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College joins drug fight

Written By : Source: MINISTRY OF EDUCATION. St Bedes College in Savusavu ended their NO DRUGS campaign on a high note with the Minister for Education, Filipe Bole as their chief guest. The minister who was on a tour of Savusavu with other senior officials of the Ministry of Education was glad to see how [...]

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Developing cleaner pathway for Fiji’s agricultural produce

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World population to hit seven billion by October

Written By : THALIF DEEN IPS/Aljazeera. The United Nations commemorates World Population Day against the backdrop of an upcoming landmark event: global population hitting the seven billion mark by late October this year. According to current projections, and with some of the world’s poorest nations doubling their populations in the next decade, the second milestone [...]

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The rise and fall of  a global media baron

Written By : CHRIS ARSENAULT Aljazeera.net. When the last issue of News of the World newspaper went to press on Sunday, media analysts were left to wonder if the demise of Britain’s most popular tabloid marks the beginning of the end for its billionaire owner or just a bump in the road to full spectrum [...]

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Written By : Source: BBC NEWS. Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation has announced that it is dropping its planned bid to take full ownership of satellite broadcaster BSkyB. It follows a scandal over phone hacking at News Corp’s UK newspaper group. News Corp deputy chairman Chase Carey said the bid had become “too difficult to progress [...]

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The coolest place to work -the office that’s like a playground

Written By : DAILY MAIL REPORTER. Just like a real life Willy Wonka factory this office could be the coolest place in the world to work. With work spaces decorated with swirly lollipops, giant cupcakes, a treehouse, boot houses and even a flowing waterfall concealing a secret office, Inventionland has been designed to get big [...]

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Written By : Source: AL JAZEERA. “The war on drugs has failed,” said a recent report compiled by the Global Commission on Drug Policy, which comprised a former UN secretary-general, former presidents of Mexico, Colombia and Brazil, a former US Secretary of State and a host of public intellectuals, human rights activists and politicians. The [...]

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Partnership – what it really means

Written By : BISHOP APIMELEKI NADOKI QILIHO . Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Polynesia, Vanua Levu and Taveuni Episcopal Unit Introduction During the course of my work, I have carried out a significant amount of counseling work with people who were once in partnership having subsequently fallen out. There is a great deal of [...]

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Operation kadivuka – one year later

Written By : Source: BIOSECURITY AUTHORITY OF FIJI. In late 2009 and early 2010, Fiji saw an outbreak of the Asian Subterranean termites. The infestation was mainly in Lautoka. The Asian Subterranean termite (AST) – also known as Coptotermes gestroi – is a new species of termite found in the country. It is exotic to [...]

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Form Seven a go for five Savusavu schools

Written By : Source: MINISTRY OF EDUCATION. Five secondary schools in Cakaudrove were given the approval by the Minister for Education Filipe Bole to begin Form Seven in 2012. The approval was personally announced to the schools by the minister during his tour to Savusavu, Vanua Levu, recently. The minister was accompanied by the Permanent [...]

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