From the Editor-in-Chief’s desk: Your September 6 briefing

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The big one on the front page of The Fiji Times for Tuesday, September 6 is about a car accident just outside Lautoka City on the way to Nadi.

It happened along the Vuda Back road.

Two people died inside a taxi that caught fire after an accident.

HEADLINES

Here are some headlines inside:

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  • FORTY-NINE per cent of total expenses for the Sugar Cane Growers Council (SCGC) in 2020 was on wages and salaries, states the SCGC 2020 Annual Report that was tabled in Parliament last week.
  • MANUAL harvesting of sugarcane has become a grave challenge for Sugar Industry, states the 2020 Sugar Cane Growers Council report that was tabled in Parliament last week.
  • CANE production is steadily increasing in all areas of Fiji, reveals data presented in the Sugar Cane Growers Councils 2020 annual report that was tabled in Parliament last week.

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  • THE old Nadi College will become the home of the new Ezra Lincoln Group of School, with the launching of the Ezra Kindergarten on Saturday.
  • FIJI Women’s Crisis Centre coordinator Shamima Ali has called on Health Minister Dr Ifereimi Waqainabete to “not make misogynistic comments on Twitter”.
  • THE Fiji Performing Rights Association (FPRA) last week received a $15,000 boost towards their preparations for the upcoming 2022 FPRA Awards.
  • STUDENTS on Kia Island have been forced to reduce study time due to the damage caused to solar systems by Tropical Cyclone Yasa two years ago.
  • LABASA’S recent power cuts have been caused by broken consumer service mains and events beyond EFL’s control.

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  • SEVEN police officers are among the 71 people accused of serious crimes other than sexual violence offences for the month of August.
  • THE Anti-Corruption Division of the High Court at Suva has ordered that a medical report on Adi Litia Qionibaravi’s health condition be made by the medical superintendent of the Colonial War memorial Hospital.
  • OPPOSITION MP Simione Rasova’s lawyer, Barbara Malimali, has made an application for High Court judge Justice Dr Thushara Kumarage to recuse himself from presiding over Mr Rasova’s trial.
  • LAWYER Richard Naidu will be seeking leave to appeal against the High Court’s decision to refuse his applications to set aside the contempt of court proceedings and allow him to cross-examine the Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum.
  • Man set fire to tamavua house in court.

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