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School Gears Up For Ratu Sukuna Day
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School Gears Up For Ratu Sukuna Day

The dedication event takes place on Friday at school.

Charges Against Ratu Tevita Withdrawn
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Charges Against Ratu Tevita Withdrawn

Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions says lack of evidence led to decision.

Child, 6, Drowns During Family Picnic
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Child, 6, Drowns During Family Picnic

A six-year-old child is the country’s latest drowning victim. The incident took place at Mosquito Island, Lami, wh...

Indonesia Provides Humanitarian Aid To Vanuatu
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Indonesia Provides Humanitarian Aid To Vanuatu

The Indonesian Government had also sent a 14-member humanitarian mission from the Coordinating Ministry of Cultural ...

Taxi Driver Charged With Attempted Murder Granted Bail
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Taxi Driver Charged With Attempted Murder Granted Bail

It is alleged that Chand tried to kill the complainant using a knife after an argument broke out between the couple ...

Alleged Wife Killer Appear In Court
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Alleged Wife Killer Appear In Court

It is alleged that on May 20, he killed Nazmin Nisha inside the house using a cane knife.

Electrician Charged With Attempted Murder, Arson, Refused Bail
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Electrician Charged With Attempted Murder, Arson, Refused Bail

He also allegedly set fire to the house where the victim was staying and fled with his two sons aged two and five ye...

Al Hamd Spends $10,000 On Staff Team Bonding
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Al Hamd Spends $10,000 On Staff Team Bonding

“We are also taking them on a Sigatoka river safari and I have also given an all expenses paid trip to Singapore t...

Corruption Is Now Becoming A Norm
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Corruption Is Now Becoming A Norm

“Certain conduct is becoming accepted, a policeman taking $10 from a person who is stopped, corruption is getting ...

Over 1000 Rheumatic Heart Disease Cases In The West
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Over 1000 Rheumatic Heart Disease Cases In The West

“A lot of our teenagers and 20-year olds are dying from RHD so even with 60 deaths, it’s quite a big number for ...

Prosecution Granted Time To File Summary Of Facts In Murder Case
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Prosecution Granted Time To File Summary Of Facts In Murder Case

Naidu allegedly murdered his two-year-old nephew, Munish Vivan Naidu, and attempted to murder his great-grandmother,...

Reinstating Of Exams On Summit Agenda
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Reinstating Of Exams On Summit Agenda

Fiji Teachers Union general secretary, Muniappa Goundar gave his thoughts on the proposal to bring back exams for st...

Expedition Will Obtain Timely Marine Data
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Expedition Will Obtain Timely Marine Data

“The expedition will help us understand the health of our corals, the status of our fish stocks, and the quality o...

Rabuka & Modi In Papua New Guinea
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Rabuka & Modi In Papua New Guinea

“We had a great conversation on various topics. The relation between India and Fiji has stood the test of time. We...

Saweni Arson, Stabbing Incident Suspect In Police Custody
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Saweni Arson, Stabbing Incident Suspect In Police Custody

It is alleged that the suspect stabbed the victim during an argument, and later set fire to the house before fleeing...

Burst Pipe Floods Raiwaqa Health Centre
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Burst Pipe Floods Raiwaqa Health Centre

The Ministry of Health & Medical Services will need to clean up the Raiwaqa Health Centre before operations can resu...

Painful Mother’s Day, Son Electrocuted
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Painful Mother’s Day, Son Electrocuted

A report from police spokesperson, Ana Naisoro said the 24-year-old victim was rushed to the Nadi Hospital but was p...

State Granted Time To File Proposed Pretrial Conference Documents
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State Granted Time To File Proposed Pretrial Conference Documents

Ms Swastika said she would be filing the voir dire disclosures and additional disclosures which included the postmor...

Drug Charged Australian National Files Application For Return Of Money
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Drug Charged Australian National Files Application For Return Of Money

Abourizk was convicted and jailed by the High Court in Lautoka for one count of unlawful possession of 49.9 kilogram...

Foreign National, 70, Remanded For Sexual Assault
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Foreign National, 70, Remanded For Sexual Assault

It is believed that the accused, aged 70, committed the assaults on multiple occasions between 2010 and 2011, target...

Prosecution Seeks Consolidation Of Charges In Labasa Death Case
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Prosecution Seeks Consolidation Of Charges In Labasa Death Case

It is alleged that Sen accidentally reversed his vehicle and ran over his own passenger, the late Rusiate, which res...

Torika Qoro Pursues Engineering Dream at FNU
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Torika Qoro Pursues Engineering Dream at FNU

To achieve her ambition, Qoro has completed a Trade Diploma in Electrical Engineering, followed by a Diploma in Engi...

Jonathan Holmes Pursues His Engineering Dream
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Jonathan Holmes Pursues His Engineering Dream

Jonathan Joel Holmes vividly recalls walking through Suva for the first time and in awe of the city’s landscape an...

Crime Rate Drop Recorded in April: Fiji Police
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Crime Rate Drop Recorded in April: Fiji Police

The Fiji Police Force crime statistics shows 1147 reports received for April compared to 1314 for the same period la...

FNU Attains International Accreditation for Engineering Programmes
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FNU Attains International Accreditation for Engineering Programmes

The accredited programmes are the Diploma in Engineering (Civil), Diploma in Engineering (Mechanical), Diploma in En...

Fiji Teachers Union Matrix To Replace Open Merit System
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Fiji Teachers Union Matrix To Replace Open Merit System

“Sadly, the former education ministers failed to take cognizance of this and as a result, some of the top performi...

Fishermen Get Timely Help From JICA
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Fishermen Get Timely Help From JICA

JICA chief advisor and expert for marine resource management Minoru Tamura said Japan’s vast knowledge of the fish...

Namaka Florists Get Town Council Job
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Namaka Florists Get Town Council Job

The project includes maintaining and beautifying the Bougainville flower gardens along the queens highway from Nasos...

Ministry To Open Children’s Department
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Ministry To Open Children’s Department

The Ministry of Women, Children, and Poverty Al­leviation is actively work­ing on establishing a dedicated departm...

Tragedy On Mothers Day
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Tragedy On Mothers Day

As churches around the country celebrated Mother's Day yesterday, a day meant to honour and appreciate mothers for t...

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