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Suva Grammar School's Boys team captain Remesio Lala has claimed their first Gold medal in the 2009 Coca Cola Games after he won the Gold medal in the Senior Boys 1500 metres at the TFL stadium in the last hour. La
Despite a sad start to their Zone competition, Jasper High School athletes will be taking to the tracks to make sure they win a gold for their teacher who just passed away. Form Four student, Laisane Rokoiga said before
Salote Naiula of Nadarivatu Secondary School has taken the first Gold medal of the 2009 Coca Cola Games in the Senior Girls 1500 metres. The Silver medal went to Kinisimere Leitabu of Wainimakutu Secondary, and Bronze m
Old coins will not be used as a form of trade from today onwards. The Reserve Bank of Fiji is encouraging people who still have the old 50, 20, 10, and 5 cent coins to go down to the bank or to the Reserve Bank to chang
The 2009 Coca-Cola Games officially starts this hour with the arrival of the Games torch from the Coca Cola Head Office, accompanied by 30 athletes from ACS and Suva Grammar, the defending Coca Cola champions in the Girl
A two member team from the Health Ministry has been sent down to Nadi to supervise the surveillance of all ports of entry and hold talks with Border control officers and Airport staff. This is after the National Swine F
The Public Service Commission will continue to try and reduce the number of civil servants and the chairman stressed it is not about downsizing, but rightsizing. After years of discussions and studies on the size of the
The Water department will be carrying out audits for all water meters around the country to find out how many meters have been installed illegally. Spokesperson Sainiana Waqanabete said this exercise may be carried out
The National Swine Flu Taskforce has just revealed that they have been informed by their New Zealand counterparts that they have two suspected cases of Swine Flu that travelled to Fiji on the 26th of April. Spokesperson
A total of 2,301 civil servants will retire from the service today after the retirement age was set at 55 years. Public Service Commission Chairman Josefa Serulagilagi confirms that out of this, 192 civil servants will
While there is a buzz of excitement on the last day of term 2 of school today and the Coca Cola games tomorrow, there is also an air of sadness as schools held special ceremonies to farewell their senior teachers who ret
Twelve police officers will leave our shores in the next few weeks headed for Dafur on a Peace keeping mission under the United Nations banner. The 12 officers will replace those who have been based in Dafur for the pas
An alarming 218 suicide cases were reported for last year. Of this, 22 were aged between 1 to 16, 66 were aged between 17 to 25 and 130 were above the age of 25. To counter this increasing number of suicide cases, the
Roads enable movement of people and cargo and is both economic and social lifeline for everyone. These are the words of the Minister for Works Brigadier General Timoci Natuva at the commissioning of the Lami weighbridge
The Ministry of Health today organised a workshop for its Doctors from Fiji's various divisions primarily to educate them in detecting patients who intend to commit suicide. National Advisor for Non Communicable Dis
The LTA has noticed a significant change in drivers attitudes towards the safety of children in cars. This is what Media Liaison Officer Ratu Eroni Volavola said about what their officers have noticed in the past week d
The Works, Transport and Energy Ministry is now working closely with the PSC to ensure the over 350 positions which will be left vacant today are filled so that there are no disruptions to the delivery of services. Medi
The Health Ministry has confirmed that all 15 doctors who were supposed to retire today have been retained by the Health Ministry for their experience. Spokesperson, Iliesa Tora said the Public Service Commission has ag
The WHO has raised the alert of the swine flu to level 5, one short of a full blown global pandemic. Level 5 alert means human to human transmission in at least two countries. The alert comes after a 23month old Mexic
The New United Nations Representative to Fiji Knut Ostby met the acting Prime Minister and Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum this morning. After the meeting, Knut told reporters that the United Nations will maintain
