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By RACHNA LAL One of the current realities for employers in Fiji is the migration of skilled workers and professionals which creates a vacuum in various industries. These views have been expressed by the chairman of the Manufacturing Council and board member of the Fiji Commerce and Employers Federation, Himendra Chandra. Mr Chandra was speaking [...]

By KUINI WAQASAVOU Farmers in the Western Division have begun their potato planting. This is after the Ministry of Agriculture distributed potato seeds to farmers in Ra right up to the Nadroga and Navosa areas. Director for Crop Extension Services for the Ministry of Agriculture, Vatimi Rayalu, said 85 metric tonnes of potato seeds were [...]

By JYOTI PRATIBHA Captain Cook Cruises may start providing passenger ferry services soon. Company managing director Jackie Charlton Haworth said: “Captain Cook Cruises is interested to enter the passenger ferrying business in the Mamanuca and Malolo Islands. “We have been looking at this for some time and working out the possible connections to the island [...]

By LITIA MATHEWSELL Plans by the Rarawai and Penang Cane Growers Association to assist elderly farmers through a pension scheme are coming to fruition. Prime Minister and Minister for Sugar Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama has been invited to honour and recognise these people who have dedicated years of service to the sugar industry. Association president Gyan [...]

By RACHNA LAL Asia Pacific Resources is looking to build on its initiatives to distribute the wealth generated from mineral resources in Fiji more effectively. Their proposal for the Tailevu Lime project is now with landowners. The Tailevu Lime project by Asia Pacific Resources, owners of the Wainivesi Mine, is the agricultural and construction lime [...]

By RACHNA LAL Source: E-Travel Blackboard An insurance broker, AON (Fiji) Limited, sees a big future for AON in Fiji and in particular, in the area of tourism. These comments were made by AON general manager Fiji, Kevin Parr during the recently-held Bula Fiji Tourism Exchange (BFTE) 2013. The three-day event was held at the [...]

By RACHNA LAL Melanesian trade integration will take another step today as Fiji will play host to the inaugural Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Trade Ministers meeting in Nadi. The meeting will be held at the Sofitel Fiji Resort and Spa on Denarau Island. The Permanent Secretary for Industry and Trade, Shaheen Ali, said this meeting [...]

By RACHNA LAL Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama yesterday officially received Air Pacific’s second of the three Airbus A330 aircraft from the Airbus factory in Toulouse, France. Airbus’ Vice President Contracts and Delivery Transactions, Thierry van der Heyden, met with the Fijian delegation and said they were excited to deliver Fiji’s second A330 aircraft. Commodore [...]

By RINU SHYYAM Popular Bollywood actor Boman Irani, who is currently shooting for his upcoming film in Fiji, ‘Santa Banta’, has described our country as God’s gift. “This place is God’s gift and I hope to go back a calmer man as back home in the hustle and bustle of the city, we are always [...]