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Fiji Airports unveils baggage upgrade
FBC News
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September 5, 2025
Fiji Airports announced a major upgrade to the baggage handling system at Nadi International Airport. The $26 million project includes a new conveyor belt system supplied and installed by the Alstef Group. This is one of the biggest upgrades in...
PEOPLE | Ralph paves his future, foreign exchange student in Fiji
The Fiji Times
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September 8, 2025
GO where there is no path and leave a trail.” Those words by 19th Century American philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson speak of someone who’s never been afraid to take the road less travelled, someone very much like Duncan James, who’s living a life...
Pacific Island Property Evolution with OUTRIGGER Fiji Beach Resort
Hospitality Net
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September 8, 2025
The very best of resort hospitality has always involved strong storytelling wherein guests are invited to participate in experiences they wouldn’t be able to enjoy quite the same way anywhere else. While this may be obvious, in practice the...
Fiji Airways urged to lower domestic airfares
FBC News
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September 5, 2025
[file photo] Fiji Airways is being urged to reconsider its domestic airfare pricing, especially in light of the airline’s recently announced record-breaking profits. During a presentation by Fiji Airways to the Standing Committee on Social Affairs...
Fiji School of Medicine key developments: 1986 – 2012
The Fiji Times
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September 5, 2025
Between 1986 and 2012, the Fiji School of Medicine (FSMed) now College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences underwent a period of profound transformation, evolving from institutional crisis to regional leadership in health professional...
Mausio claims Fiji government did not pay for repatriation flight from Israel
The Fiji Times
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September 7, 2025
Fijian businessman and tourism entrepreneur Michael Mausio has broken his silence on the controversial 2023 Fiji Airways charter to Israel, revealing that the Fiji Government never paid for the return flight it took control of, despite publicly...
Black Ferns win, Fiji upset Wales, Savea shines for All Blacks, NRL Finals Set
Pacific Media Network
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The Black Ferns made a statement on Sunday in Brighton, thumping Ireland 40-0 to finish atop their pool and secure a spot in the upcoming Rugby World Cup quarter-finals. Played in front of a packed crowd of just over 30,000, the victory confirms...
Prof. Prasad says govt is for every Fijian, you have nothing to fear
Fijivillage
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Prof. Prasad says govt is for every Fijian, you have nothing to fear This government is for every Fijian, we care about your safety, your well-being, and your future, no matter who you are, you have nothing to fear. This has been shared by Deputy...
Fiji Airways set to trial revolutionary VTOL aircraft for island travel
The Fiji Times
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September 4, 2025
Fiji Airways has announced that trials for a groundbreaking new aircraft designed to transform inter-island travel in Fiji are expected to begin by mid-to-late next year. Speaking at a recent media event, the airline’s Chief Customer Officer,...
Two for the Price of One: Why Fiji Needs Both a Minister and a Director of Information on PM’s Overseas Tours. Fiji government communications are so complex they require Minister Tabuya on standby at 38,000 feet
Fiji Leaks
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September 7, 2025
Why Is Lynda Tabuya Suddenly in the PM Sitiveni Rabuka's Departure Lounge? In a country wrestling with a rising cost of living, fragile public services, and eroding trust in government, Fiji’s taxpayers could be forgiven for asking a simple...
Fiji PM welcomes his Cook Islands counterpart
Pacific News Service
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Fiji and the Cook Islands are in the process of finalising a new Development Cooperation Agreement to advance economic cooperation, air transportation connectivity, trade, tourism, labour mobility and address climate change. This was highlighted...
Japanese state Minister for Foreign Affairs visit to Fiji reaffirms Japan’s support to Fiji
Pacific News Service
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Fiji’s deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade and Cooperatives Manoa Kamikamica received a courtesy call Thursday from the Japanese State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Shunsuke Takei. Takei’s first official visit to our shores this week...
TOURISM TALANOA | Tourism at the crossroads
The Fiji Times
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September 4, 2025
You’ll have seen the fresh analysis on the Pacific’s infrastructure deficit sent out by ANZ Pacific Insights in previous weeks. It’s useful because it puts numbers to a reality many of us have been living with for years. I’ll tip my hat to the...
Fijian Drua becomes the 'national economic engine' in Fiji
RNZ
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September 3, 2025
Fijian Drua fans at Churchill Park, Lautoka. Photo: PHOTOSPORT The Fijian Drua generated an unprecedented FJ$108 million (approximately NZ$80m) contribution to the nation's gross domestic product (GDP) during the 2025 Super Rugby Pacific season....
Fiji Airways eyes expansion after record $1.8b revenue
FBC News
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September 3, 2025
Fiji Airways is focused on long-term growth after achieving a record $1.8 billion in revenue for 2023. Outgoing Chief Executive, Andre Viljoen, told Parliament’s Standing Committee on Social Affairs that the airline is now looking to expand flight...
DISCOVERING FIJI | The Cakaudrove war
The Fiji Times
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September 7, 2025
This article is a re-run. It was earlier published in The Fiji Times STANDING at the Wairiki Holy Cross Church during a recent trip, my eyes caught an artist’s impression of the Cakaudrove Catholic war against the Tongans which hung on a wall....
SI Prime Minister arrives in PNG for 50th Independence Anniversary
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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September 14, 2025
The Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele, including other Pacific Islands leaders, have touched down at Jackson’s International Airport in Port Moresby this afternoon, to join Papua New Guinea in celebrating its 50th Independence...
Fijian Drua rakes in $108M for the economy
FBC News
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September 3, 2025
[File Photo] The Fijian Drua generated $108 million for the country’s GDP during the 2025 Super Rugby Pacific season. This is according to an independent analysis by ANZ Research authored by ANZ’s International Economist for the Pacific, Dr....
Rugby: Fiji beats Samoa at Rotorua and hands Tonga World Cup ticket
Rotorua Daily Post
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September 6, 2025
Byrne said Samoa was tough and had started well but he was grateful Ikanivere and the players bounced back in the second half to win it in the end. “It was a tough game, Samoa came out firing at the start and really took it up to us,” Byrne said...
Tourism at risk of losing opportunities, warns Gavoka
FBC News
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September 3, 2025
Deputy Prime Minister and Tourism Minister Viliame Gavoka has warned that Fiji risks losing opportunities in its tourism sector. He says this is due to a critical shortage of hotel rooms, despite record visitor arrivals. Gavoka says more inventory...