training purposes for their workers.

Since 1992 May has been designated as Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month in tribute to the generations of Asian and Pacific Islanders who have enriched America's history and are instrumental in its future success.

From left: Akhilesh Kr Aman, LICI regional manager west operation, Bollywood actress Neha Dhupia and Sanjeev Kumar Jain, LICI's acting general manager Fiji operation, at the cocktail party.

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

PLASTIC and plastic water and soft drink bottles are said to be a big problem in ensuring a clean environment.

Bollywood Actor Boman Irani who is currently in Fiji injured himself while shooting the movie Santa Banta.