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By FONUA TALEI Students and members of the public took advantage of the day-long open day staged by the Ministry of Works, Transport, and Public Utilities at their Walu Bay Depot in Suva yesterday. Dudley High School student, Aroha Memaofa, said the event educated students in engineering and public utilities. “This is good exposure for [...]

When the missionaries met for their annual meeting in 1849, they were faced with the reality that their beloved chairman had left behind his own corrections to be done on the New Testament. Rev Calvert was in possession of these. So it was decided that each of the missionaries would submit corrections to chairman Lyth [...]

By FONUA TALEI The Austrade (Australian Trade Commission) Fiji Education Roadshow 2012 ends at the Novotel Nadi hotel today. The show to inform Fijians about Australian universities and the courses they offer started in Suva on Monday. It was in Lautoka yesterday. Austrade representative Api Kurusiga said they set up exhibitions worldwide in support of [...]

By CAROLINE RATUCADRA Women in the Northern Division now have the opportunity to sell their handicraft products to tourists visiting Taveuni Island. The new business venture is an initiative made possible through a joint effort between the Ministry of Women, the Indonesian Embassy and Tourism Fiji. The women from maritime areas of Qamea, Yanuca and [...]

By RINU SHYYAM Health officials are raising concerns over the promotion and use of unhealthy food items in major events around the country. This was heard during the week-long health symposium in Suva this week. The theme is “Promoting Wellness across the Lifespan: Adolescent Health.” The workshop heard that unhealthy products are used and consumed [...]

By RINU SHYYAM Eight maternal deaths occurred last year because of unplanned pregnancies according to statistics revealed by Dr James Fong, specking at the health symposium in Suva, on Tuesday. Dr Fong said unplanned pregnancy is becoming a major contributor of women’s ill health. “Some of these women who passed away last year were not [...]

By RINU SHYYAM The national advisor for non-communicable diseases (NCDs), Doctor Isimeli Tukana, says the wellbeing of women can combat NCDs. Dr Tukana says women are primary caregivers and their health should be prioritised. “The concept of healthy educated women will result in healthy educated offsprings,” Dr Tukana said. “The growing number of concerns for [...]

By CONOR MEIKLEHAM President, Ratu Epeli Nailatikau, visited Adi Cakobau School (ACS) on Tuesday to speak to students about HIV and AIDS. Ratu Epeli who has been an active campaigner against HIV/AIDS for some years, emphasised the need for “family values, abstinence and safe sex” in the fight against the growing disease. He made it [...]