The Suva High Court will deliver its judgment next year on an application
for leave for judicial review relating to the Commission of Inquiry report.

Suva lawyer Tanya Waqanika today argued in court that her client, Barbara Malimali was never allowed to respond to the allegations in the Commission of the Inquiry report before it was finalized and released.

Former Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Professor Biman Prasad appeared in the Suva High Court this morning for his stay application matter.

Suva lawyer Barbara Malimali has informed the Suva Magistrates Court that she will challenge the charge against her client Tanya Waqanika, in the High Court.

Suva lawyer Tanya Waqanika has been charged by the Fiji Independent Commission against Corruption for allegedly breaching Section 14D of the Fijian Political Parties Act 2013 .

Former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade Manoa Kamikamica’s stay application will be heard in the Suva High Court in March next year.

Twenty-eight-year-old Samuela Tawase, has pleaded guilty to all charges relating to an alleged sacrilege at the Samabula Shiv Temple in Suva.

Eight individuals charged in relation to drug raids in Suva and the Western Division in September reappeared in the Suva Magistrates Court today as the state moves to consolidate the multiple cases into a single proceeding.

The two men charged with allegedly assaulting two youths along the Cawaira stretch in Labasa on November 29 have been further remanded by the Labasa Magistrates Court.

The Suva Magistrates Court has sentenced former Court officer, Isoa Matanitobua, to 25 months’ imprisonment after he was found guilty of five counts of giving false information to a public servant and five counts of general dishonesty causing a loss.

Former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade, Co-operatives, Small and Medium Enterprises and Communications, Manoa Kamikamica, appeared before the Suva High Court this morning for the first call on a notice of motion seeking a permanent stay of criminal proceedings.

A stoning incident along the Natovi–Suva route has led to charges against an 18-year-old man from Sawakasa Village.