A major regional workshop involving representatives from 16 Pacific Island countries has opened with a powerful warning: climate finance will fail the region unless it is designed to protect the people most at risk.

A massive fire tore through one of Dhaka’s largest slums on Tuesday evening, leaving thousands of people homeless and turning rows of tin-roofed shanties into charred rubble, officials said.

Minister for Justice and Acting Attorney General Siromi Turaga says that any proposed changes to the penalties for drug offenses must align with the National Counter Narcotic Strategy 2023-28 and be grounded in a robust and coherent legal framework.

Something doesn’t feel right.

British High Commission Counsellor Josh Kemp says Fiji’s rapidly expanding digital landscape is creating both opportunity and danger, with new research showing how easily false information spreads across the country’s most-used platforms.

The State has today asked the Suva High Court to deliver a high-end sentence against the convict who murdered a one-year-three-month-old child in Cunningham, Suva last October.

FIJI Water Flying Fijians coach Mick Byrne says the discipline to stick to their system is an area they can improve on, but overall, the key areas highlighted which are discipline, execution and decision making remain major focuses for their growth.

Fiji men’s 7s head coach Osea Kolinisau says his side has settled quickly in Dubai and is fully focused ahead of this weekend’s HSBC SVNS tournament.

The process to elect the next United Nations secretary-general formally kicked off on Tuesday as member states were asked to nominate candidates to take over the role from January 1, 2027.

Former Flying Fijian Sireli Bobo is urging members of his Fiji Sports Council 7s squad to make the most of the opportunity provided to them as they chase their rugby dreams.

The Fiji National Provident Fund is undertaking a significant legislative review to modernize the Fiji National Revenue Fund Act 2011 and the Special Death Benefit Regulations of 2022.

Minister for Fisheries and Forestry Alitia Bainivalu says forestry remains a vital part of our economy, contributing about $140 million in value and supporting jobs and exports, especially in rural communities.