Fiji

Three police constables in Fiji have been charged in relation to pouring boiling water on a suspect.

The number of measles cases in Fiji has risen to nine, as restrictions are placed on the limited supplies of the vaccine.

Residents living in areas affected by the measles outbreak in Fiji have called for those with the disease to be quarantined at hospitals instead of in their homes.

Many Fijians have lost faith in the government because laws are not being applied equally to those in power, Fiji's opposition says.

Samoa have thrashed Papua New Guinea 65-12 to make an emphatic start to the Oceania Rugby Women's Championship.

A labour shortage in Fiji's sugarcane industry has forced the government to recruit workers from Vanuatu.

Tonga's opening match at the Oceania Women's Rugby Championship has been cancelled after a player was reported to have suspected symptoms of measles.

The Pacific's first cyclone early warning system will go live in Fiji this week.

Fiji's opposition says police should never be armed with taser guns or any weapons designed to kill people.

Campese Ma'afu to face his countrymen for the first time when rugby's Barbarians take on the Flying Fijians.

Eleven debutants have been named in the Flying Fijians matchday squad to take on the Barbarians in London this weekend.

Fiji's police officers could soon be armed with tasers after a spate of attacks, the police commissioner says.

The Flying Fijians are looking to the future after selecting a youthful side dominated by locally-based players to take on the Barbarians at Twickenham this weekend.