Rising fuel prices push outer island communities to the brink

Villagers in Yasawa-i-Rara now pay $640 per person for a return trip to the mainland, a 78 per cent hike from the $360 they used to pay previously. Turaga-ni-koro Maikeli Dagatu says the increase kicked in even before the latest fuel price increase announced by the Fijian Competition and Consumer Commission. Survival for Fiji’s outer [...]
2026-05-01 05:21:25