Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Biman Prasad, co-hosted the “High-Level Session on International and Regional Cooperation for Climate Mobility.”

Fiji’s remittances have risen since 2022, with total private flows up by 15.4 percent $871m in the year to June, before surging to $1,095m in 2023 and to $1,231bn in 2024.

Pacific Leaders and youth called on the world to commit to funding for the Pacific-led, owned and managed initiative, the Pacific Resilience Facility.

The second meeting of the Great Council of Chiefs for this year will be held today at the Grand Pacific Hotel in Suva.

The United Nations Development Program gas emphasized the transformative impact of its parametric micro-insurance initiative, an essential component of the 2021 Pacific Insurance and Climate Adaptation Program.

Two Fijian Defense Force officers have joined their French counterparts aboard the naval vessel D’Entrecasteaux to observe a fishery policing patrol in the coming week in the Pacific region.

A power outage is currently affecting the Western Division and some parts of the Central Division

There has been a concerning rise in cases of child abuse and neglect, with 1,477 cases reported in 2023 alone.

The Fijian Competition and Consumer Commission is warning traders to refrain from using the cyclone season to exploit customers.

The Health Ministry says it will focus on upgrading the Colonial War Memorial Hospital’s Children’s Ward washrooms and Special Outpatient Department, following a $40,000 donation from the First United Methodist Church.

The rising issue of drug abuse among youth in rural villages and maritime islands should top discussions at tomorrow’s Great Council of Chiefs meeting.

The Defence lawyer for Justin Ho and Louie Logaivau, two men charged in connection with the massive $2 billion methamphetamine bust in Nadi, have argued that the $20,000 cash bail set for their clients is excessive and discriminatory.