Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Professor Biman Prasad has given reassurance that a new minimum wage rate can be expected later when the national budget is announced.

The Fiji Teachers Union is advocating salary adjustments for early childhood teachers as the country anticipates a new national budget.

The Immigration Department has been losing over 20 employees annually.

Minister for iTaukei Affairs, Ifereimi Vasu, has urged the vanua and church to support the government in the fight against drugs.

Assistant Commissioner of Police Livai Driu says they are increasing their focus on targeting those involved in the theft of crops and livestock.

The Fiji Airways Men’s 7s side has won a bronze medal at the HSBC Madrid SVNS in Spain after beating New Zealand 17-10.

The Pacific Eye Institute screened 19,000 patients and delivered more than 1500 surgeries, including 18 pediatric cataracts, last year.

The Fiji Airways Fijiana 7s side has defeated Great Britain 42-7 in the seventh place play-off at the Madrid 7s tonight.

Swire Shipping Fijian Drua head coach Mick Bryne says that Frank Lomani was outstanding in the game against the Melbourne Rebels on Saturday.

Fiji is now part of the Group of Twenty Organizations for Economic Co-operation and Development Inclusive Framework on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting.

Sweden’s Armand Duplantis failed in another attempt to break his own pole vault world record but continued to impress ahead of the Paris Olympics at the Diamond League meet at Stockholm’s Olympic Stadium on Sunday.

The Fiji Airways Men’s 7s side has fallen to France 21-14 in the first semifinal at the Madrid 7s tonight.