Archive for January, 2012
650 new teachers without work
Six hundred and fifty new teacher graduates are without jobs this year in Fiji says Permanent Secretary for Education Dr Brij Lal. Speaking to FijiLive Dr Lal said out of the 800 new graduates only 150 new teachers were able to get posted because there are not enough posts and schools available. However Minister for [...]
Possible tropical cyclone for West of Fiji
A tropical cyclone may develop in the West of Fiji over the next 24 to 48 hours says the Nadi weather office. Speaking to FijiLive senior Meteorologists Amit Singh said a tropical depression was located to the West of Nadi at 3pm today and it is expected to move towards the southeast and will intensify [...]
TV’s latest frontier is internet TV
AFTER years of experimenting, the top video destinations on the web are suddenly flush with original programming: documentaries, reality shows and scripted series. Over the next few months, YouTube, Netflix and Hulu will roll out their most ambitious original programming yet – a digital push into a traditional television business that has money, a bevy [...]
Wellington a second home for our 7s team
The Digicel Fiji Sevens team will have history on its side in the New Zealand Sevens tournament which kicks off this Friday. Fiji has been crowned champions three times in Wellington. Fiji won the first tournament in 2000, then in 2006 and the last one was in 2010. Defending champion New Zealand has been dominant [...]
Ne-Yo wants music to unite everyone
NE-YO has a dream: He believes the record industry is segregated, and as the new senior vice president of artists and repertoire for Motown Records, he wants to change that. Even though Motown’s legend is rooted in black music, it was music that appealed to everyone, helping to unite America in sometimes divisive times. As [...]
Car parking? Better leave it to the wife
WOMEN can take heart from a new study that reveals they are actually the better sex when it comes to parking. After decades of male taunts over the driving skills of the opposite sex, a review of CCTV footage from 700 British car parks and interviews with 2000 drivers found that when a range of [...]
Man hires hit on wife’s Facebook friend
A PARANOID husband who tried to hire a hitman to murder his wife’s Facebook friend was suffering major stress including the impact of the Brisbane floods, a court heard today. Silvanus Satya Naidu was so upset when he wrongly thought his wife of 28 years was going to leave him and move to Sydney, that [...]
Fiji warned of possible cyclone
Fiji has been cautioned to prepare for a possible tropical cyclone which is expected to form later in the week. A Fiji-based weather service has stated that there is a high potential for a significant tropical cyclone to form somewhere in our region – between Vanuatu and Fiji. The Na Draki weather information provider said. [...]
Call to ‘lay down arms’ after PNG mutiny
PAPUA New Guinea’s police called for soldiers to “lay down their arms” and let a leadership tussle be decided lawfully today after arresting an ex-colonel over an attempted uprising. Yaura Sasa was arrested in Port Moresby on Saturday after leading a rebellion which saw the nation’s military chief, Francis Agwi, taken captive and Sasa declaring [...]
Djokovic wins epic thriller over Rafael Nadal
NOVAK Djokovic’s extraordinary juggernaut rolls on after the Serb this morning claimed the longest Grand Slam final in history. Condemning Rafael Nadal to a record third consecutive major final loss, exhausted Djokovic posted a 5-7 6-4 6-2 6-7 (5-7) 7-5 Australian Open triumph – a victory for the ages. On rubbery legs and fighting mental [...]
Raise your own kids – teachers
PARENTS are shirking the responsibility of disciplining their kids, turning teachers into makeshift mums and dads. A major survey of Victorian teachers found three-quarters believe parents have unreasonable expectations about the school’s role in raising kids. And the stresses are showing, with nearly half of teachers surveyed admitting they had considered resigning over the past [...]
Little progress made on NZ ‘guest workers’
THE Australian Government has a “strong understanding” of the plight of Kiwis who cross the Tasman to live but can’t get residency, New Zealand Prime Minister John Key says. There doesn’t seem to have been much progress made, although Mr Key discussed the issue with Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard yesterday during the joint cabinet [...]
The story of The four Wives
Once upon a time there was a rich King who had four wives. He loved the 4th wife the most and adorned her with rich robes and treated her to the finest of delicacies. He gave her nothing but the best. He also loved the 3rd wife very much and was always showing her off [...]
How to become a tech-savvy parent
AS the days of perfected handwriting become a distant memory, replaced by the cacophony of keyboard clicks in classrooms, teachers are having to keep up with their tech-savvy students. Parents, too, are evolving from the days of chalk dust and covering school books in plastic contact, to interactive whiteboards and shopping for laptops for their [...]
Alan Bond’s wife Diana Bliss found dead
THE body of former tycoon Alan Bond’s was found at the couple’s mansion in Cottesloe yesterday, police sources confirmed. It is understood the body of Diana Bliss, 57, was discovered at the luxury two-storey Hawkstone St property after a man telephoned St John Ambulance about 11.30am yesterday. There have been reports the body was found [...]
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