By AJAY BHAI AMRIT Barry McGuigan was born in February 1961 in his beloved Ireland. He was born into a hard working humble family where his father was a singer and mother took care of domestic duties. From a young age he had the drive and determination to become one of the best amateur boxers [...]
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OPINION by DR TK JAYARAMAN (Dr Jayaraman is a Professor at the Fiji National University’s School of Economics, Banking and Finance, Nasinu Campus.) The news came on June 5 that Australia recorded lower than the expected growth in the quarter ending March. It was just 0.6 per cent or an annualised growth rate of 2.5 [...]
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By LEONE CABENATABUA LUCKY PEOPLE How can some people have all the luck in the world to do things the way they want? Dickie Bird was told of how one highly qualified individual with a secure job in Suva was hired on a contract basis by another overseas company that was tendering for a major [...]
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By LEONE CABENATABUA HARD WAY A local fashion wannabe copped a punch at one of the watering holes in Suva last week. Dickie Bird said this wannabe got tipsy after a few rounds of drinks and started to hassle a group of foreign investors. A member of the group asked this wannabe to leave as [...]
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By LEONE CABENATABUA TURNING 100 The old Sigatoka Bridge turned 100 this week. According to Dickie Bird the bridge was opened on June 3, 1913. At its peak it was used by both road and rail traffic. Part of the bridge was washed away in 2009 by floods ending the rail link to the canefields [...]
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By JYOTI PRATIBHA NO WELCOME AT THIS CLUB Seems those night spots where only a certain type of patron are welcome are still around despite past complaints. Group wanting to visit one spot in Suva the other day were given the you-are-not-welcome here treatment at the door. Dickie Bird hears this is one of those [...]
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By KELVIN DAVIS (Kelvin Davis is the director or Greymouse, a cloud service-provider that supplies high quality, time-bound and cost-efficient services through its own facility in Fiji.) As the changing Australian dollar continues to challenge many business models, it has also taken its toll on the Australian economy, as businesses are forced to close shop [...]
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By JYOTI PRATIBHA Yes, dear readers, some good feedback on yesterday’s column. So a final peak at some Coconut Wireless cousin columns, so to speak, from around the region: POTHOLE PROBLEMS From Column 1 in The National, Port Moresby: Port Moresby is doing well if its intention is to replace Lae as the “pothole city”. [...]
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