Minister for Disaster Management Sakiasi Ditoka says shared commitment to resilient infrastructure is vital for mitigating disaster and climate risks.

Fiji Labour Party Leader, Mahendra Chaudhry says Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna was a distinguished leader and a far-sighted visionary who believed the way forward for Fiji was through peaceful co-existence.

Vodafone Fijiana 15s center Atelaite Buna scored four tries as they walloped Papua New Guinea 85-6 in their second Oceania Women’s Championship match in Brisbane, Australia.

Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has released a statement saying he is listening to the views aired by the people since Parliament passed the motion to increase the salary and allowances of Members of Parliament including the Speaker and the President last week.

Minister for Women and Children Lynda Tabuya has defended her statement against coalition partners, the National Federation Party and its Leader Professor Biman Prasad.

Albert S. Ruddy, a colourful, Canadian-born producer and writer who won Oscars for “The Godfather” and “Million Dollar Baby,” developed the raucous prison-sports comedy “The Longest Yard” and helped create the hit sitcom “Hogan’s Heroes,” has died at age 94.

Georgia’s parliament voted to override a presidential veto of a bill on “foreign agents” that has plunged the South Caucasus country into crisis, ignoring criticism from the West which says the legislation is authoritarian and Russian-inspired.

Rapper and singer Sean Kingston  waived his right to fight extradition in a California court and agreed to be turned over to authorities in Florida, where he and his mother are charged with committing more than a million dollars worth of fraud.

Fiji Teachers Union General Secretary Muniappa Goundar says teachers have been crying for better pay and working conditions for many years, and their pleas have all been falling on deaf ears.

The National Federation Party has hit out at Minister for Women, Children and Social Protection Lynda Tabuya.

A trough of low pressure lies just East of Fiji and the associated cloud and rain will continue to affect the northern and eastern parts of the country until Saturday.

Algeria proposed a draft U.N. Security Council resolution that demands a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.