Na Gone Marama Bale na Roko Tui Dreketi, Ro Teimumu Kepa, is urging the Republic of Fiji Military Forces to uphold their role in protecting the public and to never again be involved in national upheavals as experienced in the past.

Education Minister Aseri Radrodro today clarified concerns about increased repayment amounts for recipients of the Tertiary Education Loans Scheme.

A handful of cane farmers in Korotari, Labasa are urgently seeking government assistance to harvest the remaining cane, as a severe labour shortage threatens to leave their crops unharvested.

The Ministry of Forestry says it is stepping up support for communities managing forest woodlots, stressing that properly run woodlots are critical for supplying timber and firewood while easing pressure on Fiji’s natural forests.

The Ministry of Finance says it is working on various important initiatives that will boost the ease of doing business.

The Minister for Education, Aseri Radrodro, advises that schools in the Northern Division will remain closed today, to give families time to recover from recent heavy rains and flash flooding.

The Judiciary of Fiji has announced a significant milestone in the country’s judicial history, as the High Court has, for the first time, conducted a sitting on the island of Rabi.

A major regional workshop involving representatives from 16 Pacific Island countries has opened with a powerful warning: climate finance will fail the region unless it is designed to protect the people most at risk.

Minister for Justice and Acting Attorney General Siromi Turaga says that any proposed changes to the penalties for drug offenses must align with the National Counter Narcotic Strategy 2023-28 and be grounded in a robust and coherent legal framework.

British High Commission Counsellor Josh Kemp says Fiji’s rapidly expanding digital landscape is creating both opportunity and danger, with new research showing how easily false information spreads across the country’s most-used platforms.

The State has today asked the Suva High Court to deliver a high-end sentence against the convict who murdered a one-year-three-month-old child in Cunningham, Suva last October.

The Fiji National Provident Fund is undertaking a significant legislative review to modernize the Fiji National Revenue Fund Act 2011 and the Special Death Benefit Regulations of 2022.