May 29, 2011
Home raid
It was a home owner’s nightmare as he discovered electrical wiring taken from his unfinished house and all stored electrical wire missing. Businessman Subhash Mani discovered on Friday electrical wire containing copper stripped from the ceiling from his two-storey home that is being built.
Joint security forces hunt
for convicted rapist
Convicted rapist Petero Bai who was serving a 15-year jail term, escaped from the custody of prison authorities while working at the Nasinu Cemetery yesterday morning.
May 29, 2001
Nadroga wins
Nadroga downed Labasa 7-6 to claim the Fiji Bitter Fiji FACT title in front of an ecstatic home crowd in Lawaqa Park yesterday. A close fought final ended 1-1 after extra time and was decided on penalty kicks.
PM house inquiry will go ahead
Investigations into caretaker Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase’s housing entitlement will continue, Auditor-General Eroni Vatuloka said yesterday. And he has called a review of the laws governing the benefits and entitlements of the Prime Minister, Cabinet ministers and former heads of governments.
May 29, 1991
Growers Council in harvest plan
The Sugar Cane Growers Council intends to hold harvesting gang meetings in Rakiraki in a desperate bid to get gang memorandums signed. But the National Farmers Union has branded the move illegal and was warned the council against interference.
May 29, 1981
Cane trials at Navua, Nausori
The Fiji Sugar Cane Corporation has started growing new varieties of sugar cane for ethanol at Navua and Nausori. Reports that cane was grown on land owned by Consolidated Farms Ltd at Navua were confirmed by the general manager of FSC Projects Limited, Mr Dan Ellison.
Drifters prayed continuously
Ten Cikobia islanders adrift on a crippled launch in open prayed continuously to be saved. The party — five men, two women and three youth who drifted for five days in the nine -etre launch Adi Senibua arrived at the Lautoka Wharf aboard the naval ship HMFS Kiro yesterday, in good health and high spirits.
