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The National Security Council met at the Cabinet Chambers in Suva yesterday to discuss growing concerns over rising global fuel prices and begin work on measures aimed at reducing the impact on Fijian households, businesses and essential services. The meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka, reviewed international market trends showing continued increases in global oil prices amid ongoing instability in the Middle East and disruptions to shipping routes through the Strait of Hormuz. Council members agreed that Fiji, as a fuel-importing nation reliant on petroleum purchased in US dollars, remains highly vulnerable to international price movements and should act…

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Two university students who were charged with murder are now free men after the State discontinued the case against them, citing insufficient evidence. Nineteen-year-olds Alexander Leweniqila and Manoa Vakavunivalu were discharged after the State filed a nolle prosequi before the High Court in Suva this morning. The two had been jointly charged with 20-year-old Aisake Lovobalavu over the death of a 30-year-old man whose body was discovered at Nauluvatu Settlement in February this year. The matter was called before Judge, Justice Daniel Goundar. Lovobalavu now faces one count of manslaughter. He has entered a not guilty plea. The matter has…

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