This year’s Desertification and Drought Day highlights an urgent global challenge: restoring 1.5 billion hectares of degraded land and jumpstarting a trillion-dollar land restoration economy by 2030.

Thirty-four percent of children aged five to 11 in Fiji are involved in child labour.

The Suva High Court has granted a Restraining Order application concerning two properties that are linked to the 4.1 tonne of drug case which is currently on trial in the Lautoka High Court.

Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Public Works, Meteorological Services, and Transport, Paula Baleilevuka, highlights that ports play a vital role as gateways for trade, and key drivers of economic development.

The Nasinu Town Council is expecting $15 million from the government in the new financial year to help with their development projects.

A local pest control company has stepped forward to support the Ministry of Women, Children, and Social Protection in its fight against a growing termite infestation in state-run care facilities.

The Fiji Servicemen Aftercare Fund and the Ministry of Veteran Affairs are working to revitalize the Veteran Affairs Portfolio.

Fiji has become the first Pacific country, and the 50th globally, to sign the Second Additional Protocol to the Budapest Convention against Cybercrime.

The Fiji Servicemen’s After-Care Fund Act is now 81 years old and has seen no major amendments to reflect the evolving landscape, according to Secretary Serevi Vananalagi.

The Suva Magistrates Court has granted the application by the state counsel in the case involving former Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama, former Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, and former Health Minister Dr. Neil Sharma.

A four-member National Fire Authority investigation team is expected to begin work tomorrow.

The Ministry of Health is cautiously considering the implementation of a needle and syringe program aimed at reducing HIV transmission among intravenous drug users.