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We are just one day away from the General Elections, scheduled for December 14. That’s on Wednesday.
The big story on the front page of The Fiji Times for Tuesday, December 13 is about retirement benefits. The subject came up at the International Labour Organistion’s 17th Asia Pacific Regional meeting in Singapore last week. Palestine General Federation of Trade Unions president Shaher Shaed raised the issue while speaking on social obligations of governments towards their people during a pandemic.
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HEADLINES
Here are some headlines inside:
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- THE Fiji Meteorological Service is committed to training and up-skilling staff in disaster risk reduction, says director Terry Atalifo.
- AFTER facing closure earlier this year, Fiji’s only animal sanctuary, the Greater Good Foundation was able to secure support to ensure its continued operation.
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- IT is highly unlikely the Pacific will achieve even 20 per cent of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.
- FIJIAN health care workers had a high prevalence rate of insomnia, anxiety, depression and interpersonal relationship issues during the second wave of the COVID-19 outbreak.
- LOCAL counselling and social services provider Empower Pacific says the need for counselling and social work support services exceeds the available resources.
- FIJI has very weak laboratory capacity systems and needs to better understand what antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is, to effectively develop strategies to combat it.
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- NFA on Vatuwaqa fire.
- ASSISTANT Commissioner of Police (ACP) Abdul Khan is pleading with parents and guardians to be alert as children enjoy the school holiday break
- THE case of the four Police officers found guilty for brutalizing a Tailevu farmer in April 2020 has been adjourned for the State to file and serve the victim impact statement.
- TWO stars from the hit Netflix thriller, Manifest, were at Tokoriki Island Resort last last week.
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