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A 36-year-old Pastor charged with sexual offenses appeared at the Nausori Magistrates court today. Ravinesh Chand from Nadali has been charged with three counts of rape, one count of indecent assault and one count of sexual assault. He is alleged to have committed the offenses on a 15-year-old student who is...

Suva lawyer Shazran Abdul Lateef has pleaded not guilty to one count of possession of illicit drugs in the Suva Magistrates Court. Lateef was allegedly found by the Police Southern Division Taskforce team at his Nailuva Home with a black case containing 1.2 grams of marijuana over the weekend. Police also...

An uncle who is alleged to have raped his 14-year-old niece has been remanded in custody by the Suva High Court today. The 60-year-old man is charged with one count of rape and two counts of indecent assault. The alleged attacks took place on February 20th, 21st and 27th this year...

The body of a man which was kept at the CWM Hospital mortuary for over a year now, has been identified. A relative who resides in Suva came forward after hearing the request for information. There was no missing person report lodged and according to the relative, the man in his...

Expect some major announcements from the government on housing initiatives soon. Minister for Economy Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum has confirmed this in the Fijian Government Facebook 2019/2020 National Budget consultations with tertiary school students. This follows a question raised by a part time university...

More than ten people are now homeless after their house containing 3 flats was destroyed in a fire at Narere, Nasinu this afternoon One of the tenants confirmed to the news when the fire started, 9 people were inside the house, including three babies

Police Commissioner Sitiveni Qiliho has confirmed that the 13-year-old boy who had alleged that some Chinese nationals tried to abduct him over the weekend in Lautoka, admitted to falsifying the information given to police. Qiliho says this was due to personal reasons that they...

Tobacco and Suki vendors, retailers, wholesalers, manufacturers, distributors and importers must apply for their licences and registrations by the 31st of this month. This has been confirmed by the Ministry of Health through its Tobacco Control Amendment Regulations 2019. The Ministry...

Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama has again told Opposition and SODELPA Leader Sitiveni Rabuka to stop lying to the people. Speaking to FBC News from Sydney, Australia – Bainimarama says demeaning comments made by Rabuka regarding Fiji’s inclusion in the UN Human Rights Council is...

A 31-year-old woman from the Northern division who was raped by a man in 2005 has finally got justice after more than a decade. The woman was a 17-year-old student when she was raped by a man who was 36 years older than her.