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Source: DAILY MIRROR, LONDON Fifty years ago he watched the sea boil as a nuclear bomb exploded in front of his eyes. Last weekend Pita Rokaratu, a Fijian who served with the Royal Navy, died just days before a final insult from the country he sacrificed his health for. On Wednesday the Supreme Court in [...]

By LOSALINI RASOQOSOQO After my first visit to Kadavu, I returned three weeks later. Kadavu was my home for two weeks and this time, I was able to go deeper into the issue. It is a serious issue worth highlighting given the immediate effects it has to individuals and the community as a whole. I [...]

By DAMIAN GRAMMATICAS BBC A few hundred yards from the seashore, on top of a small mound of earth, Japanese flags flutter in the brisk, chilly breeze. There is a giant fir tree that is twisted and mangled but still alive, an ancient standing stone and some wooden stakes inscribed with prayers. They are the [...]

‘Our home our rights: Fighting for transparency in mortgagee sales’ By CONSUMER COUNCIL OF FIJI Fiji Sun: What is World Consumer Rights Day (WCRD) and its significance? Council: World Consumer Rights Day (WCRD) is an annual occasion for celebration and   solidarity within the international consumer movement. WCRD was first observed on March 15, 1983, and [...]

By JOSE CALLEJA General Manager, Natadola Bay Championship Golf Course PLAYER REVIEW This week’s player review is based on Mr and Mrs Rob Hammond of Australia. Mr and Mrs Hammond play on a handicap of 30 and 37 respectively. They use Ping clubs and their favourite player is Tiger Woods. Their favourite course is BrookWater [...]

By KERESI NAUWAKARAWA On March 2, 2012 the Ko e ITA was first published and a former Fiji Sun man in Fiji was at the helm of Tongan’s new newspaper Ko e ITA. The publication is a 20-page broadsheet-size full colour English weekly, which becomes the first newspaper of that size in the South Pacific [...]

By UMENDRA PRATAP Ministry of Primary Industries Lomaivuna in Naitasiri is currently abuzz because many of its farmers are busy harvesting their immature ginger. Ginger is a lucrative income-earner that farmers in Lomaivuna grow every year and can be harvested prematurely and sold to their specific markets. One such farmer is a 29-year-old Ravind Vikash [...]

Source: CONSUMER COUNCIL OF FIJI How many times do we enter into a credit contract without having full information on the interest rates offered by the traders or the credit-providers? We often overlook this, which is the most crucial aspect of borrowing money or taking credit. Do you know lower interest rates help you save [...]

By MAIKA BOLATIKI A good friend of Fiji, the Ambassador of Japan, Yutaka Yoshizawa, has left the country after serving here for three years and four months. At a farewell reception in his honour at his residence at 337 Princess Road, Tamavua on February 20, Ambassador Yoshizawa and his wife, Fumiko, thanked those present, including [...]