A student who raised serious allegations of sexual harassment against a University of the South Pacific lecturer on behalf of more than 30 others, has not reported the matter to police.

The Fiji Police Force is calling on parents and guardians to monitor their children after two teenagers had to be rescued while swimming in the Waikalou River in Kalabu, Nasinu.

The University of the South Pacific’s application for an interim injunction to halt any further action for strike by the staff unions has been refused by the Civil High Court in Suva.

Fiji will save $10.5 million under a new cost sharing initiative between the Tertiary Scholarships and Loans Service in partnership with Monash University, Swinburne University of Technology and Griffith University.

The Lautoka High Court is expected to deliver its judgment today in the case of Bradley Dawson, an American national charged with the murder of his wife, Christie Chan, at a luxury resort on Fiji’s Turtle Island in 2022.

The Police Force says necessary safety and security measures will be adopted over the next two days as Fiji Primary Schools Tuckers Ice Cream Games begins tomorrow.

Over 400 plants believed to be marijuana were seized by police during a raid in Tacilevu farming area in Savusavu yesterday.

Fiji is part of an over four million dollars solar project that will be funded by India.

The Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre has raised alarming concerns about the escalating rates of gender-based violence in the country, particularly those linked to drug-related crimes.

Minister for Children Lynda Tabuya has linked the alarming 39 percent rise in crimes against children last month to parental neglect.

In Fiji last year, 1,477 cases of child abuse and neglect were reported, and 68 percent of the cases involved neglect, physical abuse, and sexual abuse.

The cabinet has endorsed the expansion of the termite baiting programme.