The mother of the 8-year-old girl who drowned with two others while fishing in the Korociri River in Nadi says, the last conversation she had with her daughter was about her birthday party this month.

While tourism has been the primary driver of the economic recovery, other sectors have performed admirably as well.

The spotty track record of videogame adaptations and glut of apocalyptic/zombie dramas receive a welcome boost from “The Last of Us,” which proves there’s room for more of each as long as it’s this good. A road series with mini-dramas baked into the episodes, the HBO show quickly proves itself worthy of the hype and anticipation by delivering a fully realized series graced with flesh-and-blood characters.

Fiji is preparing for a surge in Chinese tourists now that China has loosened its COVID-related border restrictions.

Tens of thousands of people in Brazil have held pro-democracy rallies, in an angry response to the storming of Congress by ex-President Jair Bolsonaro’s supporters.

Exeter and England hooker Luke Cowan-Dickie will miss at least the start of the Six Nations with a “serious” ankle injury that is likely to need surgery.

The Ministry of Women, Children, and Poverty Alleviation is investigating reports of some Fijians who are allegedly receiving social welfare assistance from the Government to which they are not entitled.

The Fijian Competition and Consumer Commission has welcomed the $200 per child Back-to-School Support initiative announced by Prime Minister, Sitiveni Rabuka.

Harry Styles’ album Harry’s House and Top Gun Maverick starring Tom Cruise helped drive record sales in the entertainment industry last year.

Another Hindu temple was broken into at Lautoka yesterday.

The Golden Globe Awards take place in Los Angeles later, but it is uncertain how many nominees will attend.

One of the Japan Youth players for the McDonalds Fiji Coral Coast is grateful to be back home.