Higher penalties sought for drug driving

The Ministry of Transportation and Communications yesterday said that it would propose an amendment to the Road Traffic Management and Penalty Act (道路交通管理處罰條例) that would revoke licenses of drug users, ban drug-impaired drivers from taking the license test for three years and impose penalties on the

By Shelley Shan

HIV ‘spreading like wildfire’ in Fiji as cases soar

As evening falls in Fiji’s capital, a steady stream of people approaches a makeshift clinic that is a first line of defense against one of the world’s fastest-growing HIV epidemics.In the South Pacific nation — a popular tourist destination of just under a million people — more than 2,000 new HIV ca