Fiji’s recycling sector would soon play a bigger role in the country’s waste management future, with private sector companies such as the South Pacific Waste Recyclers playing a critical role in Fiji’s waste management.

Villagers on Vatulele Island say delayed police responses are discouraging them from reporting incidents, with some cases taking weeks before officers attend.

The Fiji Institute of Engineers is calling for a major shift in the way engineering designs are reviewed under the proposed Public Health Amendment Bill 2026.

The private sector is now looking at how businesses can maximise opportunities provided under the 2025–2026 National Budget, with confidence remaining steady following the announcement.

For Fiji’s lone female boxer at the 2026 Commonwealth Games, Jasmine Daunakamakama, every punch thrown inside the ring is another step towards a dream she has carried since she was just 10 years old.

The Government has released its first nationwide rural water mapping survey, providing a comprehensive database that will guide future investment and improve water and sanitation services across the country.

The Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre says gender-based violence is evolving, with technology, artificial intelligence and drugs contributing to new forms of abuse against women, children and other vulnerable groups.

A major step is being taken to improve how disaster warnings reach Fijians, with the Government working to establish a stronger and more coordinated national alert system.

Eight engineering students from the University of the South Pacific will represent the region at the prestigious Asia-Pacific Robotics Competition in Hong Kong next month.

Keiko Fujimori was sworn in as Peru’s president, becoming the latest in a string of conservative leaders elected ‌across Latin America by voters frustrated by crime, weak economic growth and political instability.

Globally, people currently use roughly 7,500 languages, with English, Mandarin Chinese, Hindi, Spanish, Arabic and French the most common, counting native and nonnative speakers.

The rise of McDonald’s Fiji Drua Women Rookie of the Year Varanisese Qoro has come as no surprise to her father, Josaia Qoro, who says his daughter made a life-changing decision at the start of the year.