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The trial of Muhammed Raheesh Isoof who allegedly murdered three adults and 2 children and allegedly attempted to murder an 11-month old infant by abandoning her at Nausori Highlands, Nadi will take place from 25th Janu
Acting Chief Justice Kamal Kumar has today declared and nullified High Court Justice Salesi Temo’s orders to the magistrates in relation to the 49 cases last week and has also ordered the magistrates not to follow
The 47-year old man who is alleged to have assaulted the Turaga ni Koro of Baleyaganiga Village in Cakaudrove which resulted in his death will take his plea this Wednesday. Veresa Vatia appeared in the Labasa High
The two men who allegedly started the fire which destroyed a house and killed four elderly women in Benau, Labasa have been further remanded in custody. 19-year-old Zuhair Dean and 40-year-old Saimumu Din appeared
A 30-year-old man convicted of manslaughter has been sentenced to 7 years imprisonment for killing his 2-year-old daughter at their home in Nakasi on 4th March last year. Christopher Narayan will spend 5 years, 9 m
The Director of Public Prosecutions, Christopher Pryde, has decided that no charges will be laid against National Federation Party President, Pio Tikoduadua, in relation to a complaint of a breach of the Public Order Ac
22-year-old Samuela Bokadi who violently attacked Police officers trying to protect his partner in 2018 at the Delainavesi Police Post has been jailed for 5 years. In his sentence today, High Court Judge Justice Da
A Petition of Appeal has been filed against the decision of High Court Judge Justice Vincent Perera to set aside the ruling of Nadi Magistrate Siromi Turaga who acquitted two people charged with Failure to Comply with O
SODELPA General Secretary, Adi Litia Qionibaravi says shes wishes to state categorically that the party’s Constitution gives only the Management Board the authority over disciplinary matters. Adi Litia said in a stat
SODELPA Leader, Sitiveni Rabuka says the party’s Working Committee has discussed and voted by majority, on a resolution to be tabled to the Management Board next Saturday on the position of the party’s General Secre
FICAC has received an official complaint from the Secretary-General to Parliament Viniana Namosimalua about certain members of parliament allegedly breaching eligibility requirements for travel and accommodation allowan
High Court Judge, Justice Salesi Temo has today quashed and set aside fines imposed by the Magistrates Courts in Suva, Nausori, Tailevu, Vunidawa and Savusavu in 49 cases which dealt with people breaching the curfew hou
A man who had sex with a 14-year-old girl last year has been jailed for 2 years by High Court Judge Justice Daniel Goundar after pleading guilty to one count of defilement. The man was 29-years-old at the time.
A 58 year old man appeared in the Nausori Magistrates Court today for allegedly sexually assaulting his three month old grand-daughter. He is charged with a count of sexual assault. The alleged incident happen
The trial for the two Cyprus Nationals who are facing charges in regards to obtaining financial advantage by deception will take place from the 16th to the 30th of June, this year. It is alleged that Loizos Petridi
Former CEO of the Fiji Commerce Commission, Bobby Maharaj is a free man today as he has been acquitted of the charge laid by FICAC. Maharaj was charged with one count of abuse of office. His lawyer, Devanesh Sharma
A former Assistant Treasurer with the iTaukei Affairs Board has been sentenced to 20 months imprisonment by the Labasa Magistrates Court. Taniela Jerema was charged with a count each of Obtaining a Financial Advant
SODELPA parliamentarians, Ro Filipe Tuisawau and Adi Litia Qionibaravi, and Usaia Peter Waqatairewa have personally filed through their solicitors, their appeal in the Fiji Court of Appeal against the High Court judgeme
A 22-year-old Caubati man who allegedly kicked and assaulted a police officer attending to a report of causing trouble on Monday will front the Nasinu Magistrates Court today. The police officer sustained minor in
The two men who allegedly started the fire which destroyed a house and killed four elderly women in Benau, Labasa last Thursday morning have been remanded in custody by the Labasa Magistrates Court. 19-year-old Zu
