The Suva High Court heard that Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka did not have the authority to advise President Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu to revoke the appointment of former Fiji Independent Commission against Corruption Commissioner Barbara Malimali.

The Suva High Court is hearing the judicial review application of former FICAC Commissioner Barbara Malimali today.

The Suspended Commissioner of the Fiji Corrections Service, Dr. Jalesi Nakarawa’s tribunal will begin next month from the 3rd to the 14th.

Former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise and Communication Manoa Kamikamica has been granted a $10, 000 bail bond with two sureties by the Suva Magistrate Court this afternoon.

Apisai Madigibuli has made fresh bail applications before the Suva High Court this week.

Former Fiji Corrections Service officer Epeli Laqeni who allegedly murdered his de-facto partner in Nakasi has been further remanded in custody by the Suva High Court.

The Suva Magistrates Court has ordered that 28-year-old Samuela Tawase, the man accused of vandalising the Samabula Shiv Mandir, remain in custody until his next mention early next month.

The three individuals who are charged with the posession of illicit drugs following a drug raid in Rewa Street last month appeared have been further remanded.

A man has pleaded guilty to defrauding a woman over a house rental.

A 37-year-old man has been further remanded in custody by the Suva Magistrates Court in a drug case involving police officers.

Acting Commissioner of Corrections Service Sevuloni Naucukidi who is currently facing a charge of criminal intimidation has requested the Magistrate court in Suva to take plea next month.

Two men charged in relation to a $9,000 forestry licensing scam have been granted bail by the Labasa Magistrates Court today.