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The chairman of the Hibiscus Event Group (Inc), Dhansukh Lal Bhika said choosing a Pacific beauty with unique attributes will be no easy task for the judges. "While the beauty, values and culture are unique to the Pacific, they are not certainly limited...
Tags: Miss Fiji Mere Nailatikau, Fijilive, 2009 South Pacific, pacific pageant, Albert Park, Fiji Islands, Suva, Tonga, Island countries, Fiji, Melanesia, Fijian people, Jiko Luveni, Politics of Fiji, Epeli Nailatikau, Index of Fiji-related articles, Disaster Accident
A representative of the Fiji Bus Operators Association has expressed concern over the lack of appropriate insurance cover for bus travelers in Fiji, saying it was unfair that in the event of an accident, bus travelers may only claim a miniscule amount...
Tags: Consumer Council of Fiji, FijiLive, Fiji Buses Association, Fiji Bus Operators Association, Fiji Islands, Suva, Fiji Live, Types of insurance, Finance, Insurance, Bus, Workers' compensation, Assigned risk, Disaster Accident
Efforts to move care for psychiatric patients outside psychiatric hospital St Giles and into the community have earned Fiji a top international award...The award was given for developing psychiatric services in the country through basic training. Mental...
Tags: Fijilive, St Giles Hospital, Dr Chang, Dr Odille Chang, mental health, Pakistan, Lahore, Psychiatry, Fiji Live, Health Medical Pharma, Social Issues
The World Bank expects to play a supportive advisory role in Fiji’s return to economic prosperity, a spokesperson accompanying an International Monetary Fund (IMF) team to Fiji has said. The World Bank’s Sydney-based communications officer Aleta Moriarty...
Tags: Fijilive, IMF Article, Article IV Mission, The World Bank, Fiji Islands, Suva, Frank Bainimarama, Outline of Fiji, Politics of Fiji, Fiji, Melanesia, International Monetary Fund, Business Finance
Australian and Fiji governments, as the Commonwealth Bank prepares to exit its operations in the island dictatorship, the Herald Sun reports. Fears are growing that Australian-owned banks, airlines and service companies may become targets of punitive...
Tags: Fijilive, Australian
The chairman of Fiji’s Public Service Commission says he does not think that money is a problem in going ahead with plans to lay off 2500 civil servants next year. Josefa Serulagilagi told Fijilive he met with Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama...
Tags: Fijilive, permanent secretaries, Fiji’s Public Service Commission, Josefa Serulagilagi, Ratu Epeli Nailatikau, Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama, told fijilive, minister commodore, prime minister
Fiji’s Immigration authorities have issued a no-departure notice on a controversial security firm figure at the centre of an alleged scheme dating back to 2005 involving promises of jobs in Kuwait to 20,000 locals in return for more than $3 million. Director...
Tags: Fijilive, Timoci Lolohea
Fiji’s Defence Minister says they have frozen the bank account of the head of a recruiting agency who failed to provide jobs in Kuwait for thousands of locals. Ratu Epeli Ganilau told Fijilive that local authorities took the action on Director of Meridian...
Fiji’s Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama has announced that students from Class One through to Form Seven will travel free on buses from next Wednesday until the end of this year. Ministry of Works spokeswoman Sainiana Waqainabete told Fijilive...
Tags: Fijilive, Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama, Fiji Bus Operators Association, prime minister
Listen Red Cross worker Rosemarie North 01/10/2009 17:19:00 Newstalk ZB host Larry Williams speaks with Red Cross aid worker Rosemarie North, who is in Samoa assessing the impact of the tsunami. Listen NZ cyclist Sam Bewley has signed a two year deal...
Tags: Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, New Zealand, South Pacific, Pacific Island, Vanuatu, pacific islanders, tsunami alert, struck near, near vanuatu, Fijilive, Luganville