education
“If you’re struggling with something, talk to someone, get the help that you need, don’t wait till it’s too late”, this is the advise that Kalesi Volatabu, founder of Drug Free World Fiji shared on the Pacific Beat podcast. Reports have surfaced on the increasing cases of meth, […]
When the news of the new Navy vessel RFNS Puamau had grounded itself on the reef in Fulaga, social media erupted with questions on how this happened. Whilst not a comprehensive explanation this short video from Leo Williams Vanualailai who is an expert on GIS does at least provide some clue as to what may […]
Violet Langan is a Brisbane pastor who also moved to Australia from Fiji and helps households struggling to afford bills and food explained that groceries have become quite expensive even for this the employed. “It’s just too expensive for things that have risen in costs, the basics. You don’t get much out of $100,” she […]
Pastors Meli and Evelyn Tamanisau lead PAL workers in to in cooking and giving out food. They said that the number of people coming for meals has grown. The pastors started cooking meals before the COVID pandemic, when Mr Tamanisau was working at Sun Pork, and the […]
“Eda sa qaqa”, the harmonies of five Fijian PALM workers filled the air of a warm and spice-scented kitchen. A tune well known to those back home and means “We have overcome”. While others spent Saturdays making the most of […]
A fourth-year computer science student specializing in data science at the Vellore Institute of Technology, went viral on LinkedIn after using AI to translate American sign language (ASL). Priyanjali Gupta got the idea from her mom, who pushed her to put her engineering degree to good use. She made the model using Tensorflow Object Detection to translate […]
A Tiktok video of a teacher on Tiktok who has started the practice of hugging her children at the end of each school day has got many praising her for her efforts to touch her young kids lives in a positive manner. As one person commented, this may be the only hugs some of these […]
From the Archdiocese of Suva Facebook page comes this wonderfully sung version of a well-known and beloved hymn. “AU TAGI” beautifully sung by the students of Marist Brothers High School at the opening Mass for the Catholic Education Week.
It feels sometimes that all we read or hear on the news are stories about big events, about things going wrong and all we read on social media is negative. So, we wanted to change things up and hopefully bring a smile to your face by reminding you of this video that was posted in […]
Mister Sevudredre recently took to Facebook with a wonderfully articulated reason for some of our New Years traditions. FIJIAN NEW YEAR TRADITIONS – NA VAKATAWASE Fijian New Year is known as Na Vakatawase. Many are not aware of its ancient roots in high Fijian culture. Allow me to share a few insights. Long before Christianity, […]
