Ba Provincial Chair Ratu Meli Tora is calling for closer scrutiny of tenants on leased lands in the province, following the recent multimillion-dollar drug bust at Vatia Wharf.

The Fiji Revenue and Customs Service has raised serious concerns about unregulated overseas student recruitment agencies operating in the country.

The National Fire Authority is seeking a nationwide expansion of municipal boundaries to address increasing fire incidents outside towns and cities.

The final decision on whether to renew Special Prospecting Licence 1420 for the Namosi Joint Venture rests with Lands Minister Filimoni Vosarogo.

Former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade, Co-operatives, Small and Medium Enterprises, and Communications, Manoa Kamikamica, appeared in the Suva Magistrates Court for an update on the status of his permanent stay application currently before the High Court.

Namosi landowners confronted Namosi Joint Venture representatives during a meeting at Namosi village yesterday, securing the release of months of frozen compensation payments and warning that failure to pay could result in a landowner takeover of the camp.

The District of Vuda will step up efforts to keep drugs out of the province by monitoring its coastal areas.

The Public Rental Board is continuing relocation efforts for tenants in their Mead Road, Nabua property while assessing housing needs for tenants awaiting new accommodation.

The public has been urged to remain vigilant and take precautionary measures as Fiji faced heavy rainfall and strong winds.

As the new school term gets underway, parents have been reminded that sending children to school involves more than uniforms, school bags and timetables, but also emotional and mental preparation at home.

Fifty-five households in the Korolevu and Dradramea communities in Seaqaqa remain without electricity despite government promises to extend the power grid.

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence was briefed on Fiji’s foreign policy work during a visit to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade.