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A major restructure of Rewa Cooperative Dairy Company will now get underway with private investors expected to come in and try and turn the company into a lucrative venture allowing farmers to concentrate on milk product
Government has given its assurance that the issue of unemployment of youths is being addressed and target to reduce the unemployment levels to 4.4% by 2012. Speaking at the Official National Youth Day Celebrations in Su
Hopes are high that the sugar industry will bounce back and provide more to the growers, the millers and the nation as a whole. According to a Ministry of National Planning paper, steps should be taken to return confide
The government has stressed after the Food Symposium yesterday that more land which is lying idle for years will be available for farming from later this year. Prime Minister, Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama said the gover
The Fiji Sugar Corporation has stressed that supermarkets that are still rationing sugar may be holding back sugar stock. CEO Deo Saran said they have restored sugar supply two weeks ago and he is concerned to hear that
In attempts to attract more overseas investment in the tourism and building and construction sector, the Reserve bank of Fiji has relaxed its policy on local borrowing for non-resident controlled companies and individual
Government has given its assurance that the issue of unemployment of youths is being addressed. Speaking at the Official National Youth Day Celebrations in Suva today, Education Minister Filipe Bole said that unemployme
The Group discussion on Sugar at the Food Sympossium highlighted the need to provide incentive packages to the farmers to help growth in the Agriculture sector. Group Chairman and University Academic Dr Rohit Kishore sa
The new species of termites that have been found in Lautoka is similar to termites found in South Asian countries. Acting Director Quarantine, Ilaitia Boa said samples sent to Australia have confirmed this and now they
Suva Lawyer Sheik Hussein Shah today pleaded guilty to two counts of professional misconduct and unsatisfactory professional behaviour before the Independent Legal Services Commissioner John Connors. The Commission hear
The Suva High Court this morning remanded three people in custody who are charged with conspiracy to commit arson and attempted arson. Hem Chand and Veer Chand of Omkar road Narere and Navin Yogesh Lal of Caubati are al
Hopes are high that the sugar industry will bounce back and provide more to the growers, the millers and the nation as a whole. According to a Ministry of National Planning paper, steps should be taken to return confide
The Fiji Sugar Corporation has stressed that supermarkets that are still rationing sugar may be holding back sugar stock. CEO Deo Saran said they have restored sugar supply two weeks ago and he is concerned to hear that
A joinery workshop belonging to Valebasoga Tropik Board in Labasa was completely destroyed by fire early this morning. Divisional Northern Fire Officer John Pillay said firefighters are still at the scene carrying out t
The Reserve Bank of Fiji will now study the possibility of introducing an import substitution financing facility. During his closing address, at the Food Symposium yesterday Governor Sada said this will be similar to th
Disputes over lease conditions, land ownership, stumpage and royalty charges by the Native Land Trust Board or allegations against operators has been persistent problems for the forestry sector which has also been a huge
Forty Ballantine Memorial School students yesterday became the occupants of their newly opened Miss Mills Dormitory which was built through a grant of $363,041 by the European Union. The dormitory is furnished wit
Inconsistent record taking which led to the closing of cases may now become a thing of the past for the Fiji Police Force. Three forms have been designed by Fiji Police Force for officers to keep an update of cases and
Labasa will have a New Multi-purpose complex for disabled as the Ministry of Social Welfare and Ministry of Public Works and Transport signed the contract yesterday. The new complex which cost $400,000 will be an expans
The Quarantine Department is still awaiting report from its task force carrying out the investigation on the new species of termites found in Lautoka. Acting Director Ilaitia Boa said there are no reports so far whether
