Namosi landowners confronted Namosi Joint Venture representatives during a meeting at Namosi village yesterday, securing the release of months of frozen compensation payments and warning that failure to pay could result in a landowner takeover of the camp.

The District of Vuda will step up efforts to keep drugs out of the province by monitoring its coastal areas.

The Public Rental Board is continuing relocation efforts for tenants in their Mead Road, Nabua property while assessing housing needs for tenants awaiting new accommodation.

The public has been urged to remain vigilant and take precautionary measures as Fiji faced heavy rainfall and strong winds.

As the new school term gets underway, parents have been reminded that sending children to school involves more than uniforms, school bags and timetables, but also emotional and mental preparation at home.

Fifty-five households in the Korolevu and Dradramea communities in Seaqaqa remain without electricity despite government promises to extend the power grid.

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence was briefed on Fiji’s foreign policy work during a visit to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade.

Fiji and the United States reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening bilateral and regional cooperation.

Twenty five officers from the Ministry of Women, Children and Social Protection are undergoing a Microsoft Excel Masterclass aimed at strengthening data management and analytical skills across the Central Division.

There is currently no threat of the Nipah virus to Fiji, despite recent cases reported overseas.

Efforts are underway to rebuild the cooperative movement in Fiji along the lines of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises.

Assistant Minister for Health Penioni Ravunawa says it is important to remove the stigma associated with Leprosy.