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Serua · SeruaThree evacuation centres are currently open, billeting more than 200 evacuees from villages affected by the flash-floods in Serua this morning. National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) director, Vasiti Soko said this is after heavy rainfall experienced from last night into this morning caused severe flash flooding in several low-lying areas of the Serua coastal region “The NDMO reiterates that with weather forecasts indicating heavy rain for t…See the Story
Weather watch | Three evacuation centres activated in Serua
Fiji · FijiAfter two days of mediation between FIJI Water and the Nation Union of Workers (NUW) at the Tanoa Waterfront Hotel in Lautoka there still has not been a resolution made. A FIJI Water representative told the media this evening that the mediation will resume tomorrow at 10am. Meanwhile, FIJI Water workers are on their ninth day of strike at the Yaqara factory in Ra and Naikabula container yard in Lautoka. The post No resolution after two days of m…See the Story
No resolution after two days of mediation
Jamaica · JamaicaLauren Less balancing motherhood and career Born and raised in the corporate hub of Jamaica, Kingstonian Lauren Less has emerged as an example of resilience and determination. From early on, she exhibited a penchant for advocacy, a trait she honed during her formative years at Campion...See the Story
Lauren Less balancing motherhood and career
Infrastructure · FijiTHE outcry from Suva residents this week has once again brought to the forefront the need for the upgrading of public infrastructure, especially in the water sector. Minister of Public Works, Transport and Meteorological Services Ro Filipe Tuisawau had lamented earlier this year that ageing water pipes, some as old as 101 years, were a significant problem causing water woes in and around Lami and areas along the Suva–Nausori corridor. The Water …See the Story
Infrastructure crumbles ‘under pressure’ | ‘Some water pipes as old as 101 years causing significant problems’
Fiji · FijiIt is hoped that funds raised from the Black & White Charity Ball and auction will go towards funding the services provided by the very popular mobile eye clinic. Many people in Fiji live in remote areas, which means they have limited access to health care. To help break down this barrier and address the staggering demand for eye care services in Fiji, The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ launched the Mobile Eye Clinic in 2015. This was launched to he…See the Story
Charity for eye clinic
Trade · Fiji‘We want to work with Fiji at all levels, at Government, at business, at community level to build a relationship and have a two-way trade.’ This, according to Australian Capital Territory’s (ACT) Commissioner for International Engagement Brendan Smyth who was in the country for a weeklong trade mission with delegates from Canberra. “Over the last couple of days, we’ve met with government, with education, with hotels, with the tourism industry in…See the Story
Smyth: We want to work with Fiji at all level
Fiji · FijiIn a moving ceremony witnessed by a crowd of as many as 2000, the people of Vuda traditionally installed the then prime minister, Dr Timoci Bavadra, in his new home at Veiuto, Suva. An article published by The Fiji Times on Sunday, May 3, 1987, the rare naivakova ceremony to traditionally seat the prime minister, was performed by the Vatububere Mataqali o Vuda. They had presented Dr Bavadra with four whale’s teeth (tabua) as a show of support. T…See the Story
Back in history | Vuda installs PM at home
Fiji · FijiPersonnel at Fiji Pine Ltd’s (FPL) Nabou Forest Station in Nadroga are holding talks with landowners and farmers around the company’s leased land in efforts to minimise forest fires and animal damage to the plantation. Forest ranger Nabou Kitione Rasotale said all stakeholders had conducted their first round of consultation in Vagadra and Nasovotava villages in the interior of Sigatoka Valley. Parts of FPL’s leased land in Nasovotava were writte…See the Story