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Shop Manager To Be Questioned On Alleged Defilement

Police are expected to question a 30 year old Shop Manager of Labasa for the alleged defilement of a 13 year old girl. The mother of the girl who works in the same shop has lodged a report with Labasa Police. It is all

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Police Continue To Guard Aarkay Motors

Police continue to guard the Aarkay Motors Limited shop in Vatuwaqa which was completely destroyed with all its contents in a fire last night. Police have confirmed the fire started around 8pm and engulfed the whole sho

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Fire Destroys Car Dealership In Vatuwaqa

Police and the National Fire Authority are investigating a case of fire that completely destroyed Aarkay Motors Limited shop in Vatuwaqa last night. Police have confirmed the fire started around 8pm and engulfed the who

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Residents Turn To Creeks, Rivers For Water

Resident living in the Nawaka area in Nadi are concerned on why it is taking it so long for the Public Water Departments to restore their water supply. Concerned resident Sikandar Khan said close to 200 people live in t

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Several Illegal Drivers Caught

Land Transport Authority has caught several illegal drivers who were booked more than three times and their license is suspended. LTA Spokesperson, Eroni Volavola this is an ongoing exercise and more drivers may lose th

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Fiji Out In Cup Quarters As England Wins NZ 7s

England defeated favourites New Zealand 19-17 to win the Wellington 7s with Isoa Damu scoring the last minute try. The Digicel Fiji 7s team has again failed to go past in the quarterfinals at the IRB World 7s Series.

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Water Shutdown Tonight In West

If you live in Nadi and Lautoka and your water supply is from the Vaturu Dam, please note that there will be a water shutdown tonight from 6pm to 6am tomorrow morning so start filling your buckets where you can. Main Wa

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Bus Fares Will Not Decrease

Bus fares will not decrease from Monday the 9th of February. This is the directive given by the Interim Prime Minister, Commodore Frank Bainimarama overturning Interim Works Minister, Timoci Natuva’s initial decis

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New Wages Order Deferred

The Interim Prime Minister has also directed that the new wages order which was to come into effect on the 1st of February now be deferred to the 1st of July. Commodore Frank Bainimarama said the timing is not right as

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Student Alleges She was Assaulted By Teacher

Labasa Police are investigating an incident whereby a student is alleging that she was assaulted by her teacher. According to Police Spokesperson, Atunaisa Sokomuri the student was vomiting blood and when she was taken

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DISMAC Monitor Evacuees

DISMAC is monitoring the day to day lives of the remaining evacuees still occupying the 6 evacuation centres in the West. Senior Dismac Officer, Laisenia Naitila said 205 people still occupy two centres in Lautoka and 4

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Plans In Place To Counter England-Rokodiva

The Digicel Fiji 7s halfback Peni Rokodiva Junior believes they can reach the Cup final later tonight, at the New Zealand International 7s tournament in Wellington. Rokodiva Junior has been so far one of the outstanding

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Police Hunt 3 Men For Alleged Rape

Police are looking for three men who allegedly raped a 19yr old woman in Lautoka on Thursday night. According to Police Spokesperson, Atunaisa Sokomuri the victim accompanied her boyfriend to Golf Link where they had se

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Water Supply To Be Normalsied In West Schools-PWD

There will be no disruptions to the schools in the western Division as water supply is expected to normalise by tomorrow afternoon. Public Works Ministry Spokesperson, Sainiana Waqainabete said their engineers are work

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Vodafone Fiji Offers Scholarships To Students

A sigh of relief for 25 students who cannot afford further education. Vodafone Fiji has offered 25 Scholarships to FIT students for Diploma in Electrical Engineering Telecommunication and Networking studies for this yea

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Fiji Hammers Cook Islands

A much more confident and well polished Digicel Fiji 7s team hammered Cook Islands 55-0 in their second pool game this afternoon. Fiji's tries came from co-captain Vereniki Goneva, who scored the first with just 44

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UN/Commonwealth To Send Technical Team

The United Nations and the Commonwealth will send a Joint Technical Team to Fiji next week in preparation for the proposed President Political Dialogue Forum. In a statement the UN confirmed that this follows the decisi

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Charter Finalised For Printing

The Peoples Charter for Change Peace and Progress it is about change of the individual person at the very fundamental level. Those were the words of interim Prime Minister Commodore Frank Bainimarama as the final versio

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Two Die From Leptospirosis

Two people have been confirmed to have died due to Leptospirosis in flood affected areas in Nadi. At a press conference this morning, Permanent Secretary for Health Dr. Sala Saketa revealed that another person is also s

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Save The Children Reconfirms Numbers

Save the Children Fiji Chief Executive Chandra Shekhar said they are currently reconfirming the number with schools in the flood affected areas on how many students need bus fares and lunch on a daily basis. He said Sav

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