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TRIAL DATE SET FOR CANADIAN NATIONAL JOSHUA REHMAN, CHARGED FOR UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF $31M OF ILLICIT DRUGS IN FIJI. 13-11-20 FBC News The trial date has been set for Canadian national Joshua Aziz Rahman facing drug related charges.... Rahman is charged with one count of unlawful possession of illicit drugs. It is alleged that he had in his possession, 39 bars of a white substance weighing 39.5 kilograms with an estimated street value of $31m. The bars were allegedly recovered in February last year when police raided Rahman’s home in Caubati, Nasinu, and later tested positive for cocaine. Rahman appeared in the Suva High court this morning. The state informed the court that they will rely on the caution interview statement and eight witnesses. The two week trial will start from 22nd March next year. The matter has been adjourned to 1st of March for pretrial conference.

HUNDREDS OF DOCTORS IN ALBERTA CALLS GOVERNMENT FOR CIRCUIT BREAKER LOCKDOWN BEFORE COVID-19 SITUATION GETS OUT OF HAND. ALBERTA CANADA: A group of more than 430 Alberta physicians and three major health-care unions will send a letter to Premier Jason Kenney Thursday endorsing the idea of a "circuit-breaker" targeted lockdown as cases of COVID-19 continue to surge in the province. "There is no more time. We have to act now," said Dr. Tehseen Ladha, who co-authored the letter.... "We need something strong and mandatory in order to bend the curve." In the letter, the signatories say they feel it is their duty to warn of the "impending health system crisis" resulting from the spread of COVID-19 in Alberta. "We have reached a juncture where only strong and decisive mandatory measures can prevent our hospitals from becoming overwhelmed," the letter reads.

TOURISTS USING FAKE COVID-19 TESTS TO GET AROUND TRAVEL. 11-12-20 CBC News With most countries making a negative COVID-19 test mandatory for passengers travelling by air, some tourists are reportedly obtaining fake test results to get around entry requirements.... Instead of securing a negative PCR test, which may be difficult in time for departure, some travellers are buying counterfeit test results at the airport or from travel agents with instances being reported in Brazil, France and the U.K. Authorities warn the dangerous practice puts other passengers at risk of contracting the virus despite travel restrictions being in place. A group of seven people were arrested in September for selling falsified digital certificates intended to prove negative coronavirus test results, according to The Associated Press. The group was discovered following an investigation sparked by a traveller leaving France for Ethiopia. The traveller had a fake digital certificate that claimed they tested negative for the virus. The group was reportedly selling the counterfeit test results for US$180 to $360 apiece.

N.Y. NEWLYWEDS--A LAWYER AND A DOCTOR--DROWN ON AN ISLAND DURING THEIR HONEYMOON 4 DAYS AFTER WEDDING. 11-11-20 New York Post. A couple from New York City who’d just celebrated their wedding with family and friends died just four days later after they drowned while on a Caribbean honeymoon.... Mohammad Malik, 35, and Noor Shah, 29, were married on Oct. 24 in a traditional Pakistani wedding, and shortly after jetted off to Turks and Caicos to celebrate with a honeymoon, WNBC reported. Maqbool Malik, the father of the groom, said the couple was swimming in waters chest deep on Oct. 28 when they were pulled out by a rip current near Como Parrot Cay, the New York Post reported. The grieving father told Newsday that the newlyweds were pulled from the water by witnesses who performed CPR, but that they died at the scene. It’s a devastating loss. This is a shock beyond belief, he told the outlet. And it’s a tragedy of different dimensions when you have to lay two children to rest in a joint funeral. Malik was a corporate lawyer at Olshan Frome Wolosky in New York City, while Shah was a surgical resident at NYU Langone Health, according to the Post. Both children of immigrants, the couple hoped to one day open a hospital in Pakistan, WNBC reported.

GRIEVING SON OF A MOTHER WHO WAS TRAGICALLY KILLED IN NAVUA " WHO WILL MAKE MY MILO NOW" 12-11-20 Fiji Sun News Riyaz Dean will miss drinking the cup of Milo that his mother usually prepares for him and insists he drinks it, before he goes to work.... This is after his mother, Farisha Jahan, died in a tragic two-car accident along Namelimeli, Navua on Tuesday. A passenger from the other vehicle, Veena Wati, 60, also died from the tragedy. Our last conversation was when she (the late Ms Jahan) told me to make my own Milo as she left home, Mr Dean said. I did not know that it would be her last words. I did not even say goodbye. I don’t know who will make my Milo. I always had a cup prepared by her before I go to work. She would insist that I drink what she prepares. Ms Jahan was buried at the Enamanu Cemetery last night. Police spokesperson Ana Naisoro said the first victim was travelling with three others and returning to Suva when their vehicle was hit by a car that the second victim was travelling in. She said a 20-year-old suspect is alleged to have overtaken a number of vehicles at one time when it hit the oncoming vehicle resulting in the accident. The late Ms Wati died at the scene while late Ms Jahan passed away at the Colonial War Memorial Hospital on the same day. Other passengers and drivers are admitted at the Navua Hospital while Mr Dean’s younger sister, who suffered a leg injury, is at the CWM Hospital. Police investigations continues Pictured below: Left: Riyaz Dean, 21, holding a picture of his mother, Farisha Jahan, at their home in Newtown, Nadi, on November 11, 2020. Right: Farisha Jahan).

FATHER ALLEGED TO HAVE MURDERED HIS DAUGHTER IN NABUA SEEKS FORGIVENESS. 11-11-20. FBC News A father alleged to have murdered his four-month-old daughter in Nabua last year said that he was not able to sleep when he was told that his daughter has passed away.... Tevita Kunawave charged with one count of murder gave evidence in the Suva High court today. He is alleged to have caused the death of his four-month-old daughter by throwing a concrete block at his wife which hit the child. Kunawave took the stand in High court yesterday. He told the court that he was crying while he was in custody and could not sleep as he thought of his daughter. He said Police had asked him whether he had killed his daughter, he said no Kunawave also told the court that he had asked the Police to call his parents and arrange for a lawyer, however that was not done He said that when he threw the block he did not see anyone inside the house except for his wife. In court yesterday, he also sought forgiveness The trial will continue today.