Health
The man who brought our childhood to life through animations lost his battle with alcoholism in late 2024. Mike Toth, a character and effects animator whose career spanned many iconic television and film productions including classics of the Disney Renaissance such as He-Man and She-Ra, Fat Albert, Tarzan, BraveStarr, Ghostbusters and New Adventures of Tom & Jerry. He […]
A treat for Kava lovers in Aotearoa. Tāmaki Makaurau opened New Zealand’s first kava vending machine offering patrons another way to get their hands on the sweet nectar. The high-tech solution allows customers to buy kava from Four Shells Kava Lounge in Auckland’s CBD outside of their normal evening hours. Stocked with pre-mixed kava as […]
Judy Compain who is the face of IWA, an organisation that has linked up with BSP to carry out much needed renovation work at the CWM Hospital posted a few pictures showing the work done thus far along with a caption that reads: It’s beginning to look a lot like… a hospital (and Christmas)! The […]
Nzambi Matee is a Kenyan of the mountains of discarded oil drums, laundry buckets, yoghurt tubs and other trash being shredded into colourful flakes at her Nairobi factory. She is a 30-year-old engineer and inventor that has discovered a way to recycle tonnes of plastic destined for landfill into eco-friendly […]
When you hear chronic pain the last thing you would associate with it is Bee Stings. A woman from the US named Margaret has found this to be the only form of relief from her arthritis pains which otherwise leaves her struggling on a daily basis with the pain. Margaret, from Morningview, Kentucky, explained it’s […]
“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, […]
If one had to describe the International Women’s Association (IWA) Fiji briefly the old adage “actions speak louder than the words” springs to mind. In February, the IWA Charity Ball and it turned out to be a huge success with the organisation raising over $350,000. As stated during the fundraising one of the goals of […]
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 […]
