Minister for Sugar Charan Jeath Singh says Fiji does not necessarily have to sell sugar overseas and has revealed plans to build a sugar refinery in Labasa.

Winning player of the match was the icing on the cake for Ibraheem Afazal who helped his Baby Bula Boys secure their first win in the OFC Under-17 Championship.

The Fiji Development Bank has officially launched its Digital Financial Literacy program.

Controversial Cardinal George Pell wrote an anonymous memo criticising the Pope’s leadership as a “catastrophe”, says the journalist who released it.

According to Ukraine, more than 100 Russian troops were killed in the battle for the eastern town during the past 24 hours.

Any revision to the policy on corporal punishment must be consistent with international standards and best practices for the protection of children’s rights.

The World Hindi Day Conference in Nadi next month will be attended by over a thousand delegates from India.

Lisa Marie Presley, a musician and the only daughter of rock ‘n’ roll legend Elvis Presley, died on Thursday after being rushed to a Los Angeles-area hospital, her mother said.

Parmesh Chand has been appointed the new acting Permanent Secretary for Civil Service and Public Enterprises.

The illegal break-ins at five temples and one mosque in the Western Division do not appear to be motivated by religious ill will or antagonism.

Shakira feels stronger after a recent breakup. At least, that’s what the Colombian singer says in her new song, “Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53,” with Argentine producer, Bizarrap.

When you arrive in China now the officials in head-to-toe protective clothing are gone. There are no buses with special plastic dividers waiting to take you to centralised quarantine. The main reminder that COVID is still around is that people are wearing masks.