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Left on her own (Mar 12)
SHE was fragile, fast asleep in the arms of the head nurse after being saved from the cold porch she was abandoned on in the early hours of Tuesday.


Gassed and robbed (Mar 12)
THE police are investigating robberies in which homeowners were robbed and their houses trashed as they slept, apparently under the influence of chemicals.


Supermarkets ration sugar (Mar 12)
SUPERMARKETS in Suva, Tailevu and Ovalau have started rationing sugar as a result of a shortage.


Cassava factory gives farmers hope (Mar 12)
THE prayers of a group of Northern Division villagers have been answered with the opening of a cassava factory.


Butter production plunges (Mar 12)
REWA Dairy has admitted its butter production level has dropped.


Briefs (Mar 12)
Local News in Brief


Destitute granny waits for food vouchers (Mar 12)
FOR Asinate Vuli, 65, the food vouchers offered by Social Welfare Department will ease her burden.


Lucky to be alive (Mar 12)
NINE-year-old Kinijoji Ramasima scrambled out a window when the bus he was on hurtled around a junction and landed in a ditch yesterday afternoon.


Saved from dogs (Mar 12)
BABYSITTER Fulori Tikoicina will never forget the day she discovered a baby abandoned on her front porch.


Old hairstyle back (Mar 12)
WOMEN of Namosi Province have been told to revert their hairstyle to the buiniga in a cultural revitalisation ordered by their paramount chief, Ratu Suliano Matanitobua.