Dionisia Tabureguci

Out of 635 families residing in informal settlements around Suva that have been issued with eviction notices since 2024, 11 will soon be ending their days as informal settlers after having won a land lot each from the Housing Authority (HA). The 11 families were winners in a barrel draw held last Monday for the […]

One hundred and fifty-one Fijian millionaires who are members of the Fiji National Provident Fund (FNPF) will each see a minimum of $95,000 in annual interest alone credited to their FNPF accounts when they wake up on Wednesday morning – at least if the numbers in the latest FNPF annual report are anything to go […]

Fijians are being cautioned not to read too much into this month’s fuel price drop as international geopolitics in the Middle East remain fragile. The Fijian Competition and Consumer Commission (FCCC) yesterday released its fuel prices determination for July, which factored in lower spot prices for crude in May, translating to reductions in the prices […]

Government’s planned $1.4 billion gross borrowing for the next fiscal year could get a slight bump with indications of potential guarantee calls from several financial institutions in relation to unpaid government-guaranteed COVID-19 debts. This was revealed in the 2026-2027 national budget supplement as among the risks in its $1.7 billion contingent liabilities portfolio. This portfolio […]

Fiji Airways forked out $150 million more for fuel in the last three months compared to the same period last year, said managing director and chief executive officer Paul Scurrah as the company continues to encounter strong headwinds from elevated jet fuel prices. The company is however closely watching its costs as it welcomes the […]

PROPERTY and fleet management firm VB Holdings Ltd this week announced the retirement of its board director Ratnesh Singh who has served in the role for 10 years. “The company thanks Mr Singh, who is well known within the organisation for serving the company well, and he will continue as part of the management team,” […]

PORT Denarau Marina Ltd (PDML) director Bruce Phillips has resigned from his directorship role after six years on the PDML board. Announcing Mr Phillips’ resignation this week, PDML board chairman Malakai Naiyaga said he was well versed with industry knowledge and experience in refrigeration and of the hotel construction in Denarau. “The board records its […]

THE Fiji Tourism Action Group (TAG) has defended the introduction of the new temporary tourism services tax in the 2026-2027 national budget delivered by Minister for Finance Esrom Immanuel in Suva last week. The new tax – which levies five per cent on all hotels and tour & cruise operators with an annual turnover of […]

ONE Beach Fiji – an environmental pride campaign working to address littering across Fiji – will be launching its inaugural community beach clean-up at Natadola next Saturday with the aim of bringing together locals, hotel guests and businesses in a morning of collective pride.”Natadola, on Fiji’s Coral Coast, is one of Fiji’s most beloved stretches […]

MORE than thirty years of waste recycling data in Fiji collected by Waste Recyclers Fiji Limited (WRFL) will now be digitised WRFL and its rights-based offshoot Pacific Recycling Foundation (PRF), convened their inaugural Data Digitalisation Workshop in Nadi yesterday to set this work in motion. “For more than three decades, data collection has been a […]