93 articles tagged "fsc"
Sugar cane farmers can expect good news as the Prime Minister is expected to make an announcement on their cane payment that will be more than the guaranteed price of $85 per tonne tomorrow. This has been confirmed
Minister for Sugar Industry, Charan Jeath Singh says people from the Fiji Sugar Corporation have been fired for corrupt practices and the matters have been handed to police. In a press conference earlier today, Sin
A lot of burnt cane is coming in says Minister for Sugar Charan Jeath Singh and that’s not a good sign for us. He says the quality of sugar does not look good when you bring in burnt cane. Singh stated this
The Fiji Sugar Corporation sold $209.7 million worth of sugar for the 2022-2023 financial year, the highest in the last nine years and FSC share of proceeds reaching $64.3 million, the most favourable in the last 16 yea
The Fiji Sugar Corporation Limited has reached a notable milestone by surpassing the 100,000 Metric tonne threshold in sugar production for the season. As of yesterday, FSC has successfully produced 100,215 Metric
Akisi Vinaka is the first woman appointed to the Board of Directors for the Fiji Sugar Corporation Board. Vinaka was appointed to the FSC board by Minister for Sugar Industry, Charan Jeath Singh, in concurrence with t
Akisi Vinaka has been appointed as the first female member to join the Fiji Sugar Corporation Board of Directors. The Ministry for Sugar says Vinaka brings 23 years of farming experience as a cane farmer and is an
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Professor Biman Prasad confirms that an election will be held to appoint people to the Sugar Cane Growers Council but he says the government is yet to determine when this
Four new members have been appointed to the Fiji Sugar Corporation board of Directors by the Ministry of Sugar Industry. The Ministry says four new members include Paras Ram Reddy, Nitya Reddy, Kaison Chang and Ma
The position of the Fiji Sports Council Chief Executive Officer will be advertised, and Council Chairman, Gilbert Vakalalabure will act as Acting CEO in the interim. Vakalalabure says he is looking forward to seein
National Federation Party General Secretary, Seni Nabou says former Prime Minister and Minister for Sugar Industry Voreqe Bainimarama allegedly misled Parliament on 14th February 2019 by saying an investigation had comm
Minister for Sugar Charan Jeath Singh says FSC had given evidence against the former FSC CEO, Abdul Khan, to FICAC some two years back, but the file had disappeared, however FICAC says all investigation materials, files
The Minister for Sugar industry, Charan Jeath Singh says major changes can be expected in the operations of the Fiji Sugar Corporation - from relying heavily on Government funding into an independent commercial entity.
The Lautoka Mill crushed a total of 514,892 tonnes of cane, producing 47,602 tonnes of sugar in the 2022 crushing season. The Fiji Sugar corporation says the burnt cane percentages remained exponentially high throu
The National Farmers Union is calling on the Fiji Sugar Corporation to make the final cane payment for the 2021 crop season before Diwali as most growers do not have savings to draw from for such celebrations. Unio
Fiji Sugar Corporation has crushed 731,880 tonnes of sugarcane to produce 69,478 tonnes of sugar in the 11 weeks of the season and two sugar cargoes have left our shores this season with another sugar cargo and molasses
The National Farmers Union is calling on the Fiji Sugar Corporation to release information on cane crushed, sugar processed and the tonnes of cane to tonnes of sugar ratio for the farmers. NFU General Secretary Mah
With Fiji’s non-sugar agriculture export earnings raking in $121.3 million last year, farmers from four villages in Sigatoka are being urged to grow high-value crops with lucrative export markets to enable them to ful
Serious concerns are being raised by farmers in the Western Division following a series of breakdowns at the Lautoka sugar mill since last Wednesday. Umesh Kumar of Qeleloa Nadi has told Legend FM News that farmers
As we travel through the cane belt areas, we note large lots of land suitable for farming lying idle, and we encourage landowners and prospective farmers to come forward and make use of their land. That is the call
