14+ hour, 19+ min ago   (269+ words) THE Fiji Meteorological Service will not treat its new forecasting platform as business as usual when it is introduced, with the service planning a controlled transition before the system becomes part of its daily operations. The platform will support how…...

19+ hour, 49+ min ago   (338+ words) NO Pacific Island should be considered too small, and no community too remote to receive an effective weather warning. Speaking at the Pacific Meteorological Council meeting, Tonga’s Deputy Prime Minister Dr Viliami Uasike Latu said the effectiveness of meteorological services…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (671+ words) Up to this point, our journey through meteorological instruments has kept us firmly anchored to the ground—watching the coconut fronds, catching rainwater in cylinders, reading thermometers in louvered screens, and tracking pressure on barometers. Yet, surface weather is merely…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (93+ words) THERE is no single groundwater level that determines when a borehole or aquifer in Fiji reaches a critical stage, Minister for Lands and Mineral Resources Filimoni Vosarogo said. “Aquifers differ: alluvial plains, volcanic islands, small islands and perched systems do…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (141+ words) AGRICULTURE, Waterways and Sugar Minister Tomasi Tunabuna says funding has been secured to bolster biosecurity operations ahead of the upcoming termite swarming season. Speaking on coordinated strategies to curb the destructive pests, Mr Tunabuna emphasised that local engagement was vital....

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (187+ words) FIJI’s waste sector accounts for about 9.7 per cent of the country’s total greenhouse gas emissions, prompting the Government to strengthen systems for measuring and monitoring emissions. The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change held a Waste Sector Nationally Determined Contribution…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (463+ words) SUVA receives almost three metres of rain every year. At Laucala Bay, the long-term annual rainfall average is 2,991.7 millimetres, with rain recorded on an average of about 188 days a year. Even during the relatively drier months, rainfall remains significant. For…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (246+ words) NEARLY 80kg of rubbish was hauled from the Wailea St trashboom in Vatuwaqa, Suva by the second day of cleaning yesterday, highlighting the scale of irresponsible dumping, with more than 30kg of diapers, 29kg of PET bottles and plastics, and potentially dangerous waste…...

2+ week, 19+ hour ago   (196+ words) REGIONAL ministers, climate researchers and green technology innovators gathered in Lautoka last week for a major regional forum tackling climate resilience across the Asia Pacific. Hosted at the University of Fiji’s Saweni campus, the Symposium on Climate Change Mitigation and…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (257+ words) RESIDENTS living near the Wailea St bridge in Vatuwaqa, Suva, have rejected claims they were responsible for the large amount of rubbish trapped by a trashboom in the creek. The rubbish has accumulated around the Trashboom Pacific installation, creating foul…...