Pacific youth and community practitioner Broderick Mervyn says strengthening discipline, faith, leadership, and workforce development is essential in addressing rising concerns around youth crime, drug abuse, violence, and social disorder in Fiji.

No film star is having a year as good as Sandra Hüller. With Project Hail Mary smashing the box office, and new film Fatherland earning rave reviews at Cannes, she could do the unprecedented.

Bamboo is being explored as a sustainable alternative for Fiji’s construction and furniture industries as supplies of natural forest timber continue to decline.

In May 1917, three Portuguese children declared that they had seen an apparition of the Virgin Mary in a meadow. The prophecies they received fuelled anti-communist sentiment in the Cold War. In 1992, a witness told the BBC about the “miracles”.

The world was waiting for one Drake album. Along came three.

National powerlifter Susana Qionibaravi says her journey into the sport has exceeded expectations after claiming international success within just her first year of competition.

The Consumer Council is calling for stronger enforcement action against restaurants and cafes found breaching basic hygiene and food safety standards across Fiji.

The Tui Namosi is calling on Government to consider establishing a tax-free zone stretching from Lami to Pacific Harbour to support growing population pressures and development along the corridor.

The Fiji Commerce and Employers Federation is calling on government to prioritize local industries, jobs and productivity in the upcoming national budget.

General Secretary of the Pacific Conference of Churches Reverend James Bhagwan is calling for stronger recognition of indigenous knowledge in environmental protection, saying Pacific worldviews must be central to policy-making.

New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has praised the Indo-Fijian community as an important link between Fiji and New Zealand during the 147th Girmit Day commemoration in Auckland.

The government says it remains committed to rebuilding and supporting Fiji’s sugar industry as it revives the Prime Minister’s Sugarcane Farmers’ Mill Awards after more than 40 years.