Science classes were Naikarua’s favourite times in school.  Having a keen interest in the experiments conducted during lab sessions, he chose to enroll in the Pure Science stream from Year 11 in high school and studied Biology, Chemistry and Physics.          Naikarua worked hard in school and attained marks he needed to qualify for the Bachelor in Medical Laboratory Science programme at the Fiji National University’s (FNU) College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences (CMN...Read More

It was the 90s and Computer Sciences and Information Technology (IT) was a growing field in the Pacific.  The popularity of these new subjects had not gone amiss with Salendra Prasad.  He understood that the field was only going to grow and experts in the area would be needed in the country.  “IT was in demand at the time so that is what I wanted to do. I knew it would be easier to get a job with that qualification,” he said.  As such, he decided to pursue his higher education in ...Read More

“Like father like son” may sound quite cliché however, for Anthony Arun it is anything but. Growing up with an Accountant father, Arun soon developed an interest in the field and it didn’t come as a surprise that followed in his father’s footsteps. “Being an accountant, my father always encouraged me to pursue this field.”  So based on his father’s advice Arun took up accounting as one of his subjects in high school.    Eldest amongst six siblings, Arun travelled ...Read More

Lopeti Radravu is the man leading Fiji mission to be the Marine Gateway in the Pacific Region. He is the Operations Manager of Fiji Ships and Heavy Industries Limited (FSHIL), a subsidiary of Fiji Ports Limited. Radravu grew up in Naroi Village which is one of the largest villages on Moala Island in the Lau Group. This meant that ships often came to this village to bring supplies for the people.   Seeing the ships always made young Radravu wonder how it worked. He imagined himself learn...Read More

Standing tall in his hospital scrubs, curiously looking through the file of a young toddler before greeting him in a cheery voice which is instantly reciprocated with a generous smile from the patient. This is how Dr Savenaca Seduadua, the Pediatric Registrar at CWMH normally starts his daily shift consulting and checking on his young patients who are suffering from various kinds of cancer. The Oncology Unit of the Pediatric Department is a special unit dedicated to children who are suffering...Read More