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Rotuma trip off as depression looms (Mar 12)
Update: 2:36PM BLIGH Water shipping has postponed a voyage to Rotuma as a tropical depression heads for Fiji.


DISMAC to mobilise (Mar 12)
Update: 12:51PM THE Northern Division's disaster management team will be activated at 5pm today in Labasa.


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.


Second depression to the west (Mar 12)
Update: 12:07PM A SECOND depression to the west of the Fiji Group appears to be moving away from the country.


Depression to build (Mar 12)
Update: 11:40AM A TROPICAL depression located about 500km to the north-west of Suva is likely to intensify over the next 48 hours.


Schools close (Mar 12)
Update: 11:26AM THE Education Ministry has directed all schools to close as two tropical depressions head for Fiji.


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.