Three Northern farmers have been recognised for their hard work and commitment to agriculture at this year’s National Agriculture Show Farmer’s Awards night in Labasa.

Flu-like illnesses have jumped by 75 percent in just one week, with children under five among those most affected across Fiji.

Fiji is looking to deepen cooperation with the United Kingdom as it works to diversify the economy beyond tourism and strengthen opportunities for local businesses.

Road safety efforts cannot rely on enforcement alone, with the Land Transport Authority stressing the need to teach safer behaviour from a young age.

The Fiji Islands Baseball & Softball Association says Team Fiji’s performance at the Hong Kong High Five Baseball Seniors Championship is a strong indication of the sport’s growing development in the country.

Danish filmmaker May el-Toukhy’s post-war drama “Woman Unknown” won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday, with its star Mathilde Arcel also ​taking best actress honours in a rare double victory.

Fiji has declared HIV a national crisis after new diagnoses climbed 27% last year, intensifying concern that an epidemic once concentrated among ​people who inject drugs is spreading more widely through the Pacific ‌island nation.

The National Federation Party says it will not support any rushed process to amend Fiji’s 2013 Constitution.

Fiji is losing around $500 million annually to climate-related events, with floods and cyclones accounting for about 80 percent of the damage.

The government will not allocate the Reserve Bank of Fiji’s profit transfer to any specific purpose.

Some of Fiji’s larger vessels cannot be dry-docked locally, forcing operators to send them overseas for repairs.

Minister for Local Government Maciu Nalumisa confirmed that they are in talks with the Nabouwalu landowners for township developments.