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The big one on the front page of The Fiji Times’ edition for Wednesday, May 18 is interesting. It is about an incident that was captured on video, and this went viral on social media.
We learn that the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions says it has not sanctioned any charges against the Labasa bus driver featured in the video being allegedly assaulted by a police officer.
He appeared before the Labasa Magistrates Court charged with failing to give his name and address to the officer, who has since been suspended from duty.
The ODPP was responding to a police statement saying Mr Mani was also charged with serious assault. The police statement, quoting Police Commissioner Sitiveni Qiliho, said the charges against Mr Mani “were sanctioned following consultations with the Director of Public Prosecutions Office in Labasa”.
Read the full report in The Fiji Times.
HEADLINES
Here are some headlines that made The Fiji Times’ Wednesday edition.
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- FIJI Airways is hoping to recruit yet another 150 cabin crew to meet the increasing demand for air travel from the international market.
- NATIONAL carrier Fiji Airways has labelled its aviation academy a ‘life saver’ because it has provided training for local pilots and the new cabin crew absorbed into its workforce.
- FIJI Airways managing director Andrew Viljoen says the national airline wants to minimise recruiting foreign pilots.
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- ASPIRING National Federation Party candidate Prem Singh claims Government ministers are “scurrying to Nadi” because of the significant number of Indo-Fijian votes in the Jet Set Town.
- GOVERNMENT is going to advertise and recruit 22 permanent secretaries, online tender documents released by the Fiji Procurement Office state.
- A NUMBER of teachers who completed their degree in 2018 are still waiting for a vacancy in the school system, says Education Minister Premila Kumar.
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- RESIDENTS living in the greater Lami were without water from Monday to 4pm yesterday afternoon.
- A 3.31 magnitude earthquake was recorded in the Naitasiri region on Monday. The seismic activity was recorded at 11.22pm and located at 3.3km South from Waitolu, Naitasiri, 18km North-northwest from Suva and West-northwest from Nausori.
- JUSTICE Dr Thushara Kumerage will hear Opposition MP Ratu Suliano Matanitobua’s case after refusing and dismissing Ratu Suliano’s application for him to be recused.
SPORTS
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- THE chairwoman of Australia’s sports diplomacy advisory council says the achievement of the Rooster Chicken Fijiana Drua in winning the Super W rugby title has set a platform for women’s rugby in Fiji to grow.
- FIJIANA 15s players Vika Matarugu and Joana Sauto have one mission – and that is to represent Fiji at the upcoming Oceania Rugby Women’s Championship in New Zealand.
- THE Swire Shipping Fijian Drua is aiming for a positive result in the two remaining matches of the Super Rugby Pacific competition.
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- THE Tattslotto Fiji Open Tennis Championship returns to Denarau Island in Nadi today after a two-year hiatus because of the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions.
MORE INSIDE
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