As Fiji confronts a persistent rise in HIV cases, health officials are pushing back against misconceptions surrounding harm reduction strategies like the needle and syringe programme.

The Government says specialist health outreach services in the Western Division can continue even if Aspen Medical withdraws its outreach programme.

More than 3,000 rural households across six districts in Cakaudrove are set to benefit from a new programme aimed at increasing incomes through farming, fisheries and rural businesses.

Two more parcels confirmed to contain cocaine have been discovered in Lau and Qamea.

The Fiji Commerce and Employers Federation is calling on the Fiji Trades Union Congress to release the survey methodology and data behind its proposed $8 an-hour living wage.

Fiji’s agriculture sector has taken a major step towards expanding into Pacific export markets, with the first pilot shipment of locally grown produce sent to the Republic of Naoero.

The long-delayed Registration of Sex Offenders Act is expected to move closer to implementation, with regulations to be tabled in Parliament in the first quarter of this financial year.

Assistant Commissioner of Police Kasiano Vusonilawe says police are stepping up preparations as Suva braces for a major influx of people for the Secondary Schools Deans finals, school holidays and upcoming events.

The Ministry of Health is aiming to have at least one public hospital in Fiji meet internationally recognised standards.

Fiji needs to get more children interested in agriculture if the country is to strengthen food security and attract a new generation of farmers.

The Government is encouraging more technology entrepreneurs to form ICT-based cooperatives as Fiji looks to expand its cooperative model into the digital economy.

The Education Ministry is moving to redeploy existing teachers before recruiting more, amid concerns that some schools are providing inaccurate staffing information.