A 16-year-old boy has died following a car accident in Labasa yesterday.

Defence Minister Pio Tikoduadua assured Parliament this week that Fijian soldiers in the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force remain unaffected by the recent escalation in tensions in the Middle East.

The Ministry of Women, Children, and Social Protection has reaffirmed that the primary responsibility for a child’s welfare lies with their parents, with the family unit serving as the core institution in protecting children.

The Province of Namosi is facing a major agricultural crisis, with 50 to 60 percent of Yaqona farms affected by the Kava Dieback Disease.

The government has identified and gazetted 240 communities as having poor or no connectivity under section 49 of the Telecommunications Act 2008.

The Integrated Human Resource Development Program has been able to generate economic activity in rural areas and stimulate the rural economies.

The body discovered in Tailevu in the Central Division is believed to be that of Afroz Khan.

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.”