Manuca steers Ba to final
By EPINERI VULA Tuimasi Manuca propelled Ba into the final of the 2012 Inkk Mobile Battle of the Giants with two goals on either side of half-time over hosts Lautoka. Ba faces Labasa, who beat Nadi 1-0 in the other semi-final. Manuca scored in the 33rdminute after he ghosted through a napping Lautoka defence and [...]
By EPINERI VULA Labasa is through to the final of the 2012 Inkk Mobile Battle of the Giants final after a 1-0 victory over Nadi at Lautoka’s Churchill Park. Apisalome Turuva broke the deadlock with a header from a Kema Jack freekick in the second half. The two teams had gone to the breather locked [...]
Continue reading …By Maika Bolatiki There are only three army officers working for Government. And they are the Commander of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF), Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama who is the Prime Minster, and two Personal Staff Officers (PSO) to the Commander RFMF, Major Penioni Naliva and Major Aseri Rokoura. This revelation was made to [...]
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By Arishma Devi A team of electronic voter registration (EVR) clerks were deployed at the United Blind Persons of Fiji (UBP) on Thursday and yesterday to register those who were visually impaired. Ruci Senikula of UBP said the decision by the Elections Office allowed visually impared citizens to register for the 2014 General Elections. “UBP [...]
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By Maika Bolatiki The Prime Minister, Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama was honoured by the people of Nubuyanitu, Navosa, yesterday by naming their primary school after him. The newly built primary school is called the Bainimarama-Vatutoko Primary School. At the traditional presentation to formally farewell him at the end of the day, their spokesman said they had [...]
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By JYOTI PRATIBHA The Citizens’ Constitutional Forum Limited (CCF) and its Executive Director, Reverend Akuila Yabaki, were yesterday given 42 days to file their defence submission in the contempt of court case. At the High Court in Suva, Justice William Calanchini heard the proceedings. Suva lawyer Jon Apted told Justice Calanchini that they wanted to [...]
Continue reading …By LOSIRENE CHAND A 37-year-old farmer, jailed for stealing coffee from a supermarket, will now serve only six months of his 12-month sentence. Laisiasa Ramaqa successfully appealed against his sentence at the High Court in Labasa this week. However, his accomplice, Livai Ravonokula’s appeal was dismissed because he had 85 previous convictions of which 34 [...]
Continue reading …By JYOTI PRATIBHA A man who stole from his employer was given a second chance by the court to rehabilitate himself. Ioane Mataika, 31, was handed a suspended sentence at the Suva Magistrates Court this week. He had pleaded guilty to theft after he stole cash from the Central Transport Company in Vatuwaqa. Police prosecutor [...]
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By RACHNA LAL and ELLEN STOLZ The Ministry of Industry and Trade after a successful month of focus on manufacturers, plans to focus next on handicrafts in the next few months as part of its Fijian Made-Buy Fijian campaign. This was revealed by the Attorney-General and Minister for Industry and Trade, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum yesterday as [...]
Continue reading …By RACHNA LAL Government is now looking at amending fuel standards in the country. The Permanent Secretary for Industry and Trade, Shaheen Ali, said: “Government sees an urgent need to further improve the fuel quality and encourage better standards of vehicles on Fijian roads.” In this regard, a fuel sub-committee would meet on Monday July [...]
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