The Ministry of Local Government has received a total of 2,186 building permit applications, collectively valued at $1.16 billion, from January to November this year.

The Lautoka Chamber of Commerce is raising serious concerns about the number of street dwellers and large number of stray dogs which have become a menace within the central business area of the city.

Lautoka High Court Judge, Justice Aruna Aluthge, ruled today that bail should be granted to Justin Ho, Louie Logaivau, and Jale Aukerea, three men accused in connection with a major $2 billion methamphetamine bust in Nadi earlier this year.

Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Professor Biman Prasad says Fiji is still on the European Union’s Blacklist for being a non-cooperative tax jurisdiction.

Deputy Prime Minster Manoa Kamikamica says the Fiji Financial Intelligence Unit’s response to a parliamentary standing committee that there was no link between detected illegal activity and drug fines “does not gel.”

Fiji is currently facing a significant shortage of child experts to assist with the rehabilitation of children in the country’s care facilities, says Minister for Women, Children, and Social Protection, Lynda Tabuya.

Four key bridges on Viti Levu, central to transportation on the Queens Road, will undergo more than $300 million in reconstruction and upgrades as part of a major infrastructure initiative funded by the Asian Development Bank.

Small, micro, and medium enterprises in the tourism sector will be able to apply for a portion of the $400,000 Pilot Tourism MSME Grant Fund starting tomorrow.

One of Fiji’s biggest retail giants, Motibhai has announced a $12 million Prouds complex in the Sugar City.

Shocking revelations in Parliament yesterday that a female primary school student was found with needle tracks and when quizzed by police, said she had been injected with methamphetamine and sexually abused by a group of boys.

Deputy Prime Minister Professor Biman Prasad described as “hypocrisy” comments by Opposition parliamentarians Premila Kumar and Alvick Maharaj during debate on the 2016-2021 Health Ministry annual reports in the House this week.

Justin Ho, Louie Logaivau, and Jale Aukerea have all been released on cash bail bond by the Lautoka High Court this afternoon.