PM Bainimarama Impressed With The Attendance, Well-Dressed Students Mr Bainimarama’s delegation included Minister for Rural, Maritime Development and Disaster Management Inia Seruiratu, Minister for Education, Heritage and Arts Rosy Akbar and Minister for Infrastructure and Meteorological Services and Minister for Lands and Mineral Resources Jone Usamate. by laisa lui
16 Feb 2021 12:38 Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama with students, officials and his delegation during his North tour on February 15, 2021. Photo: DEPTFO News
2021-03-27
The Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama yesterday commended Bua Central College for its 100 per cent attendance as North schools officially b
Opinion / From The Crowd
Regionalism in retreat – Members threaten to quit the regional body if their choice for Secretary General was rejected
Tess Newton
16 February, 2021, 7:00 pm
Leaders were all smiles as they posed in their matching coral shifts for the Pacific Islands Forum family photo at their summit in Tuvalu in 2019. Photo: RNZ / Yvette McCullough
Prophesies of the end of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) as we know it are close to being fulfilled after a virtual and very tense leaders’ meeting last week.
The difficulties of this awkward format, held via Zoom rather than face-to-face for the first time in 50 years, were amplified with threats by the five Micronesian members to quit the regional body if their choice for Secretary General was rejected.
NEW DESKS AND CHAIRS FOR NORTHERN SCHOOLS
14/02/2021
More than 200 desks, chairs and other school furniture pieces donated to the Ministry of Education on Friday will be distributed to 16 schools affected by Tropical Cyclone Ana in the Northern Division.
The furniture pieces were donated by the charitable arm of Punjas & Sons Pte Ltd – the Punjas Charitable Trust – to the Minister for Education, Heritage and Arts, Hon. Rosy Akbar. This was shipped across to Fiji with the assistance of Swire Shipping Limited.
Hon. Akbar said the donation was timely, noting that one of the needs in cyclone-stricken schools in the North were furniture pieces.
Fiji Department of Information
15 February, 2021, 11:34 am
Swire Shipping Commercial Manager Pacific Islands Iain Stewart, Punjas & Sons Pte Ltds Manager Operations Nandu Naidu with Minister for Education Rosy Akbar and Director NDMO Vasiti Soko. Picture: SUPPLIED
More than 200 desks, chairs, and other school furniture pieces will be distributed to 16 schools affected by Tropical Cyclone Ana in the Northern Division.
The furniture pieces were handed over to the Ministry of Education by the charitable arm of Punjas & Sons Pte Ltd – the Punjas Charitable Trust.
The supplies were shipped across to Fiji with the assistance of Swire Shipping Limited.
Minister for Education Rosy Akbar said the donation was timely, noting that one of the needs in cyclone-stricken schools in the North were school furniture.