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12 May, 2021, 5:00 pm People queue up for M-PAiSA withdrawal in Lautoka. RBF deputy governor Esala Masitabua highlighted the rapid growth in mobile remittances during the COVID crisis. Picture: FILE/ BALJEET SINGH Remittances recorded the largest foreign exchange earners in 2020 and this trend would likely to continue in 2021. This was according to the deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of Fiji, Esala Masitabua, during a workshop where the UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office and GSMA (the mobile phone operators association) convened experts from across the region, the UK and Fran...

Alison Collins and her husband illegally merged two S.F. apartments, city says FacebookTwitterEmail 1of6 San Francisco school board commissioner Alison Collins speaks during a rally at SFUSD headquarters on Wednesday, March 31, 2021. The city said she and her husband illegally merged two apartments.Scott Strazzante / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 2of6 An April 4 complaint alleges an illegal merger and work beyond the scope of permits at a property owned by Alison and Chris Collins, citing before and after real estate listing photos.San Francisco Planning Department complaintShow MoreShow Le...

Salesforce cuts back on S.F. office space, canceling lease at unbuilt Transbay tower FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 A rendering of the planned Parcel F tower where Salesforce canceled its lease.Steelblue /Show MoreShow Less 2of3 Salesforce has canceled its lease at the unbuilt Parcel F site, seen in 2019.Liz Hafalia / The Chronicle 2019Show MoreShow Less 3of3 Parcel F seen in 2019.Liz Hafalia / The Chronicle 2019Show MoreShow Less Exclusive Update: Salesforce is listing part of its San Francisco offices at 350 Mission St. for sublease. Go here for the latest information.  Salesforce has canceled ...

Dion Peita: My story, as told to Elisabeth Easther 18 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM 7 minutes to read Dion Peita stands in front of one of the new Maori artworks called Te Tatau Kaitiaki which is featuring in the redeveloped South Atrium at the Auckland Museum. Photo / Dean Purcell Dion Peita stands in front of one of the new Maori artworks called Te Tatau Kaitiaki which is featuring in the redeveloped South Atrium at the Auckland Museum. Photo / Dean Purcell Dion Peita (Ngāti Tipa, Ngāti Te Ata Waiohua, Te Rārawa) is the director, Tumuaki Māori and Pacific Development Tāmaki Paenga Hira (Auckland ...

Whanganui law graduate Tāwhiao McMaster admitted to the bar in te reo Māori 11 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM 5 minutes to read Tāwhiao McMaster (sitting) with (from left) cousin Shannon Wroe, koro Roy McMaster, sister Te Amo McMaster-Davis, māmā Ebony McMaster and moving counsel Aidan Warren at the Hamilton High Court. Photo / Supplied Tāwhiao McMaster (sitting) with (from left) cousin Shannon Wroe, koro Roy McMaster, sister Te Amo McMaster-Davis, māmā Ebony McMaster and moving counsel Aidan Warren at the Hamilton High Court. Photo / Supplied Mike Tweed is a multimedia journalist at the Whanganu...