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Denarau ready for more development
By JESSAN DOTON There is no stopping Denarau Island’s growth, as two new developments on the integrated Island resort are set to take shape this year. Investor confidence is thriving in Nadi’s most popular tourist destination. Work on separate multi-million dollar accommodation properties; a hotel and an apartment complex, is set to launch later this [...]
By JOHN ROSS Since the Government introduced the Superyacht Decree in 2010, what was previously a non-existent business for the Fiji tourism industry has flourished. And like the yachts themselves, it is big business in every way. Port Denarau Marina is the main port for the operations of superyachts in Fiji but there are several [...]
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BY MERE NALEBA Life goes on amid the bad weather. At Nadi’s Ice Bar they gathered to celebrate Bob Marley’s birthday. Staff of Ice Bar organised a birthday tribute party for the ‘King of Reggae’ who died on May 11, 1981, aged 36. “Bob Marley will always be my number one reggae artist. His songs [...]
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BY AJAY BHAI AMRIT Joe Frazier was born in January 1944 and was the 12th child born to Rubin and Dolly Frazier in South Carolina. He grew up working on a farm and at a young age, his uncle noticed that Joe had potential to be a boxer with his stocky build and good work [...]
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By ENI F.H. FALEOMAVAEGA (Eni F.H. Faleomavaega, Democrat, American Samoa, is the Ranking Member and former Chairman of the United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific. The following appeared in The Hill, a congressional newspaper that publishes daily when Congress is in session in Washington) In Samoa, when a tauta (landman) [...]
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By RATU INOKE KUBUABOLA Minister for Foreign Affairs, writing in The Australian newspaper Australia is not simply a neighbour of Fiji. It is a part of our family. As such, Fiji will always hold Aussies close, same with Kiwis. But as Richard Herr and Anthony Bergin wrote earlier this month: “Fiji is getting on [...]
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By Jessan Doton The last week in Fiji has seen some of the toughest weather conditions. While many of the towns along the western side of Fiji suffered severe flooding, Naisoso Island remained in great condition. Naisoso Island developer Bob Lowres has always been pedantic about the quality and the build of the island, and [...]
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By AJAY BHAI AMRIT The stars all aligned when Muhammad Ali took centre stage as the greatest heavyweight champion of all time. He first conquered the amateur ranks in 1960 when as a young 18 year old boy he won an Olympic Gold medal for his country in the light heavyweight division. His professional heavyweight [...]
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By MATTHEW CULMER Fiji Sun volunteer sports writer Matthew Culmer talks about his and his fellow volunteer’s experience in Fiji thus far and what it’s like being part of the Sunsports Team. It was on December 31 I left not so sunny England on my great voyage of discovery to the far side of the [...]
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By MERE NALEBA Air Pacific has charted an aircraft from Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings to reduce flight disruptions in the Nadi – Los Angeles flights. This is as Air Pacific’s Boeing 747-400 scheduled to undergo engine change faces further delays in Los Angeles. Air Pacific spokesman Shane Hussein confirmed Air Pacific has brought in the [...]
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