From the Editor-in-Chief’s desk: Your May 4 briefing

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Bula

The big one on the front page of the Fiji Times for Thursday, May 4 is on women and names on their birth certificate. It is a sensitive subject that has attracted a lot of attention in recent days.

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Headlines

Here are some headlines inside:

Page 7

  • POLICE have assured the business community and residents on Taveuni they will increase patrols in a bid to address rising public nuisance issues.
  • Minister for Education Aseri Radrodro has joined Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation Lynda Tabuya.in urging people to act responsibly, particularly on social media.
  • THE Ministry of Home Affairs is working with the government, public and private stakeholders in the development of a proposed national critical infrastructure, cyber incident response and recovery framework to protect Fiji’s critical infrastructure from all hazards, including the dynamic and potentially catastrophic threats enabled by cyber-attacks.
  • A LABASA man who pleaded guilty to one count of criminal intimidation cried in Court as he asked for forgiveness.
  • A HOME belonging to a 70-year-old man was completely destroyed in a fire yesterday.
  • A SIX-YEAR-OLD child died following an unfortunate accident at a timber yard in Vatuwaqa on Tuesday afternoon.

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