Fiji

The Fiji Cane Growers Council has set up fire task forces and is encouraging farmers to take all means necessary to prevent fires due to drought conditions.

Flights between Samoa, Cook Islands, Tahiti, Fiji and Tonga is back on the region's agenda.

A successful day on the track has kept Papua New Guinea on top of the Pacific Games medal tally.

Cook Islands Rugby League says it's a pity the Pacific team will have a reduced presence at the next Rugby League World Cup.

The Fiji Cane Growers Council is encouraging farmers to invest in harvesting machinery as the industry faces labour shortages.

As Kiribati celebrates its 36th anniversary of independence, Fiji has reiterated its support for possible climate change-induced migration.

Fiji's remote western island group of Yasawa is set to receive water from a private barge this week following a drought.

Fiji's National Farmers Union says the future of the country's sugar cane industry could be in doubt.

The Fiji Women's Crisis Centre says gender equality must be promoted at all levels, if violence against women is to be combatted.

The Fiji Women's Crisis Centre says there needs to be more than just the condemnation of sexual violence, the words must also carry into action.

Fiji cane growers say more farmers will leave the industry if the government doesn't step in and help.

Many Fijian cane farmers are unable to harvest their stock due to a shortage of labour.

Thousands of women market vendors in Fiji, Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands are growing their economic empowerment opportunities along with their crops.

Hopes are pegged on a new media decree amendment to bring more freedom for Fiji journalists.

The editor in chief of the Fiji Times, Fred Wesley, says he hopes a media decree amendment will allow journalists to do their work without fear.

An Australian Navy vessel has arrived in Fiji for a nine-day seabed mapping operation -- the first visit by an Australian Navy ship in eight years.

The Solomon Islands will take another step in their rugby league development by competing in the nines tournament at the Pacific Games.

Fiji has continued a memorable year in sevens rugby by winning double gold at the Pacific Games in Port Moresby.

Tobacco control officers in the Fijian capital are conducting spot checks and booking smokers in the city in a clamp down on public smoking.