No word on contractor
NO word on $2.5m contractor (FT 29/4) hired to clean up the CWM Hospital. Why not? Is there something fishy? Don’t the public have the right to know? By not informing the public despite The Fiji Times’ several inquiries over a month, is the Government of the day showing contempt to the Fijian people? RAJEND NAIDU, Sydney, Australia,
Concern over service
I AM very concerned about the services provided by the health sector in particular the Navua Hospital. The hospital opened at 8am and the outpatient check by an outpatient nurse started at exactly 8am. The disappointment was that at 9.30am the doctor still had not arrived with the corridor full of patients waiting for his/her arrival. The nurses start work at 8am and what about the doctors? Do they choose when they want to start? Clarification is needed from the Ministry of Health. KOSITATINO TIKOMAIBOLATAGANE, Navua
Resurrection Sunday
THE sacrificial death of Christ to redeem humanity on Good Friday reveals that God the creator of heaven and earth loves us so much that He was willing to allow God the Son to become the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. Christ resting in His grave on Saturday is a reminder to all the world that even after His sacrificial death on Friday, both God the Father and God the Son including the Holy Spirit still uphold all their commandments including the fourth which begins with the word: “Remember” the Seventh day to keep it holy. The Sunday resurrection not only gives us the assurance that Christ’s sacrifice has been accepted but it also confirms that all who accept Christ as their Lord and Saviour will be resurrected and changed in the twinkling of an eye at His second coming! The eternal life lost after creation by Adam and Eve on behalf of humanity, will be restored in full to all who believe in Christ. “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.” (2 Cor.5:17). Today, all in-Christ believers are enjoying life to the full being transformed and empowered by the Holy Spirit to reflect the character of Christ and follow His footsteps. But one thing is missing, if He delays His coming, we will end up in our graves. Alive or in the grave, we will still have a smile on our faces because when He comes, the full meaning of Resurrection Sunday will be experienced by all in Christ believers. “For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord.” (1 Thes. 4:16-17). God has provided salvation and He has given us all the freedom of choice. As we remember Christ’s death, rest and resurrection this year, I believe God is pleading with our hearts to accept Christ as Lord and saviour and enjoy the daily spiritual resurrection before the ultimate physical resurrection for eternity. SAVENACA VAKALIWALIWA, Tacirua
Ferris wheel death
IT’S a shame that in a nation of less than one million people, two years have lapsed and the Fiji Police Force is not able to provide a detailed report of who will be held accountable for Komal Kumar’s death after she fell off a Ferris wheel. My only hope is that our new Commissioner of Police, Mr Rusiate Tudravu, will look into the matter and bring closure to the issue. RAKESH CHAND SHARMA, Nadi
Living off the land
WE see burglaries and break-ins are on the rise. There was a video of people trying to harass and board a foreign vessel docked at Walu Bay in Suva. People should think from the point of view of the other side. These people are on their own land and in these hard times they are living off their land, I believe. There are always two sides to any story. JAN NISSAR, Sydney, Australia
