Editors Comment

Editorial comment – Remove those derelicts

On this day back in 2014 we highlighted the issue of derelict vessels that littered the Suva Harbour. It is still relevant today! We suggested that if things continued the way they were going then,...

25th March

Editorial comment – All for Education

There was joy at the start of the school term this year when the Government announced financial assistance for families. Families applied to get assistance to send their children to school. It was savoured to the brim. We place great value on education. And that’s the way it should be. The placing of value that...

24th March

Editorial comment – Overcoming challenges

Sometimes we need stories that will give us a reality check about life in general. Read Josaia Turagacati’s story in the Business section today and be inspired. Better known as Josh, this barber is a man of many talents. Now he owns and runs his very own barber shop in the heart of the Capital...

23rd March

Editorial comment – No time to waste with waste

Now that the Lautoka City Council has revealed plans to relocate its dump site, there will no doubt be attention focused on the move, and some joy. LCC senior health inspector Salen Singh said the Vunato landfill was located near the coastline and this posed an environmental risk. He said one of the serious concerns...

22nd March

Editorial comment: Children and drugs

The revelation that some children living in Public Rental Board (PRB) flats around Suva were allegedly being used to sell and courier drugs is cause for concern. PRB general manager Timoci Naleba made the revelation during an interview with the media last week. He said it was one of the reasons closed circuit television (CCTV)...

21st March

Editorial comment – Fighting RHD!

The revelation that rheumatic heart disease (RHD) affects one in every 50 children in Fiji, with 4958 active cases in the country now is cause for concern. In fact it should attract a lot of attention! Speaking at a World Oral Health Day workshop in Suva yesterday, Dr Hinal Tailor, the pediatric registrar at the...

20th March

Editorial comment – Our water challenges

It is good to know that 70 per cent of the water system along Suva to Nausori was restored as of midday yesterday. This followed a major shutdown at the Waila Water Treatment Plant on Friday. Public Works Minister Ro Filipe Tuisawau, while acknowledging the water woes faced by residents at the weekend, said it...