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THE Magistrates Court in Nasinu released on bail a man charged with defilement.

AN investigation will be carried out on a suspicious fire that occurred on an inter-island ferry travelling to Savusavu with 255 passengers on board early this week .

A 26-YEAR-OLD man who is accused of stabbing three people last Saturday was refused bail by Magistrate Sumudu Premachandra at the Nasinu Magistrates Court yesterday.

SAFETY and security of elderly people, especially those living alone, should be a matter of concern.

FOLLOWING the two floods in Nadi last year where about 400 disabled people were billeted in evacuation centres, the Nadi Disabled People's Foundation has revealed many of its members were not treated properly when evacuated.

PLANS are in place to build a ship that will service the northern parts of the Yasawas following years of transport difficulties.

A TOTAL of 6074 people visited St Giles Hospital last year.

A SCHOOL located in coastal Nadroga is offering free education in a bid to increase the student roll.

THE signing of a new memorandum of understanding between the Fiji Cane Lorry Transport Association and stakeholders such as LTA, FSC, Sugar Tribunal and Sugar Cane Growers Council will bring a greater benefit to the sugar sector with increased supply of sugar cane to sugar mills.

TWO days after launching the 3R program, the Labasa Town Council pledged to provide wheelie bins for market vendors in an effort to create a cleaner and healthier environment.

MOTORISTS in the Northern Division have been reminded to exercise extra caution now that speed cameras will be installed in the area from next week.

SOME schools will have access to lifejackets after an international organisation distributed the items to the education office in Labasa yesterday afternoon.

ENSURING an effective and efficient service to the community, the Labasa Fire Station received two new fire trucks from its headquarters yesterday.

THE National Council of Older Persons is expected to be established before the end of this month.

ABUSE of senior citizens is a serious problem in Fiji.

OTHER cases similar to that of 49-year-old Nur Nisha of Navakai in Nadi have been reported to the Fiji Disabled People's Federation.

DONATING blood to save a life is, for 200 villagers of Naivicula, Tailevu, symbolic to how Jesus Christ shed his blood to save sinners in the world.

AFTER two days in rough seas while rushing from Rotuma, a mother gave birth to a miracle beautiful baby girl on board a ferry that served as her hospital this week.

Update: 6:38PM A "busy" Palmerston North drug dealer has been jailed for supplying methamphetamine and cannabis, thwarting his plans to return to Fiji.

MORE than 100 mothers were lucky winners of the MH Supermarket Mother's Day Getaway Promotion that was drawn in Suva yesterday.

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