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Fijilive (Free subscription) | 45 minutes ago
The Fiji Football Association has promised the national FUTSAL team cash incentives if they win the OFC championship that kicks off at the Vodafone Arena this afternoon.Fiji FUTSAL coach Imtiaz Khan said FFA chief executive officer Bob Kumar made the promise while presenting the players’ jerseys last night.“It really boosted the team morale. It’s great to be acknowledged by our parent...
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Fijilive (Free subscription) | 45 minutes ago
Shareholders of beleaguered airline Air Fiji met at the Tuvalu High Commission in Suva today with the hope that the airline’s financial woes would end soon.The High Commission has confirmed that Tuvalu’s permanent secretary for Communication, Transport and Tourism Enele Sapoaga was also part of the meeting.The Tuvalu Government owns 51 per cent of shares in the company and is hoping to...
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Fijilive (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
A Tongan national who allegedly raped a 28-year-old woman at the Suva foreshore before throwing her into the sea early Friday morning has been remanded in custody.No plea was taken when Saia Naua, 26 appeared before Magistrate Eparama Rokoika in Suva.State Prosecutor Seini Puamau told the court the accused was a flight risk as he had no fixed address in Fiji.“Saia, you will be remanded in Korovou...
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Fijilive (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Imtiaz Khan, coach of Fiji's national Futsal team, believes the pressure is off his side going into the OFC Futsal Championship Fiji 2009 which gets underway at Vodafone Arena in Suva tomorrow evening.By Khan's own admission, the Fiji squad is very young and arguably less experienced than their more fancied opposition - namely New Caledonia, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu - and they had a disappointing...
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Fiji Times (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
SOUTH Africa-based Tonga rugby centre Alipate Fatafehi said the Ikale Tahi gave the game away to the Junior All Blacks when the two sides met in Suva last Thursday.
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Fijilive (Free subscription) | yesterday
Lautoka player Kamal Hassan has been tipped to captain the Fiji FUTSAL side for the OFC championship in Suva.Coach Imtiaz Khan will name his captain when the team is presented their uniforms ahead of their opening game against Vanuatu at the Vodafone Arena tomorrow afternoon.Defending champion Solomon Islands take on Pacific powerhouse New Caledonia in the feature match on day one of competition.Fiji,...
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Fijilive (Free subscription) | yesterday
A gallant Fiji women's volleyball side has lost to Thailand, three straight sets to nil, at the final qualifying rounds for the 2010 Women’s World Championship.Thailand proved too strong for the Fijians as they easily won 25-13, 25-15 and 25-15.Fiji had earlier in the day lost to China in their opening game 3-0 (25-10, 25-12 and 25-13), Fiji’s first big thrashing in their campaign.Fiji,...
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Fijilive (Free subscription) | yesterday
Only two of Fiji’s prison institutions now remain unfit for human habitation, falling short of the required standard under the United Nations Minimum Standard Rules for the Treatment of Offenders. With 14 institutions located in the major centres around the country, this appears to be good progress for the Fiji Prisons Service, which eight years ago was criticized by the High Court for failing...
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Fijilive (Free subscription) | yesterday
Fiji is looking to be included in talks for a regional free trade agreement despite its suspension from the Pacific Islands Forum in May this year.Trade ministers of the 15 remaining members of the Forum have agreed to continue talks on the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER) after the conclusion of the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting in Cairns in August 2009.Fiji Attorney...
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Fiji Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
NEW Zealand golf expert Zaine Mikkelson is keen to help develop the sort of golf in the country.
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Fijilive (Free subscription) | 07/04/2009
Police have released a man they had detained last month for possession of white powder suspected to be some form of illegal drug. And they have linked the incident to a possibility that Fiji still figures prominently in international underground drug route. Senior Superintendent of Police Waisea Tabakau told FijiLive the man had been questioned and has been released, while investigations into the case...
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Fijilive (Free subscription) | 07/04/2009
Fiji women’s volleyball team lost in the third round of the World Cup qualifiers with three straight sets in favour of China in Chengdu last night.The side went down fighting in the first set 25-10 before completely losing the rhythm in the second 25-12. The forth ranked Chinese side dominated the third set 25-13 sealing a strong win against the Ana Seniloli skippered team. Team Coach Varanisese...
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Fijilive (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Fiji’s Ministry of Agriculture has detected bovine brucellosis or ‘Bang’s diesease’ in a farm in Wainibokasi, in Tailevu South, more than 100 kilometres from Wainivesi in Tailevu North, where the bacterial infection resurfaced after it was thought to be eradicated over 10 years ago. The ministry suspects this was a result of a breeding program amongst farmers in the two areas,...
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Fijilive (Free subscription) | 45 minutes ago
The Australian Fijian Rugby League has secured national airline Air Pacific as its new major sponsor.“I would be lying if I said I wasn’t ecstatic about this deal,” said AFRL Marketing Manager Steven Driscoll.“We’ve held discussions with Air Pacific before but for whatever reason we have seemed to stumble at the last hurdle. We make no secret of the fact that having them...
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Fijilive (Free subscription) | 45 minutes ago
Former Fiji Broadcasting Corporation Limited Chairman Daniel Whippy and businessman Champak Kapadia have been cleared to travel out of the country after their court appearance in Suva this morning.And this can only happen if they inform the Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption (FICAC) of their intent.Magistrate Ajmal Khan ordered the two to advise the court registry and FICAC whenever they...
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gonanaimo | 01/11/2009
Avalon Travel Publishing has released the 8th edition of Moon Fiji , the original travel guide to the 322-island Fiji archipelago. Since 1985, Moon Fiji has been the leading travel guidebook to Fiji. Author David Stanley began writing about the South Pacific in 1979, and over the years tens of thousands of Pacific travelers have used his guides to Fiji, Tahiti, Tonga, Samoa, Micronesia, and the South...
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