Formal recognition of Fiji Sign Language as an official language is being pushed as the Government moves to strengthen the rights and inclusion of Deaf and hard-of-hearing people.

Fiji is calling for Rights of Nature approaches that protect ecosystems while respecting the Pacific communities whose lives depend on them.

Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade Sakiasi Ditoka has raised Pacific Leaders’ priorities regarding the Pacific Resilience Facility ahead of COP31 in Antalya, Türkiye.

The Pacific Response Group could take on a wider role, including stabilisation operations, as Pacific defence ministers push for closer regional security cooperation.

The Coalition Government cannot guarantee that a future administration will maintain Fiji’s current media freedom environment.

People should be given the right information before voting in a referendum on the proposed new Constitution.

The defence has submitted that former Acting Commissioner of Corrections Salote Panapasa has no case to answer.

A dispute over the admissibility of a National Federation Party document has emerged in the trial involving former Deputy Prime Minister Professor Biman Prasad.

The State has applied to the High Court in Ba for permission to destroy the drugs seized in the $3billion Vatia drug case before the matter goes to trial in February and March next year.

Ilaisa Tanoa Degei is now a free man after being found not guilty of rape and sexual assault in the Lautoka High Court.

The Suva High Court needs further documents before it can decide whether to revoke the bail of Saimoni Rokotunidau.

More than 10,000 books and reference materials are now available to the community following the opening of a new library in Suva.