The Stallion Volume 2 Number 2

FEBRUARY, 2014 COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER OF THE SIGATOKA TOWN COUNCIL ISSUE NUMBER 6
Dengue alert!
Minimal risk in major tourism areas of Fiji
Visitors to Fiji are being assured
by the health authorities that there
is minimal risk to visitors from an
outbreak of Dengue Fever in cer-
tain parts of the country.
While an alarming number of
Fijians have so far tested positive
to the mosquito-borne disease, no
international visitor is among the
conrmed cases.
On the Coral Coast around the
town of Sigatoka - where several
of the major resorts are situated
- people diagnosed with Dengue
Fever are locals who contracted
the disease elsewhere in Fiji. And
while there are many suspected
cases around the airport town of
Nadi, none of them are from the
main resort island of Denarau.
No outbreak has been reported
on Denarau itself, where health
authorities are working with resort
operators on prevention measures.
By far the most number of cases
are in the Central Division of Fiji
around the capital, Suva. Interna-
tional visitors, like the locals, are
being advised to take the usual pre-
cautions, including the use of mos-
quito repellent and the lighting of
coils and pads.
An intense public health cam-
paign is underway in the affected
areas urging Fijians to empty any
containers carrying water in which
the disease-carrying mosquitoes
can breed. The Fijian Ministry of
Health has set up a special task
force to deal with the outbreak,
in conjunction with international
health agencies, and has deployed
extra resources to hospitals and
health clinics to attend to those af-
fected.
Local councils have been spray-
ing cities and towns with insec-
ticide and special teams are also
being deployed to deal with the
outbreak in rural areas.
Dengue Fever is characterized
by a high fever, headaches and sore
joints.
Kama of Sanasana Village in Maro helps out an Australian couple during their rst ever horse ride at Natadola
beach. Photo: SHALENDRA PRASAD.
Villagers earn
from riding
By SHALENDRA PRASAD
By KOKI TAKANO
The opening of InterContinental
Fiji Golf Resort and Spa and
Yatule Beach Resort in Nat-
adola has created an opportu-
nity for local villagers to earn a
decent living by offering horse
riding services to guests.
On a recent trip to Natadola, The
Stallion newspaper team spoke
to villagers who were present
with their horses waiting to
serve tourists wishing to have a
horse ride on the beach.
We are able to earn a living from
this small business and we feel
very good about it, one vil-
lager who introduced himself as
Kama said.
We have a group of horse owners
from Sanasana Village coming
here to give our visitors an ex-
tra activity.
We also offer our services to lo-
cals who come here to have a
picnic, he said.
Meanwhile, villagers in Korotogo
also offer similar services at the
famous Sunset Strip.
Beautication plans underway for town
The Sigatoka Town Council beau-
tication subcommittee is looking at
developing some interesting green
town beautication projects for the
town says acting chair Jason Tutani.
As Sigatoka town aspires to
be the cleanest town in Fiji, we are
looking at ways to encourage our
community to do the right thing and
put their litter in a bin, Tutani said.
Our rst project sees us putting
a number of recycled bins around
Sigatoka Town to encourage proper
waste separation and to start getting
people to think about how they can
start segregating their own house-
hold waste.
Tutani said the subcommittee will
also be looking into beautifying key
public spots that the community and
the many tourist visitors gravitate to
when they need some rest time away
from the hustle and bustle of Siga-
toka Town and to take in the view,
especially of our renowned Sigatoka
River.
MINFO
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ABOUT SIGATOKA
Sigatoka town is found on the island of Viti Levu and is situated at the mouth of the
Sigatoka River, after which it is named, some 61 kilometers from Nadi.
In Fiji's last census (2007) the population of Sigatoka was at 9622. Sigatoka is the
principal urban centre for the province of Nadroga-Navosa.
An ornate temple, open to public and built by Hare Krishna devotees, dominates the
Sigatoka skyline. Major tourist attractions include the Sigatoka Sand Dunes near Ku-
lukulu village two kilometers north-west of Sigatoka, the Tavuni Fort and the Kula Eco
Park, which houses some 500 birds of 100 species from many tropical countries. The
town is also the principal centre for Fiji's coastal tourism belt the Coral Coast
which hosts many of the country's leading hotels and resorts.
PICK OF THE MONTH
Little Jia on cloud nine
after meeting PM
Courts Sigatoka retail manager Amen Kumar hands-over the new brushcutter to students and teachers.
Photo and article: SUPPLIED.
Courts donates new
brushcutter to school
Fijis retailing giants,
Courts has donated a brush-
cutter to Andhra Sangam
School for the institution to
keep their compound neat and
tidy at all times.
The school which is locat-
ed few kilometres away from
Sigatoka town and just metres
away from the main-highway
towards Suva has been in need
of assistance for a brushcutter
for some time.
The retail manager of
Courts Sigatoka, Amen Ku-
mar handed over the brush-
cutter to the head teacher of
the school on behalf of Courts
Fiji Ltd.
The donation will help the
school to maintain a clean en-
vironment and we are happy
to assist them, Mr Kumar
said.
As a gesture of apprecia-
tion, the school management
has allowed Courts a place for
billboard advertising.
Eight new classrooms for School
The opening of eight new
classrooms has brought joy to
students of Sigatoka Method-
ist Primary School.
The school lost 13 class-
rooms, a staff quarters and a
multi-purpose hall in an early
morning blaze on September
16, 2013.
Through the schools Fire
Appeal, the school was suc-
cessful in building the eight
new classrooms with over
$60,000 spent which was of-
cially opened on February 19.
New Zealand High Com-
missions acting head of mis-
sion, Mark Ramsden said the
school had approached them
for help to rebuild what they
had lost in re.
The school approached
us shortly after the re and
through our Head of Mission
funds, our small grants fund-
ing, we were able to give more
than $13,000 for this project,
Mr Ramsden said.
The eight new classrooms
will house students of Year
One, Two and Five and the
school has a total roll of 880
students. Head teacher Sovita
Nagatagata has thanked the
help from the NZ High Com-
mission, Tappoo, the Coral
Coast chapter of the Fiji Ho-
tels and Tourism Association,
business houses and from do-
nors all around Fiji.
The school management is
optimistic to rebuild the lost
wing of the school by the end
of the 2014 school Term One.
FIJI SUN
SHALENDRA PRASAD
Little Jia Saanchal (pictured above) of Sigatoka was all
smiles after meeting Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama on
Saturday, February 22 at Navo in Nadi.
The class one student of Sigatoka Methodist Primary did not
miss the opportunity to meet with the head of the government
while attending a function.
We noticed Jia asking her mum Sanjeshni to take her to the
PM and she was all excited when her mum agreed to the request.
The Prime Minister also cracked a joke with the little one
asking what had happened to her missing tooth. The two met
during the ofcial opening of the Paper Power Plaza.
LOCAL NEWS
Rate collection progresses well
By KAVITA NAIDU
By SHALENDRA
PRASAD
By KAVITA NAIDU
The Sigatoka Town Coun-
cil has received a favorable
amount of collection from
ratepayers and business
houses so far. Sigatoka Town
Council special administrator
Jay Whyte said the council is
very happy with the number
of business houses which has
paid their business license for
2014.
Mr Whyte said 52 % of
rates have been collected as of
February 9.
The collection will help
us in capital works and other
upgrading projects currently
in the pipeline.
The council is also focus-
ing on improving facilities at
the Nayawa Park which caters
for childrens recreation and
entertainment.
Business houses are ad-
vised to clear their business
license dues now as the ve
percent discount is valid till
the end of February after
which late penalty charges
may apply, Mr Whyte said.
Sigatoka day celebrations
Sigatoka Town has de-
nitely come of age.
It was declared a town by
the then colonial government
on June 1, 1936.
Seventy-eight years later,
the township has grown to be
one of the best places in Fiji
with a vibrant tourism and ag-
ricultural industry.
According to special ad-
ministrator Jay Whyte, a spe-
cial event will be organized to
mark this important milestone.
The Sigatoka Town Coun-
cil wishes to celebrate this
milestone and initiate an an-
nual celebration with the inau-
gural Sigatoka Day Celebra-
tions. This will be a one day
event held on 31st May, 2014
to celebrate the towns 78th
birthday.
Relocate Semo: PM
Prime Minister Voreqe
Bainimarama has told Semo
villagers in Sigatoka that as a
permanent measure, their vil-
lage will be relocated.
He said the relocation
would put an end to ooding
in homes of the villagers.
We had talked about re-
locating the village to higher
grounds during our last visit
here and now I think we will
have to fast track that deci-
sion," he said.
"The RFMF engineers will
be deployed soon to ensure
that relocation is done this
year."
Prime Minister Bainima-
rama made the remarks while
visiting the western division
after the recent oods.
Prime Minister Bainimarama with government ofcials during
his tour to ood affected areas. Photo: MINFO.
Sigatoka Town Council special administrator Jay Whyte. Photo: MARGARET NAQIRI.
LOCAL NEWS
Beautication committee launched
We are glad to announce
that the Sigatoka Beautica-
tion Committee (SBC) has of-
cially started working from
this month.
The committee was es-
tablished by Sigatoka Town
Council, National Trust of Fiji
and Shangri-Las Marine Ed-
ucation Centre in June 2013
and the project aims to inspire
citizens to take practical ac-
tions towards comfortable and
clean environment for Siga-
toka Town.
Also the committee will be
providing basic services for
town beautication such as
cleanup campaigns, upgrad-
ing town garden and installing
rubbish bins around the town.
Until now, public beau-
tication services had been
provided by the town council
only. However, it should be
done by not only the council
but also by the business hous-
es, schools and all the citizens
in Sigatoka because everyone
can gain from the benets.
The involvement of private
sectors such as National Trust
of Fiji and Shangri-Las Ma-
rine Education Centre as part
of the committee is a major
boost to the program.
We are excited about our
work and we are happy to
help the Sigatoka Town move
towards its vision for the town
and her people, Mr. Jason
Tutani, park manager at Siga-
toka Sand Dune National Park
and acting chairman of the
committee said.
This is also a good op-
portunity to have a talk with
stakeholders and citizens in
order to get their feedbacks
for improving our public ser-
vices. This is one of the rea-
sons that we started the proj-
ect.
In February, we have car-
ried out the civic satisfaction
survey to hear the opinions
from the street and received
lots of comments including
some requests for the commit-
tee. Actually, it was valuable
By KOKI TAKANO
JICA Volunteer
experience for us and we al-
ways look forward to hearing
from residents so we can im-
prove and it enables us to put
your voices in our beautica-
tion plan.
We insist that the purpose
of this committee is not to pro-
vide any garbage collection or
cleaning services. What we
really want to achieve is to
promote efcient town beau-
tication and to establish bet-
ter solid waste management
at grass roots level. The com-
mittee will lead the project
as much as possible, but the
main actors are all of you who
live here in Sigatoka.
According to The STAL-
LION newspaper Issue 5, the
resorts and hotels which are
located in Coral Coast re-
corded highest occupancies
in third quarter last year. That
means our town must be at-
tractive and fascinate visitors
from all over the world com-
pared to other pacic coun-
tries. We should be proud of
that and have to be respon-
sible at the same time. We be-
lieve that there are still many
possibilities to make Sigatoka
a visitor friendly and charm-
ing destination for visitors,
citizens and the natural envi-
ronment. We, the beautica-
tion committee are wishing to
nd great ideas with you all.
The committee mem-
bers are Jason Tutani (acting
chair), Mereoni Mataika (ma-
rine manager of Shangri-Las
Fijian Resort), Koki Takano
(JICA volunteer) and Ashnil
Sharma (STC).
Jason Tutani
Shangri-Las Fijian Resort marine manager Mereoni Mataika, right, with other volunteers. Her inclusion in the beautication
committee is a major boost for the program. Photo: SUPPLIED.
PEOPLE

Youll love our resort style spa and massage therapies at
prices the locals can afford including Pure Fiji Spa rituals,
Reiki and Hot Stone Therapy. We also do body waxing and
facials for Men & Women
Ideal for family and friends to chill out together.
Enjoy our de-stress neck and shoulders massage with
complimentary herbal teas & espresso coffee - while your feet
get pampered. We also do pedicure, manicure, nail and face art
Quality hairdressing for men, women and children.
Our hairdressers are fully qualified professionals who care for
your hair. All hairdressing including do-ups for wedding and
special occasion. We also do lash tinting and brow shaping,
Singhs 28-year-old love affair
By SHALENDRA PRASAD
Jainend Singh, left, with his colleague Ronald Chand. Photo: SHALENDRA PRASAD.
Anyone visiting Sigatoka will
hardly miss the attractive red pas-
senger train based in Cuvu near the
Shangri-Las Fijian Resort.
The train which is owned by Aus-
tralian Barry Hancock has been in
operation since 1985 and provides
breathtaking rides to tourists and in-
terested locals as well.
And the man who makes this old
but beautiful red train run is none
other than Cuvu native, Jainend
Singh.
I have been driving this train
since 1986 and have met so many
tourists who love our rides from
Cuvu to town, Singh said.
We leave town at around 2pm
daily and we also have a village tour
of Yadua, Mr Singh added.
He said tourists are able to see Si-
gatoka from a different perspective
as the rail allows people to travel to
places not always possible by road.
I love my job and see it as an
opportunity of promoting my little
town to the rest of the world, Singh
said.
He said the job is not as easy as
some may think.
This job comes with a lot of
responsibility and the safety of our
guests is paramount.
Singh said sometimes the services
are disrupted due to damaged rails or
small mechanical issues but these
problems are taken as challenges and
dealt with accordingly.
So the next time you are in Siga-
toka, do say hello to this extremely
friendly man and talk to him about
catching a train ride the only such
service in Fiji for now!
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LOCAL NEWS
Life gets
back to
normal
By KAVITA NAIDU
By KAVITA NAIDU
The devastating ood that
hit most parts of the western
division has brought less dam-
age to the town of Sigatoka,
says special administrator Jay
Whyte.
The ood was thankfully
not as severe as the 2012 ood
and the citizens were able to
bounce back very quickly.
However Mr Whyte ex-
pressed concerns about dam-
ages caused to low lying set-
tlements and farms.
Vegetable farmers faced
a major loss, as their produce
was affected leading to short-
age of supply.
As natural disasters are
unpredictable it is everyones
responsibility to take precau-
tionary measures to minimize
damages.
Mr Whyte also commend-
ed government ofcials for
their swift action in getting
life back to normal in the
township.
Only in Sigatoka...A resident manages a smile during the oods. Photo: STCC FACEBOOK.
Community policing
makes a difference
With the prevailing concept of community policing, a record
of declining domestic assaults and a stable crime rate has been
noted for the province of Nadroga and Navosa.
Community policing is a continued commitment that calls on
all the stakeholders to acknowledge that they have a signicant
role to play in a societys growth.
Having two police stations and six police posts in the prov-
ince, a crime prevention committee has been set up as part of
the Duavata initiative.
The province has 102 police ofcers that comprises of 68
regular police ofcers and 38 special constables looking after
the population of around 58,000 people.
Emphasizing on the integrated approach, Nadroga Navosa
Ofcer-in-charge ASP Aliposo Vakaloloma said, We believe
every member of the community belongs to a family.
Hence our motive is to bring back the sense of ownership in
determining how to solve problems of the community.
We want to maintain an environment that is safe and secure
for one and all.
The introduction of family parliament- a family coopera-
tion has been lined up, comprehending on the responsibilities of
looking after the family.
Education and awareness workshops are being conducted
in the community as we want everyone to know that policing is
not just a police ofcers job - it is an integrated approach and
everyone is an equal partner in this.
TRAVEL AND TOURISM
17th AON Fiji Excellence in Tourism Awards
There is no doubt that Coral Coast tourism operators are the undisputed Kings of Fiji Tourism. Our photojournalist Margaret Naqiri was at
the awards and came back with these nice photos of our movers and shakers...
SPA & WELLNESS - WAI AT INTERCONTINENTAL FIJI , TOURISM SUSTAINABILITY - SHANGRI-LAS FIJIAN RESORT, FRONTLINER
OF THE YEAR - JOSAIA BALEINATEWA OF INTERCONTINENTAL FIJI, VISIONARY AWARD - GEOFFREY SHAW
LEFT: All winners with
tourism minister Aiyaz
Sayed-Khaiyum. RIGHT:
Kaushal Tappoo hands
over the award to Inter-
Continental GM Scott
Williams.
Outrigger on the Lagoon and Castaway Island Resort founder and tourism
icon Geoffrey Shaw gets the visionary award.
The Kula Eco Park team.
The Outrigger on the Lagoon team.
The Shangri-Las Fijian Resort
team with Sotel staff who hail
from Nadroga.
LOCAL NEWS
New OC for Nadroga
and Navosa
By KAVITA NAIDU
By KAVITA NAIDU
By SALOTE QALUBAU
ASP Aliposo Vakaloloma
who is the new OC of Siga-
toka Police Station aims to
change the province of Nad-
roga Navosa into a safe and
secure environment for all its
residents and visitors.
Originally from Ra, ASP
Vakaloloma now resides in
Olosara, Sigatoka.
Bringing with him a wide
range of skills and experienc-
es ASP Vakaloloma says, the
new posting is very demand-
ing and comes with a lot of
responsibility as we directly
deal with people.
ASP Vakaloloma succeeds
ASP Henry Steele who has
been transferred to Lautoka
Police Station in November
last year.
The rst thing I want to
improve on is the number of
complaints made by the pub-
lic against police ofcers.
I believe we cannot sat-
isfy each and everyone but
would like to educate each
and every one to work in unity
for the benet and safety of
the community.
Nadroga based Ratu
Nemani Primary School
received a grant of USD
$95,114 from the government
of Japan Grant Aid Assistance
for Grassroots Human Secu-
rity Project (GGP).
Ratu Nemani Primary
Japanese help for school
School Head teacher, Sirilo
Lovokuro highlighted that
the lack of a proper drainage
system had caused scarcity of
water regardless of the three
heavy downpours.
Students dont have any
excuse of not coming to
school, now that the drains
have been xed and improved,
I think it is a big plus for the
school and the community,
said project co-coordinator
Peni Saurara.
Mr. Saurara added that
drainage woes were now
solved and had provided a
much cleaner learning envi-
ronment for the students of
Ratu Nemani Primary School.
The Sigatoka Town Council in conjunction
with Fiji Taxi Association Sigatoka branch is
working towards a new proposed Fair and
Fare policy.
The fair and fare policy includes concept of
equality, requiring all the taxi drivers and own-
ers to station their vehicles under a taxi stand.
As Sigatoka Town has grown substantial-
ly over the years, with more and more people
choosing to live in our community, the demand
for public parking has grown. This has required
a need to devise a taxi policy which is fair,
special administrator Jay Whyte said.
We are trying to improve the quality of the
town. Some drivers are happy whereas it will
take some time for other drivers to adapt to
Changes planned for Taxi
operators
the changes, special administrator Jay Whyte
said.
We would like to see our public transport
options which includes access to taxis be a
great asset to the towns image and provide a
great service to the public.
We want all taxi drivers to earn equally and
this can only happen if equal opportunities are
provided for all.
The plan is to have six taxi stands in pro-
posed locations where customers can get easy
access to transportation.
Mr Whyte said the major deterrent for the
project is fear of people to adapt to new poli-
cies which the council is planning positively
towards the community.
Improving the quality of the town means
an increase in number of people shopping that
will drive more money into the economy.
Mr Whyte said the council is working close-
ly with landowners to see the project gets ev-
eryones support.
BUSINESS NOTICE BOARD
SPORTS
Vodo Ua creating waves
By KAVITA NAIDU
More than 240 people
ocked to the Natadola Beach
on Saturday, February 8 to be
part of Fijis newest surng
club - Vodo Ua Boardriding
Club.
Fiji Surfs legend Ian Mull-
er who organized the event
said theres a need to promote
surng in Fiji.
That is why we came up
with this idea. This is just
the start and the club is not
only about surng. Its surf-
ing against destruction. Its
about protecting our reefs
and beaches. Its about giv-
ing back to the community,
the land and qoliqoli owners.
The plans are many - we need
more like minded people to
reach out to as many people as
possible, Muller said.
Its so good to see many
people got to ride their rst
wave and got to learn the rules
and basics of surng. We will
have more training in the fu-
ture and the club will host two
programs each month.
The next event, he said,
will be held at Wailoaloa
Beach in Nadi.
Kids learning to surf at Natadola. Photo: SUPPLIED.
FRU works on game skills
By SALOTE QALUBAU
By SALOTE QALUBAU
Fiji Rugby Union organised one-day
skills improvement based workshop on
Tuesday, February 18, at Lawaqa Parks VIP
lounge in Sigatoka was a great success.
The workshop is for unions to familiar-
ize themselves with the current FRU direc-
tion. We are using Alan Muir and Andre Bell
from New Zealand along with Aporosa Tuq-
ovu, Patrick Gock from Fiji Rugby Union to
brief unions on current affairs and the direc-
tion that FRU is taking at the moment, said
National Rugby Development manager Sale
Sorovaki.
Muir is here to advise unions on the new
scrum engagement calls and Bell is here to as-
sist in kicking generally.
Mr Sorovaki added that the visitation had
come in a timely manner as the various unions
had indeed addressed the issue of the FRU
Council providing nancial support.
Workshops have been held in Sigatoka, Ta-
vua, Savusavu, Suva and Nausori.
Nadroga Rugby Union president Tiko Matawalu, right, pays attention during the workshop.
Photo: SUPPLIED.
Naliva leads Navosa ruggers
Penioni Naliva has been
elected the new president of
the Navosa Rugby Union dur-
ing their annual general meet-
ing on February 15.
Mr Naliva was elected
unopposed and succeeds Jay
Whyte who has been a pillar
of strength for the union so
far.
We thank Mr Jay Whyte
for his years of service to the
NRU and note the Navosa
Ruggers are champions of
sevens rugby and this is tes-
tament to the foundation laid
during Mr Whyte's tenure,
Mr Naliva said.
He said the union needs
everyones support to prosper
in future.
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Soccer Drama
By ANUSHIL KUMAR
The Stallions are down but not out of contention
The Nadroga side which took on Shop N Save Nadi at Prince Charles Park recently. Photo: ANUSHIL KUMAR.
Nadroga Football Association
is in a troublesome situation as the
team has failed to spark out their
best performance so far this season.
Having a ne start in the Fiji Sun
/ Skipper Tuna National Football
League opener against Lautoka with
a 2-1 win at home, the team is now
undergoing setbacks and obstacles
as round one is about to complete.
The team, placed seventh on the
league standings, is yet to register
more points following their only
three points gained against Lautoka
in the opening game and has faced
ve consecutive losses in the com-
petition.
In the wake of their biggest up-
set against Ba this season, Nadroga
Football has sacked Joseph Nand
from the coaching panel.
However, team ofcials and play-
ers are optimistic that the team will
surely bounce back in the games to
come.
Transfer of players in this new
window is undisclosed as the team
president denied a phone-call inter-
view and asked for a face-to-face
interrogation.

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FEBRUARY, 2014 COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER OF THE SIGATOKA TOWN COUNCIL ISSUE NUMBER 6

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