‘Our diet is killing us quietly’: Fiji’s diabetes crisis
Nearly one-third of Fijians have type 2 diabetes, and the disease is often not caught until amputation, or even death,...
Sun, sand and uncertainty: the promise and peril of a Pacific tourism bubble
Regina Scheyvens, Massey University and Apisalome Movono, Massey University Pacific nations have largely avoided the worst health effects of COVID-19,...
Vanuabalavu farewells favourite son
By LICE MOVONO & JOSEFA KOTOBALAVU VANUABALAVU had not ever seen a funeral like the one they gave the country’s...
Women critical to COVID19 response, yet face high risk of violence
LICE MOVONO In Fiji, women make significant and critical contributions to the country’s COVID-19 response, whether they are front-line responders,...
Patient 18 had completed quarantine still contracts COVID19
LICE MOVONO A 51-year-old woman from Ba, despite having undergone mandatory 14-day self-quarantine, has tested positive for COVID19, becoming Fiji’s...
Potential for sugar
By JOSEFA KOTOBALAVU 30 October, 2019, 10:16 amPublished in The Fiji Times MOHAMMED Rafiq has lived on his family’s 82-acre...
Suman Takes Charge
By JOSEFA KOTOBALAVU Published in The Fiji Sun Her sons 20-year-old Yogesh and 18-year-old Satish had yet to find their...
Flying Solo
The story of the Solomon Islanders of Fiji is undersold. Brought to Fiji in bondage their labour has had an...
Into the underbelly
Lice Movono 25 September, 2017, 12:00 amPublished in The Fiji Times WE call it the not so hidden truth because...
