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We spoke to Bernadette earlier in the year about her journey in the world of performing arts. Today, we catch up with her older brother, Paulo Suiqa. The 32-year-old is a self-employed artist who has such a beautiful artistic eye. “Growing up, I had a wild imagination shared. This often got him into trouble. Growing […]
With all the focus on the girls vying for the Miss Hibiscus Crown, falling through the cracks and almost not getting any local attention are the 10 girls vying for the title of Miss Universe Fiji where 1 will be crowned on the 30th of August representing Fiji at the 73rd Miss Universe pageant, to […]
Vegas 6, the band that brought you ‘Evei Bogi’ have dropped their first EP Album a little over a year after their much loved single was released. “Kuitaki” being the iTaukei word for being “swept”; the lead song of the same name explains the timeless story of a man professing his love . The band […]
Sharon Liu, a research officer at the Development Policy Centre and a co-author on the topic at hand shared statistics on the high number of Fijians migrating Overseas. In an interview with ABC’s Pacific Pulse she shared that 42,000 people left the country in 2022 and 47,000 in 2023 which accounts for nearly 10% of […]
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 […]
“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 news of the untimely passing of Kasiano Raturaga began spreading and his friends and family started sharing their stories of him, one in particular from a classmate of his at Marist Brothers High School, Fred Raiwalui, stood out because it seemed to encapsulate the character of a man who touched so many lives in […]
