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Here are some headlines that made The Fiji Times’ edition for Monday, January 31. Phew! The month appears to have flown by! Stay well and stay safe my friends…
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Primary schools
Primary schools will open on Monday next week. Acting Prime Minister Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum revealed this while speaking during the lokgeet competition at the Sri Devi Maha Mariamman Temple in Ba on Saturday.
School children
EXPECT children to lose interest in their school work if they haven’t been studying during the pandemic period, says psychotherapist Selina Kuruleca.
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Daily habits
CHANGING daily habits will be the difficult issue to address when creating awareness against non-communicable disease (NCDs), says Ministry of Health permanent secretary Dr James Fong.
COVID booster
THE Health Ministry is aware of the need for only one COVID-19 booster dose, says Dr Fong.
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Mental health
AS a result of the uncertain future brought along by the COVID-19 pandemic, children’s mental health are greatly impacted, causing them to lose interest in their studies.
Government facilities
THE Ministry of Education is in a process of identifying schools that have failed to take good care of government given facilities such as boats and generators.
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Contradicting reports
CONTRADICTING reports have surfaced over a State leased land for climate change refugees in Macuata.
Government team
A government team dispatched to parts of the Lau Group that were impacted by the eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano in Tonga reported minimal damage on the islands.
Free education grant
A SECONDARY school in Labasa had its Free Education Grant deducted by 20 per cent. Labasa Sangam College treasurer Kansami Naicker made this known during a briefing with Education Minister Premila Kumar at the Labasa College on Thursday night.
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Economy ministry
THE Ministry of Economy paid $2.8 million in rent on agreements that had expired, the Auditor-General in his 2019 Audit Report on General Administration, Social Services, Economic Services and Infrastructure Services Sector that was tabled in the last sitting of Parliament.
Value of exports
THE Agriculture Ministry’s target is to raise the value of exports of fresh and chilled produce from Fiji to half a billion dollars in the next 10 years.
NCDs
A Nadi-based private medical clinician has called on health professionals and institutions alike to become more politically astute to bring about change and end the healthcare nightmare of non-communicable diseases.
Crime prevention committee
FOUR residents of Waidranudranu settlement in Tavakubu, Lautoka have formed a crime prevention committee to tackle the ongoing challenges they have been faced with for many years.
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FTU
THE Fiji Teachers Union (FTU) has filed proceedings in the Employment Court to stop the Ministry of Education from implementing a new system in promoting heads of secondary schools.
COVID-19 reality
FASHION worldwide is adjusting to the COVID-19 reality and in Fiji, the local industry has had to innovate in order to continue to promote local designerwear.
Freesoul Real Estate
THE High Court will decide whether Woody Jack and Ratu Jonnah Jovesa are allowed to intervene as aggrieved parties to the unauthorised development on Malolo Island by Freesoul Real Estate Ltd.
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