Opposition MP Premila Kumar has questioned the government’s response to calls for assistance from taxi operators, carrier drivers and other transport providers struggling with rising fuel costs.

Arrangements will be made for a suitable interpreter to assist Hungarian national Fonta Laszlo after defence counsel told the Lautoka High Court they had been unable to obtain instructions from their client while he remained in custody.

Poor living conditions in rental properties are becoming a growing public health concern.

For the past century, the Blue-fronted Lorikeet was one of Indonesia’s most elusive birds, known only from a 2014 photographic record and a handful of ​museum specimens, with a lingering hope that it had not vanished.

Ba Methodist High School is bracing for a tough challenge in today’s Pacific Schools Rugby League Championship as it prepares to take on Tonga Junior Boys.

An investigation has been launched into the death of a 30-year-old man at Valelevu Health Centre, with Police confirming the case has been referred to the Criminal Investigation Department.

Fiji’s landfill sites are coming under increasing pressure, with Local Government Minister Maciu Nalumisa warning that urgent action is needed to reduce the amount of waste being sent to dumping grounds across the country.

Services in the maritime communities are expected to strengthen following the opening of the new Lomaloma Post Office in Vanua Balavu, Lau.

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s ruling coalition will face a test of its public support amid signs of internal tensions after two states this week called ​snap elections, as speculation mounts over an early national poll.

A Nepali Sherpa guide has been ​rescued from Everest after surviving about a week on the slopes ‌of the world’s highest mountain without food or oxygen in a rare case of survival in such conditions, a hiking official said.

The Ministry of Environment has confirmed that another waste-to-energy proposal is being explored in Fiji, following the rejection of TNG’s Environmental Impact Assessment.

The group that led opposition to the proposed Vuda waste-to-energy incinerator project says it is now open to supporting alternative waste management solutions from the developer.