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Articles by Losirene Lacanivalu
Moana Moeka'a: Only in the Cook Islands
Thursday 7 May 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor, With my limited experience in sports administration, I find it absurd to read of Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee (CISNOC) imposing restrictions (and reinforcing the prime minister's “ban”) on the resumption of certain sports (“It’s play time for 18 sports”, May 2).
No plea on theft charge
Wednesday 6 May 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Crime
David Tonorio, who is serving time at the Arorangi Prison, is yet to enter pleas on his new burglary charges.
Failing to stop
Wednesday 6 May 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Crime
Ngatamaroa Ave appeared in court for failing to stop at a police checkpoint in Arorangi on April 24.
19 burglary charges
Wednesday 6 May 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Crime
Teremoana Saddler has admitted to 19 charges of burglary.
Young man granted bail
Wednesday 6 May 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Crime
A young man was granted bail after defence lawyer Wilkie Rasmussen assured the court that he would be residing with his parents.
Assault charge
Wednesday 6 May 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Crime
Kunal Nand has been ordered by the High Court not to apply for any travel documents as he is yet to be sentenced.
Helmet saves teenager's life
Wednesday 6 May 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Crime
A helmet saved the life of a 16-year-old boy who was involved in an accident at Harley Street in Nikao on Monday morning.
Covid gives chance to refurbish court house
Tuesday 5 May 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Local
The courts building has needed major repairs for many years, says Secretary of Justice Tamatoa Jonassen.
Bottled man retaliates
Tuesday 5 May 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Crime
A young man kicked another man in a fight outside an Avarua nightclub last year, but denies kicking the victim in the head.
Thief ain't got Jack
Tuesday 5 May 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Crime
It was a complicated plan, for nothing more than a single bottle of Jack Daniel’s.
What you sow, so shall you reap
Monday 4 May 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Local
Agriculture officals have distributed seedlings to hundreds of Cook Islands households.
Med-evac is too late for 29yo
Saturday 2 May 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Health
A young resort worker died waiting for medical care he couldn’t get in Rarotonga.
Campaign to get young people wearing helmets goes viral
Friday 1 May 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Local
It’s TikTok Cook Islands style. Put your pares on TikTokers and get TikToking!
Covid leaves alleged drug dealer behind bars – without a trial date
Friday 1 May 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Crime
Calls to video-stream court hearings as more cases emerge of men left in prison because travel ban prevents a judge hearing their cases.
Cyclists get a free run
Friday 1 May 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Local
Cook Islanders locked down overseas are looking enviously at Tokerau Jim’s viral video footage and images of a new innovation: using Rarotonga Airport’s long, wide empty runway for cycling.
Sick people offered flu vaccination
Friday 1 May 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Health
Flu shots are available for vulnerable people with weakened immune systems caused by pre-existing and underlying illnesses and the elderly.
Boy wins court injunction
Friday 1 May 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Education
A court injunction has been slapped on an Australian school, stopping the school expelling a five-year-old Cook Islands boy because of the length of his hair.
Ambulances gifted to two southern islands
Wednesday 29 April 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Outer Islands
New emergency vehicles are part of a $3 million Japanese aid package.
Derek Fox: Never mind takeaways, I just want a haircut
Wednesday 29 April 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Opinion
OPINION: There will be stories told about the time of ‘the coronavirus’ for decades to come; just as there were about the flu pandemic which spread around the world in 1918-19, infecting an estimated 500 million people – a third of the world population at the time.
Covid: Court delays leave offenders on remand
Tuesday 28 April 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Crime
Cases are stalled before the court because no judge is able to travel to the country to hear them.
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