Fiji

Fiji National Rugby League is to advertise for a new head coach to guide the Bati through to next year's World Cup.

The ILO says preparations for its mission to Fiji are going to plan, despite worries from the parliamentary opposition and unions over ongoing discussions.

Fiji's attorney general has told the Legal Aid Commission that it needs to do more to advertise its services and cater for all Fijians, especially those in remote areas.

Netball Fiji hope to have a new national head coach in place by April following the sudden resignation of Kate Carpenter.

A Fiji trade union leader says an International Labour Organisation Commission of Inquiry is more likely now that talks have stalled.

Fiji's opposition whip says he will try and get a parliamentary committee to again look into allegations of torture by security forces.

The Fiji met service says tropical cyclone Ula is now a category three storm.

A Fiji trade union leader says the government has railroaded discussions on International Labour Organisation standards by replacing the minister in negotiations.

Fiji's gay community is calling on the prime minister Frank Bainimarama to apologise for what it says are derogatory and homophobic statements.

The former Solomon Islands prime minister, Sir Francis Billy Hilly, has been appointed to lead the Melanesian Spearhead Group's observer mission for Vanuatu's snap elections.

Fiji police have confirmed that the acting commissioner Brigadier General Sitiveni Qiliho has not suspended his assistant, Henry Brown, but sent him on leave last week pending an investigation of what…

A human rights advocate in Fiji says the prime minister's comments about same-sex marriage are extremely homophobic and disheartening.

Fiji's opposition National Federation Party says it is concerned that talks between the government and unions over workers rights could be derailed by what it calls a political move.

A Fiji union leader says he is still hopeful the deadlock with the government over workers rights can be resolved despite the removal of a key negotiator.

The Fiji government says five foreigners have started work as permanent secretaries as the Public Service Commission is completing the hiring process for the top positions.

The Fiji government will send planting material to the Southern Lau group by the end of the week, after the area was hit by Cyclone UIa.

Fiji authorities have extended a residential property and ground rent freeze for another year to the end of December.

Initial reports from Fiji's Lau group say Cyclone Ula has caused no major damage as the category three system passed through the archipelago in the past day.

A storm warning for parts of Fiji has been cancelled, as Cyclone Ula passes by the island group where residents were bracing for destructive winds.

The National Disaster Management Office in Fiji says three people have died and four are missing after deciding to travel by sea during bad weather.