Bred Bank service
Aviney Prasad, Suva
I was really impressed with the kind of services provided by the staff of Bred Bank of Suva Branch.
They go out of their way to serve the customers. I know many may say that, that is there job but in my opinion they are really going with their slogan “It’s All About You”.
Amen, credit manager and the rest of you really deserve gratitude from your customers for being so attentive.
With this kind of service definitely your bank will be one of the best in years to come.
Of course to all customers “It’s all about you”.
Rape victim identity
Premila Devi, Nausori
I am appalled that during a news segment few days back, the journalist reported the name of a man who had raped his daughter.
Do we not have a law in place? Hundreds of thousands of listeners now know which person and from which area, which was also announced, raped which daughter.
I went online to check if I was indeed correct in what I heard and there it was, online for even those living overseas to read the name of this father, the area he is from and when he raped his daughter.
Is Shamima Ali listening? Can she take this matter seriously? How could the identity of an innocent girl who has her entire life ahead of her be revealed? Disgusted!
Haka memory
Savenaca Vakaliwaliwa, Canada
I am a die-hard Fijian supporter and outside of this, Australia is my second team.
But I never dreamed that a Haka, performed by the members of the New Zealand Defense Force (NZDF) as they farewell the people of Vanuabalavu would drive me to tears.
My other half is from Vanuabalavu and reading the news of the tremendous and tireless work done by the members of the NZDF, we all agree with the people, that we are indeed indebted to the Kiwis.
Watching and listening to the farewell song “Isa Isa vulagi lasa dina” sung by the students of Adi Maopa Secondary School was sad enough, but the Haka response by the Kiwis just touches the heart.
Normally the Kiwis perform the Haka as a challenge before a test match and in 7s rugby; they would perform it again whenever they win a tournament.
I guess the message they relayed in the Haka was that they came to meet a challenge, gave it their all, they won the hearts of Fijians in Vanuabalavu and Fiji and now it’s time to be of service elsewhere.
God bless the members of the New Zealand Defense Force and a big thank you to the New Zealand government.
Bus service
Tomasi Boginiso, Nasinu
The Nausori-Narere service has been the worse ever in the last three months and no one seems to care or have it reported to better the service.
On Thursday in trying to connect these services to visit some relatives in Muanikoso getting to the Nausori bus terminal at 12:30pm I decided to wait thinking it is yet to arrive.
I managed to ask a bus terminal marshall of the service and he explained that the last it was seen was at 9:30am and has never been again seen.
Just as we were talking a bus from the similar company but of a different route pulled in and the driver came to us.
We asked him about the service and to our surprise the driver mention that the particular bus broke down a few hours ago and might not be in service for the rest of the day.
More surprising the driver mentioned that the driver concerned knew that the bus had problems but never liked to change buses. He always over ruled what was decided.
The marshall mentioned that the passengers of the route concerned either get to Makoi and find their way home from there or get to Suva and catch the bus from Suva which is surely more expensive than the normal direct fare.
The company concern does the similar route from Suva and is regarded as one of best and fastest service from the Suva Bus Terminal, but it’s totally the opposite from Nausori.
CAAF warnings
Tukai Lagonilakeba, Nadi
It should be a concern for every responsible Fijian to report any sightings of those people using infra and laser lights directing it at aeroplanes that are trying to land at the Nadi and Nausori International airports respectively.
A plane crash full of some 300 passengers resulting from these careless actions can be catastrophic to the country’s economy, loss of employment and detrimental to our tourism industry which has already been affected by Cyclone Winston and the floods.
There are sophisticated state of the art technologies in security cameras available that can be bought by the Civil Aviation Authority of Fiji (CAAF) to identify who these people are.
I encourage and call upon friends and families of those tampering with the law to please hand these people over to the Police so that they can be dealt with accordingly.
This is no game nor a joke for that matter and rightfully concerned the CAAF is paying some thousands for dollars in TV adverts in carrying out its role to protect the safety and the interests of the travelling public to and from our nation.
Please let’s get serious because this is about our country’s reputation, its livelihood and our national security.
Climate change irony
Floyd Robinson, Nasinu
As per the international community, small islands which often experience the direct impacts of climate change, have many opportunities to access funding opportunities from a range of international donors.
At large international conferences representatives including directors, prime ministers and presidents are often invited to sit at the main dais and are given much prominence.
Yet, the reality national representatives face when they go back home is the same.
The criteria of donors are complicated.
Sometimes the amount of technical details required becomes a burden to these islands, which are often limited in resources, let alone having available necessary technical reports.
All in all, climate change funding opportunities are so challenging that it becomes an irony.
The most affected countries struggle to access funding, often set up to support them. Others call it a reality.