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Written By : FIJI SUN NEWSROOM. The time has come to reassess urgently the life imposed upon women and young girls in Fiji. Crime Stoppers West committee chair Prudence Rouse said at least twice earlier this year abduction and confinement had been visited upon an unsuspecting woman prior to sexual assault or rape. Ms Rouse [...]

Written By : FIJI SUN NEWSROOM. The family of Osea Namatalevu, the aspiring rugby player diagnosed with cancer, is relieved that he is recovering well after undergoing four days of intense treatment. His mother Makarita said Osea was back in Nelson, South Island in New Zealand and was recovering well. She said he was looking [...]

Written By : Lusia Vuruna . Two Suva soccer players and an official have been given time by the Magistrates Court to reconcile with the referee they assaulted on Sunday. Players Cedrick Dutt, Yogesh Narayan and team official Riyaz Hussein appeared before Magistrate Aminiasi Katonivualiku. They were allowed bail for $250 and told to seek [...]

Written By : MAIKA BOLATIKI. The United States of America’s Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has delivered a clear message to Pacific foreign ministers in Samoa on Saturday that Fiji must return to the polls as promised in March 2009. “There is especially hard work to do concerning Fiji where a return to democracy is [...]

Written By : SERA JANINE and CHEERIEANN WILSON . National Council for Building a Better Fiji member Lorine Tevi has been forced to resign from the Methodist Church standing committee. Mrs Tevi has served on the church’s powerful committee since 1967 on matters regarding the annual conference, education, scholarship, ministry and non-formal education. Mrs Tevi [...]

Written By : Cheerieann Wilson. Customers will pay a little bit more on electricity from Friday. Fiji Electricity Authority chief executive officer Sunil De Silva said consumers across the board would only pay a little more than a cent. The increase follows yesterday’s interim cabinet decision to approve the last phase of the electricity tariff [...]

Written By : SERA JANINE. Permanent Secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office Parmesh Chand yesterday returned to his post and said it was in the interest of the nation. Mr Chand said he only returned for the sake of the people of Fiji and to move the country forward. When asked if relations between him [...]

Written By : SERA JANINE and CHEERIEANN WILSON. National Council for Building a Better Fiji member Lorine Tevi has been forced to resign from the Methodist Church standing committee. Mrs Tevi has served on the church’s powerful committee since 1967 on matters regarding the annual conference, education, scholarship, ministry and non-formal education. Mrs Tevi was [...]

Written By : MACIU MALO. A soccer referee was attacked by players, officials and fans yesterday after awarding an injury time penalty. Police had to intervene to protect the referee while two players and an official were charged. They will appear in court today. Referee Dhiren Kewal received severe bruises in the attack. The FMF-Blue [...]

Written By : CAROLINE DELAIVONI. An eight-year-old boy of Taveuni is fighting for his life at the Colonial War Memorial hospital when he fell in a coma after he allegedly fell from the back of a van. And a distraught father, Seremaia Masivou, prayed all day yesterday beside his son’s bed hoping that he recovers [...]