Lautoka, Fiji News

IN a bid to lift the standard of snooker in the Sugar City, the Lautoka Club will increase the number of tournaments next year .

ABOUT 150 acres of pine forest at Lololo Pine Station in Lautoka were destroyed by fire over three days before New Years Eve.

THE Fiji National Blood Service has thanked all blood donors and organisations who helped in organizing blood drives in 2009.

SCIENCE fiction movie Avatar, is taking Fiji by storm following its launc on December 17.

OWNERS of vessels that ran aground during Cyclone Mick will need to report to maritime authorities before entering other local or overseas ports.

THE trade of fake gold and other precious metals is an activity known to have been in existence for some time.

A fire started by children playing with a lit kerosene lantern has partially destroyed a house in a farming community in Fiji's Western Division.

Doreen Singh of Otahu might be miles and seas away, but she made sure that her donations arrived in time for Christmas for the 35 elderly people staying at the Golden Age Home in Natabua, Lautoka.

Residents around Lami Town who live in low lying areas are frustrated that they do not have water from Monday.

The Fiji Electricity Authority is working around the clock to try and restore power to all affected areas in the country in the western and eastern division.

Peter Thompson, who is a member of the club, and lives in Lower Dunsforth, is chairman of Physionet, a scheme he has supported for many years.

A NATIONAL DISMAC centre for health was activated at the Colonial War Memorial Hospital yesterday.

NASA's Aqua satellite captured an infrared image of Cyclone Mick on Dec. 14 at 1332 UTC , when it was located near 18.5 S and 178.7 E, with winds of 55 knots.

Officials in Fiji are assessing how much damage Cyclone Mick has caused overnight.

Lautoka lawyer Iqbal Khan, who faces charges of allegedly breaching the legal practioners code of ethics has made submissions for Independent Legal Services Commission Chairman John Connors to disqualify himself from hearing his case alleging possible bias against him.

THE Police Lautoka team is confident of reaching the final of the Digicel Suva 7s at Churchill Park tomorrow.

Women's affairs ... some of the participants at the Fiji Women's Crisis Centre workshop in Suva.

THE Lautoka Basketball Association received an overwhelming response for the two day referee's clinic conducted by International Basketball Federation accredited referee Navi Naivalu.

A WOMAN who filed a defamation suit against the Fiji Times was yesterday ordered by the High Court in Lautoka to pay $350 to the company.

FIJI'S sugar exports are expected to decrease by $65.5million this year in comparison to last year.