A number of issues were highlighted to the Education Minister Aseri Radrodro and the Assistant Minister, Iliesa Vanawalu who started visiting schools yesterday.

The judicial review application filed by Ari Taniguchi, the wife of a former National Federation Party provisional candidate, Hiroshi Taniguchi will be called next month.

Government’s $200 Back-to-School assistance will be given first to parents before it is opened to guardians, says Finance Minister Professor Biman Prasad.

Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka says he has assurance from his cabinet that there are enough funds available to cater for the back-to-school cash assistance of $200 per child for families with an income of $50,000 and less.

Tertiary students studying under the Tertiary Education Loans Scheme will soon receive good news from the Government, says Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Professor Biman Prasad.

The Fiji Roads Authority and the Public Works Department will coexist and complement each other’s work.

The mother of the 8-year-old girl who drowned with two others while fishing in the Korociri River in Nadi says, the last conversation she had with her daughter was about her birthday party this month.

Fiji is preparing for a surge in Chinese tourists now that China has loosened its COVID-related border restrictions.

The Ministry of Women, Children, and Poverty Alleviation is investigating reports of some Fijians who are allegedly receiving social welfare assistance from the Government to which they are not entitled.

The Fijian Competition and Consumer Commission has welcomed the $200 per child Back-to-School Support initiative announced by Prime Minister, Sitiveni Rabuka.

Another Hindu temple was broken into at Lautoka yesterday.

The government has today announced a Back-to-School Support of $200 per child assistance to all those earning a combined income of $50,000 or less.