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Stay current with all the latest and breaking news about Fiji, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 2,946 stories have been published about Fiji which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.Stay current with all the latest and breaking news about Fiji, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 2,946 stories have been published about Fiji which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.
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Oceania · FijiFiji Rugby Union and its 7s teams dominated the 2020 Fiji Sports Awards winners list in Suva last night. Halfback Jerry Tuwai retained the Sportsman of the Year Award while Fijiana 7s captain Rusila Nagasau scooped the Sports man of the year award.
Rugby dominates sports awards; Ralulu wins Photograph of the Year award
Oceania · FijiGrowing up in Sigatoka in the ’70s and ’80s, Tevita Navuda dreamt of becoming a medical officer. His desire to pursue medicine stemmed from his vision of giving back to the community he was born and raised in. So becoming a doctor came as no surprise to him. Today, Dr Tevita Navuda is one of the longest serving medical professionals in the province of Navosa/ Nadroga. But before he could wear a white coat and examine the body using a stethoscope…
Never give up
Oceania · FijiIn 1977, The Fiji Times published the first of 42,000 Link 1 school English textbooks. The entire book was handled editorially and in all other aspects, in Fiji. The books were available for schools from July 18, 1977. The base prices in 1977 were: Rapid Reading 73 cents; Pupil's Book $1.82 and Teachers' Book $3.85.
153 years on: Fiji launches Link 1
Oceania · FijiA group of 36 visually impaired people from Victoria, Australia arrived in Fiji on a sight-seeing tour in the 1970s. The group's tour was organised by an association for the blind. The tour leader, Arthur Wilkinson, was blind although I would never have realised this if he had not told me so.
Visually impaired group visits Fiji
Oceania · FijiLocated approximately 1.5km from Levuka Town is the 24 flat-Draiba Public Rental Board Estate. With a total population of approximately 120, the estate is daily managed by Keasi Kalou. The current studio flats at Draiba has a weekly rent of $23 and $30 for a one-bedroom flat.
PRB success stories – Board built estates to support small town growths – The Draiba Estate
Oceania · FijiA local ICT solutions provider – VirtualFlex Solutions Ltd – was awarded the 2022 Best-in-Class – Pacific Region award by Vertiv. A statement from the company said Vertiv was a global provider of critical digital infrastructure and continuity solutions. While presenting the award to the company in Suva, Vertiv representative and head of sales NZ, Mark Langford said they were excited to continue supporting VirtualFlex as its sole partner in Fiji.…
‘Best in Class’ award for local company
Entrepreneurs · FijiThe outcomes of the 2nd WIN (Women Invigorating the Nation) convention will serve as the voice of women entrepreneurs at the national policy level at the upcoming national economic summit. The convention kicked of with glamour and ambition with an admirable level of environmental consciousness and about twice the number of participants than the inaugural event in 2022. With a two-day, 200 delegate convention on their hands, the Women Entrepreneu…
Outcome to serve as voice of women entrepreneurs
Oceania · FijiFiji was assessed on its compliance with international anti-money laundering standards in 2016. Fiji was rated non-compliant/partially compliant for 23 out of 40 recommendations. Since 2016, Fiji has addressed the deficiencies in 17 of the recommendations. Fiji is currently taking measures to address the remaining gaps in six key areas.
