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By JYOTI PRATIBHA A tertiary school student who denied assaulting a police officer has been released on bail. Jeremaia Waqainabete was charged with one count of disorderly conduct and one count of assaulting a police officer in due execution of his duty. The court heard that on May 1, this year Waqainabete arrived at the [...]

By JYOTI PRATIBHA The High Court in Suva yesterday allowed a six-month reduction to the sentence of a man who was earlier sent to jail for four years. Irshad Hussein earlier admitted a count of obtaining money by false pretence. He was sentenced on July 20, 2010, for defrauding a woman of $3000. The victim [...]

By JYOTI PRATIBHA A Raiwaqa resident who pleaded guilty to one count of being in unlawful possession of illicit drugs, contrary to Section 5 (a) of the Illicit Drugs Act, will be sentenced on June 13 this year. Izaz Khan, 44, was charged after a search of his Raiwaqa house revealed eight sachets of dried [...]

Source: COURIER MAIL A world expert on crime scenes foot impressions had no idea how many other people besides accused killer, Max Sica, could have left a sock imprint at the Singh siblings murder scene, a court heard. Former Canadian Mountie Robert Kennedy, an authority on morphology (the study of foot shapes and structures), told [...]

By Deniel Niraj A one-week sports outreach for youths was held for the Wailevu District of Cakaudrove last week, at Vunivesi Village. The Permanent Secretary for Youth and Sports, Joseva Sania closed the programme. He thanked the 120 participants for responding positively to the programme. “The government has major plans for the youths of the [...]

By Deniel Niraj Newly-appointed Ministry of Youth and Sports permanent secretary Joseva Sania travelled to the Northern Division recently for the first time in his official capacity. Mr Sania thanked Labasa office staff for their work and called on them to raise their level of service with a heartfelt attitude. “The ministry has a lot [...]

By MAIKA BOLATIKI The Board of Trustees of the iTaukei Land Trust Board (TLTB) has put a stop to goodwill payments and has taken a strong stand on this. And they have also agreed that the law be amended as appropriate to reflect this. TLTB general manager Alipate Qetaki confirmed this yesterday. Mr Qetaki said [...]

By JESSAN DOTON Fiji-born Australian singer Paulini Curuenavuli thrilled wholesalers on Monday night at Starwood’s annual wholesaler event prior to the commencement of the Bula Fiji Tourism Exchange. This year’s thriller performance was the first of Starwood Idol, where Starwood’s wholesalers were divided into groups and mentored by a local singer. They then went into [...]

By JESSAN DOTON While Fiji takes the first step in leading the way into the frontiers of consumer laws and product standards for the Pacific region, not all laws fitted the “one size fits all” rule. The comment was made by the Attorney-General and Minister for Industry and Trade, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, during the opening ceremony [...]

By MAIKA BOLATIKI The Cuban Government has offered another two medical scholarships to Fiji. This was confirmed to the Fiji Sun from Abu Dhabi yesterday by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation, Ratu Inoke Kubuabola. The offer, he said, was made during a bilateral meeting with his Cuban counterpart, Bruno Eduardo Parrilla, on [...]