Fiji Airways is offering voluntary separation packages to employees as it looks to reduce operating costs amid a prolonged global fuel crisis.

Former Deputy Prime Minister and National Federation Party leader Professor Biman Prasad has been acquitted in the case brought against him by the Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption.

The Fiji Police Force has provided updates on several ongoing and completed investigations, including the deaths of the late Sakiasi Radravu, Vakarisi and two bodies that were found separately in Wailoku and Wairua.

Taiwan is participating in this year’s APEC leaders’ summit in China on the ‌principle of interaction on an “equal basis”, President Lai Ching-te said on Thursday, after his government called for a written guarantee from Beijing for that to happen.

Oscar-tipped film Elsinore centres on the Chariots of Fire star’s final acting feat before his death aged 40.