Behind the Wizard of Oz in the two-part “Wicked” movies were people actually pulling the strings.

FNPF-owned IHG Fiji Hotels have raised $15,000 for Lifeline Fiji through their month-long Movember campaign, supporting suicide prevention and men’s mental health services across the country.

Bangladeshi President Mohammed Shahabuddin said he plans to step down midway through his term.

The first climate migrants to leave the remote Pacific island nation of Tuvalu have arrived in Australia, hoping to preserve links to their sinking island home, foreign affairs officials said on Thursday.

Suva lawyer Tanya Waqanika today argued in court that her client, Barbara Malimali was never allowed to respond to the allegations in the Commission of the Inquiry report before it was finalized and released.

Mexico’s Senate has passed legal reforms that could impose up to eight years in jail and fines of up to 226,000 pesos ($12,500) for the production or sale of vapes and electronic cigarettes, a massive ramp-up of enforcement measures that critics call overly restrictive.

Pacific Rugby Players has taken a landmark step in its leadership structure, announcing the appointment of Bitila Tawake as the organization’s first female player representative from Fiji.  

Sixteen-year-old Maika Dau has become the youngest professional footballer in Fiji after signing with Bula FC for the inaugural 2026 OFC Professional League season.

With youth-related issues continuing to rise across the country, young people are being encouraged to step out of their comfort zones and take part in more awareness and outreach programmes that support positive development.

The national shortage of midwives is expected to ease with the graduation of 14 newly qualified midwifery nurses from the Sangam College of Nursing and Health Care Education in Labasa.

The Fiji Rugby Referees Association is celebrating a growing wave of young women entering the officiating pathway and yesterday, they received a powerful boost of inspiration from the reigning Miss Pacific Island, Litara Ieremia-Alan.

Women are breaking barriers in the workforce as 48 female graduates from Pacific Polytech’s Tavua campus entered traditionally male-dominated trades and technical fields yesterday.