A number of leading manufacturers in Labasa have raised their concerns on the cost of freight to and from Vanua Levu.

Two students and a 25-year-old woman have been arrested for alleged possession of illicit drugs in Yaladro, Ba.

A third cane payment of approximately $40 million has been paid to cane farmers for the 2022 harvest season.

Women’s Fund Fiji has awarded $3.9 million in grants to 23 women-led groups, organizations and networks in Fiji.

The Fiji Corrections Service is in the process of conducting its own Board of Inquiry into the case of the alleged assault causing the death of a man while serving time in Korovou prison.

Navua Police are at the scene of an accident where an excavator fell into the Navua River.

A smoke test exercise will be carried out at the Pratt Wastewater Pump Station catchment in Suva next month.

The 25-year-old student alleged to have caused the death of a 54-year-old man from Barotu, Rakiraki, after losing control of the vehicle he was driving near Teidamu Hill in Lautoka will reappear in the Magistrates Court today.

A number of leading manufacturers based in Labasa have raised their concerns on the cost of freight to and from Vanua Levu, at a public consultation with the Fiscal Review Committee in Labasa yesterday.

The government in the next five years will need to spend $800 million on the water systems to keep them operational.

Minister for Housing Maciu Nalumisa says there is still a need for more rental housing for low-income families.

A motion was moved in Parliament yesterday to review the current levies for gravel and sand extraction.