Author: Jerry Ligairi
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History was made today when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided to create Olympic Esports Games. The first edition will be held in 2025 in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The 142nd IOC Session in Paris endorsed the proposal by the IOC Executive Board (EB) unanimously. For the organisation of the Games, the IOC has partnered with the […]
Many stayed up to cheer the boys on at 5.30am FJT as they played their hearts out against the home team in the 7s final of the 2024 Olympic Games later settling for the silver medal after their valiant effort. Until the end of the 2024 Olympic Basketball competition and only if Team USA make […]
It was an emotional farewell for Fiji 7s legend and two-time Olympics gold-medallist Jerry Tuwai and his family when the 35-year-old left our shores with the Team Fiji Rugby Men’s 7s side for the Paris Olympics earlier this month. Poasa Vunisa, the father of Tuwai, says it was an emotional one because they are proud […]
This is the story as told by Vara Taoi on her Facebook page and it has been put here to be digitally enshrined and not lost in all the mish mash that is social media as time goes by. Story time: I have always wanted to travel the world. I remember when I was in […]
Last September, as the celebration picked up steam inside a cramped South Sudanese locker room in Araneta Coliseum in Manila, Luol Deng paused to reflect on surrealness of it all. How Deng, a 15-season NBA veteran, had come to spend the last four years in a new role: president of the South Sudan Basketball Federation. […]
With people rushing to social media with their praises of the VOU Fijian Flying Circus, the troupe now bring their show to Suva after an outstanding outing in their home ground of Nadi. Homegrown and sure to create a core memory for audience members of all ages, many are now rushing to see what for […]
The Ra native is not a name that needs any introduction at this point, but on the eve of his first EP release we can’t help but to pick the brain of one of Fiji’s most successful singers and businessmen. Legend FM Drive host, Jerry, had the opportunity to do just that and spent some […]
Fiji, a small nation rich in culture and traditions, uniquely preserves its stories not in conventional libraries but throughout its natural and human landscape. The essence of Fijian history and knowledge is found in rock, wood, leaf, flower, and especially in people, collectively forming the Vanua. Without a written language before colonization, Fijians used oral […]
Mistbows Special Friends is a self funded charity group founded in 2020. With its many works in reaching out to the communities of Fiji, they are excited to host an initiative battling NCDs. They have taken the responsibility of feeding the less fortunate, mainly aiming their efforts at youths and children in need, either on […]
Pacific Islanders have a long history of navigation, but we had the habit of staying away from cold locations, we probably. The same cannot be said about Naina Baleca. Baleca is a seafarer who shares her experience travelling around the frozen continent of Antarctica. Nesia Daily has dubbed her “The Freezing Fijian”. She’s seen penguins, […]
