A major focus of the proposed Counter Narcotics Bill will be rehabilitation and community reintegration to reduce relapses.

A bench warrant has been issued against a man who failed to appear in the Suva Magistrates Court today for a drug matter.

Police Commissioner Rusiate Tudravu has hinted the possibility of more people taken to task for their alleged involvement in the importation of cocaine seized in Vatia last month.

The Suva Magistrates Court has ruled that former Member of Parliament Simione Rokomalo Rasova has a case to answer in the matter where he allegedly provided false information and unlawfully obtained more than $21,000 in parliamentary allowances.

Josefa Waqalala of the House of Sarah has called for stronger government and community measures to combat drugs, warning that unemployment and a lack of opportunity are pushing young people toward the trade as a source of income.

Five people, including a man who had allegedly threatened members of the Police Force last month, appeared in the Rakiraki Magistrates Court in relation to the drug seizure at Vatia in Tavua.

A 24-year-old man who pleaded guilty to killing his uncle out of jealousy in November last year has been sentenced to life imprisonment.

Former Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum and former Supervisor of Elections Mohamed Saneem’s judgement has been deferred.

Sacked Commissioner of the Fiji Independent Commission against Corruption Barbara Malimali won her case this morning.

Minister for Information, Environment and Climate Change Lynda Tabuya has told traditional leaders that they are not beneficiaries of conservation, but its leaders.

A man who sexually assaulted a woman at a hospital in Kadavu in 2023 has been sentenced to nine years’ imprisonment by the Suva High Court.

Acting Attorney General Siromi Turaga has come out strongly against what he calls serious misreporting and misinformation surrounding the sentencing of Chinese national Yin Qing Qing.