A 75-year-old man has died after he was trapped inside a house in Makoi Nasinu following a fire yesterday afternoon.

Three separate road accidents occurred in the Western Division, with one claiming the life of a 59-year-old bus driver from Yako in Nadi.

Representatives from the various small and medium enterprises sectors have converged in Suva to participate in the Pre-National Economic Summit and Budget Dialogue.

Water Authority will be carrying out water rationing exercises from tomorrow in the upper Tovata areas which means that people will have no water supply daily from 10 a.m to 4 a.m.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Professor Biman Prasad will give a statement on the controversial matter regarding the $360,000 budget for the National Economic Summit when he returns from the United States.

The suspension of Director of Public Prosecutions Christopher Pryde is unacceptable.

The Ministry of i-Taukei Affairs has requested the Chiefly Island of Bau to provide the catering budget for the three-day Great Council of Chiefs meeting this May.

The cost of the yet-to-be-finished Lautoka Swimming Pool has escalated from the initial budgeted amount of $2 million to $12.6 million.

The continuation of the current dry weather situation is posing a significant water supply challenge.

This afternoon, Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka stated that the decision to suspend Director of Public Prosecution Christopher Pryde was made a long time ago.

The Leader of the Opposition has labelled government plans to spend $360,000 for the upcoming National Economic Summit as “extravagant” and “irresponsible”.

Former Prime Minister and Fiji Labour Party Leader Mahendra Chaudhry claims this is the third time that Finance Minister Professor Biman Prasad has ruffled the Prime Minister’s feathers.