There has been an outrage on social media about a video of a health worker at the Lautoka Hospital shouting and chasing family members out. This came after the death of a new born baby last night.

Taking to social media a concerned citizen posted disturbing photos of the deceased baby and the video of the health worker telling family members to get out of the hospital.

There are claims that the mother of the baby suffered labour pains and was rushed to the hospital for delivery but was later informed that the baby had died in her womb. The family claims foul play in the death of the baby.

The disturbing footage of the health worker has received a lot of angry comments against the health ministry.

The Health Ministry has confirmed that they are waiting for an official report from the Lautoka Hospital, before providing an official response.

A 60-year-old farmer who allegedly raped his 1-year-old granddaughter, has been remanded in custody by Nausori Magistrate Chaitanya Latchman.

Magistrate Latchman said that this is an indictable offence and the case has been transferred to the Suva High Court.

The alleged incident occurred in a settlement in Naitasiri between the 20th to the 28th of last month and came to light when the child had complained to her mother.

The case will be called in the Suva High Court next Friday.

The theme of the HSBC Singapore Sevens this year is colour and in front of the iconic Merlion Park Lion in the city on Wednesday, all 16 team captains brought a vibrant splash of light to the Singapore tourist spot.

With teams still getting in their recovery training after the three tough days in Hong Kong, they’ve had time to look back on what was and what could have been.

Not least for USA captain Madison Hughes, who led his side to extra-time in the semi-finals against series leaders South Africa, before a mistake cost them the game.

“We were really disappointed, as they are a fantastic team,” said Hughes.

“If I made that (conversion) kick in the final minute and if we didn’t drop that ball in their 22 (that led to the winning try), who knows? We couldn’t have come any closer but we were unlucky on the day.

“We’ve really been building in Vancouver, (Las) Vegas and Hong Kong – we made the semi-finals but we came up short. You come in to any tournament wanting to win but we’re really going to have to be top of our game this weekend in Singapore.”

South Africa have made all the tournament finals so far this season but came out on the losing side at the weekend against Fiji, who closed the series standings gap on the Blitzboks, albeit to 23 points. But captain Philip Snyman is not worrying about the maths just yet.

“Fiji played phenomenal rugby in the final and we weren’t up for it – we made too many mistakes. A lot of homework needs to be done ahead of this weekend.

“We’re not focusing on the end result right now, even though it’s our goal to win the series, but for us we’re only looking at Singapore and doing the basics well.”

Fresh off their first title win at this season’s HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, Fiji is confident that winning last weekend’s Hong Kong Sevens is a sign that they are on the right track for more success at the Singapore leg of the series this weekend.

Fiji rugby sevens head coach Gareth Baber is confident that his charges can get back to winning ways after experiencing a post-Olympic hangover.

Their gold-medal win in Rio last August was the Pacific island nation’s first-ever Olympic medal, but the team has struggled after the high of making history.

As a result, the ensuing struggles were “a natural outcome”, according to Baber, whose side finally picked up their first title in this season’s World Rugby Sevens series in Hong Kong last week after failing to do so in the previous six legs. Fiji have won the last two series.

“Some players moved on and went on to (get) new contracts in Europe, Australia and New Zealand,” Baber told TODAY on the sidelines of a clinic the team had with 50 students yesterday afternoon at the OCBC Arena.

“Ben left straight after the Olympics, so there was no off season and they didn’t have the training they normally would have had. They really came into the beginning of this series with very little under their belt and then I come in and start changing things up as well, so is it (our slow start) a surprise?

Hong Kong will be out to enjoy a tournament the HKRU’s Dai Rees says is a hindrance when they take on Fiji at the Singapore Sevens this weekend.

Hong Kong will be looking to put the disappointment of a quarter-final exit in the weekend’s HSBC World Sevens Series qualifier behind them when they face Fiji, Canada and Russia in pool A.

But while Rees, the Hong Kong Rugby Union’s general manager of rugby performance, admitted it will be a great experience for the team, he feels the timing means there is little to gain.

“It’s an enjoyment tournament on the weekend and the boys get to play in a fantastic stadium and experience the World Series, but it’s no lead into anything,” Rees said.

“In actual fact, it’s more hindrance to our preparation for the ARC [Asia Rugby Championship] and the 15-a-side game for Leigh Jones.

“We just don’t seem to be able to get an invite to Dubai or one of the significant tournaments held pre-qualifier, we always seem to be given the Singapore leg which to be honest is no use to us in terms of preparation.”

The Asia Rugby Championship starts for Hong Kong in early May, leaving little time for the squad to prepare as a whole.

On the positive side, they will get the chance to face off against former coach Gareth Baber and a Fiji outfit that reigned supreme at the Hong Kong Sevens.

According to Rees, brushing aside the disappointment of falling short in the qualifier will not be an issue.

A brute of a man who took all before him on the rugby field, there was a soft side to Seru Rabeni, who simply wanted to help those less fortunate.

When Rabeni passed away suddenly from heart failure last March, he was in the process of raising funds to build a kindergarten in the Fijian village he grew up in.

Rabeni, who is survived by his partner Susan Macdonald and their three-year-old daughter Ayami, touched many during a playing career that included two World Cup appearances and a victory at the 1999 Hong Kong Sevens.

He had plans to help youngsters out of poverty through rugby, but was also a big believer that education was the key for young people in his village of Nasolo.

Rabeni’s determination to help his community lives on through Macdonald, who is working with the Discovery Bay Pirates to ensure Rabeni’s dream becomes a reality.

“He improved his life through rugby but he didn’t feel that rugby was really going to benefit his community. He felt the only way that could be changed was through education,” said Macdonald, a DB resident.

“Education is the only way many of them are going to have any way of improving their futures.

“Seru had started raising funds for his village in 2008 when he was a player in England and he had upgraded the village hall and sports ground and also helped some of the kids with their school fees and needs.”

The Seru Rabeni Foundation is up and running, with the likes of the Fiji Rugby Union, HK Scottish and Rabeni’s old club, Leicester Tigers, throwing their support behind the initiative.

The fund’s first objective is to give the children of Nasolo a permanent kindergarten, with corporate support and fundraising help making this possible.

Plans are in place to ship a prefabricated structure and a container full of school supplies to Fiji.

Macdonald is hopeful that, with the help of the Fijian Ministry of Education, the facility will be up and running by July, if not June.

“The village is really quite remote and it is very much on what you would call the poverty line,” Macdonald said.

It’s difficult to fathom just how much natural talent Kenya’s sevens players have. They are not full time professional rugby players, with some working in agriculture, TV production, public relations and medicine to name but a few professions. It’s a highly qualified team off the pitch and on the pitch Kenya reached a new pinnacle in 2016 when they won their first ever world series tournament in Singapore.

Take Collins Injera for example. Working in PR at the time, Injera took time out from his day job to compete at the Hong Kong and Singapore rounds of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series last year. Alongside brother Humphrey Kayange, who was working late at Bristol University on his Masters in Organic Chemistry before heading out on the series last year, Injera lifted his country’s first Cup and it was a special moment to savour.

“It was a very special win for us,” said Injera. “I’ve been playing in the series for a long time now and this is my ninth year. I’ve had a lot of great memories with Humphrey so winning last year in Singapore was truly special for me personally. He has given a huge amount to the game and while he is not here this year, Kenyan rugby can be grateful for what he has achieved.

“Going into the tournament we were confident we could do well but having never won a tournament before, we had no expectations of that sort. To win on the world series, you have to beat six quality teams to take home the trophy so a lot of things have to go your way. For us, we just had that extra bit of motivation, we played as a team and would do anything for each other.”

Beating Fiji in the final, a side who had just won in Hong Kong, was a stunning achievement. It was also the manner in which Kenya dismantled the Pacific islanders, playing at a pace even the quick-footed Fijians couldn’t keep up with. The final score, 30-7, was Fiji’s first Cup loss of the series and Injera’s two tries were integral. But, that was not his biggest contribution in the tournament by a very long way.

To get into the final, Kenya had to play Santiago Gomez Cora’s Argentina side in the Cup semi-final, a team bristling with talent and still reeling from a Cup final loss to South Africa earlier in the series in Cape Town. With time almost up on the clock the score stood at 12-12 and cometh the last minute chance to slot a drop goal, cometh the man. Stood on the 10-metre line, and slightly to the left, Injera boomed an aboslute monster of a drop goal through the humid Singapore Stadium air to clinch the win.

Coach Scott Waldrom wants more consistency from the All Blacks Sevens in this weekend’s Singapore leg of the rugby sevens world series.

Borussia Dortmund coach Thomas Tuchel says his team felt ignored by the football authorities after being made to play Monaco in the Champions League quarter final less than 24 hours after an attack on their bus.

The quarter-final first leg at home to Monaco was postponed yesterday after three explosions went off near the Dortmund bus as it made its way to the stadium, injuring one player.

The match was played yesterday with Monaco running out 3-2 winners.

UEFA said it made the decision after consulting both teams, however Tuchel said he and his players were not asked.

“We weren’t asked at any point. We were told by text message that the decision had been made in Switzerland,” he said in post-match interviews.

“When they told us ‘you’re up tomorrow’, we felt completely ignored.”

“We would have liked more time to take stock. This gives you the feeling of impotence, that we have to keep functioning and nothing else matters.

“I encouraged everyone to take the game seriously but football is not the most important thing in the world.”

Meanwhile Cristiano Ronaldo became the first player to score 100 goals in UEFA competitions when he struck twice as holders Real Madrid came from behind to beat 2-1 at Bayern Munich in the first leg quarterfinal.

Bayern, had won their last 16 home games in the competition since losing to Real in April 2014.

Antoine Griezmann’s disputed first-half penalty gave Atletico Madrid a slender 1-nil win over Leicester City.

The France striker was fouled by Leicester’s Marc Albrighton on the edge of the box and referee Jonas Eriksson deemed the action to have continued into the penalty area.

The result left the tie in the balance ahead of the second leg in England next week, as Leicester bid to maintain a fairytale run in their first season in Europe’s elite club competition.

The Police Force is calling on all Fijians to be Responsible during this long Easter weekend.

ACP Rusiate Tudravu says that being responsible is the only way out to solving accidents and provide peace for others.

“I’m calling for citizen responsibility. Be responsible enough , that is the only thing we are trying to say here. Arresting people is the last resort from our point of view. But if you breach the law we’ll come in, but breaching the law in fact start from a person. So in the spirit of Easter, I would expect that it should be an enjoyable weekend for us.”

He adds while some of us sit in the comfort of our homes enjoying the long weekend with our families, we should also consider those who will be working tirelessly, and also make things easier for them.

“I would plead for very responsible citizens to see that to assist us as we try to minimize road fatalities, serious accidents on the road and also serious offenses and to be committed in the weekend, So we would like to minimize that in the weekend, that is our ultimate goal and provide that safety and security for all members of the public.”

The bus driver charged with allegedly causing the death of a 70-year-old woman, after running over her, at the heart of Lautoka City on Monday, has been granted bail by the Lautoka Magistrates Court.

41-year-old Rohit Rewal – charged with one count of dangerous driving occasioning death, was released on a bail bond of $1,500.

The accused appeared before Magistrate, Raramasi Salakobau.

Rewal has been ordered to report to the Vitogo Police Post on Mondays and Saturdays between 6am and 6pm.

A stop departure has also been issued, and he has been told not to interfere with any of the prosecution witnesses, and not to change his residential address without the Courts permission.

The matter has been adjourned to the 11th of July 2017, for mention.

Fiji Bitter Marist 7s champions Tabadamu have been announced as the latest team confirmed for the 2017 Central Coast Sevens.

The Fijians return for their third tilt at the elusive Central Coast title after reaching the final in 2015 going to down to the Australian National side after upsetting the New Zealand 7s team to make the final match.

Tabadamu returned in 2016 reaching the quarterfinals before being bundled out by fellow Fijians Uluinakau relegated to the Plate Division where Tabadamu triumphed to take home some silverware.

The side have been in impressive form at home in Fiji taking out a number of domestic tournaments including their third consecutive Marist 7s title.

Tabadamu are led by former Fiji 7s Captain Setefano Cakau and will be hoping its third time lucky for the Tabadamu team in October.

The Central Coast Sevens will kick off Friday 27th October.

Government is continuing to bring education close to students in the rural areas.

Yesterday, Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama officiated in the breaking ceremony of the new Bau College which will be located in Mokani in Tailevu.

Bainimarama says government has embarked on this project to expand access to high quality education for students.

“My Government has displayed an unwavering commitment to our duty – as written in the Fijian Constitution – to uphold the right of every person to access education. Because such access has been proven, time and time again, as the most effective way to end poverty, improve quality of life and even the playing field at every level of society.
It was for those reasons that my Government launched the free education and free text books initiatives and the free fares for traveling students. Because no family should have to consider the financial implications of sending their child to school.”

The new school will welcome students from the nearby primary schools.

The project which was tendered out to Super Construction is expected to be completed by January next year at a cost of $1.6 million dollars

“And no child should feel unequipped in the classroom. The benefits of those programs are felt everyday by hard-working parents in Fiji and for their children, whose participation in school has no longer been limited by their financial situation at home. But there are even deeper issues affecting our children’s ability to attend school and to perform to the best of their abilities. Often, the resources and the classrooms are simply too far away. And that is why we have matched our free education schemes with an ambitious slate of new school development projects throughout our islands.”

The Fiji Sevens coach concedes it will be hard to catch South Africa on the world series ladder, even if the Fijians continue their winning ways.

Fiji head into the Singapore sevens this weekend fresh off a comprehensive Hong Kong tournament victory.

Fiji are currently second on the series ladder with 122 points, with the Blitz Bokke 23 points ahead.

Teams receive 22 points a tournament win, the runner-up gets 19 and the third place team is awarded 17 points.

Gareth Baber said this means South Africa will have to drop their standards signifcantly for Fiji to have a chance.

“They have been a model of consistency throughout the series,” Baber said.

“England have had their moments, we have had our moments, the likes of America have had their moments as well.

“All I can do at the moment is just keep concentrating on getting performances out of the team,” he said.

The coach said there is a risk of “over-worrying” about the bigger picture.

” We concentrated simply on Hong Kong last weekend and we got ourselves a result,” Baber said.

Fiji is approaching the Singapore tournament in the same manner.

“We will see what the points system is at the end of that,” the Fiji coach said.

Although he admitted the Blitz Bokke would have to slip up.

“In terms of the consistency they bring, evey if they are not winning finals, they tend to be in them so that makes it difficult to catch them.”

Fiji will meet Canada, Russia and Baber’s former team Hong Kong in pool play.

Before he took the reins at Fiji in January, Baber was coach of Hong Kong.

However he said it’s just another game.

“The first game of any tournament is always a tough one as you don’t quite know where you are as you pit yourself against other teams,” Baber said.

“I will be conscious of it more in terms of more than just a tournamnet game than anything else.”

Chelsea’s lead at the top of the Premier League now stands at only four points and the title race is wide open again after they were well beaten by a resurgent Manchester United at Old Trafford.

United manager Jose Mourinho has suffered this season against the club where he was a three-time champion, losing 4-0 in the league at Chelsea and also going out of the FA Cup quarter-final at Stamford Bridge.

The Portuguese was not to be denied this time as Marcus Rashford, paired with Jesse Lingard up front while a jaded Zlatan Ibrahimovic was rested, finished coolly after seven minutes and Ander Herrera – detailed to do a brilliant man-marking job on Eden Hazard – saw his shot deflected in off Kurt Zouma four minutes after the break.

Zouma was a late replacement for Marcos Alonso, who pulled out in the warm-up, but Chelsea can offer no excuses here as they were second best throughout. Tottenham now trail them by four points with six games to go and have the superior goal difference.

Chelsea looked to be strolling to the title just a few weeks ago – but a sudden stumble, including the home defeat by struggling Crystal Palace, and an irresistible surge from Spurs have brought renewed edge to the run-in.

Conte will feel his side did not enjoy the best of luck here, with keeper Thibaut Courtois ruled out with a training injury, Alonso withdrawn after the warm-up and referee Bobby Madley missing what appeared to be a clear handball from Herrera as he intercepted Nemanja Matic’s pass before sending Rashford clear for the opener.

The Blues are still in a strong position but they are now feeling the hot breath of Spurs on their neck after Pochettino’s team made it seven successive league wins for the first time since 1967 with a 4-0 home win over Bournemouth on Saturday.

So Spurs have momentum – but Chelsea still have a four-point lead, which counts for a lot with only six games left.

The Blues’ run-in also looks a little kinder, with home games against Southampton, Middlesbrough, Watford and Sunderland – but a real test to come at Everton.

The pressure, however, is now applied and there may be twists left in this race. Spurs will feel renewed hope.

Penrith Panthers have re-signed Viliame Kikau.

The contract extension means the 22-year-old Fijian international will remain with the Panthers until at least the end of the 2019 season.

“I’m really excited to re-commit to the club and I’m very thankful for the Panthers giving me this opportunity,” Kikau said.

“I know there are challenges ahead but I am looking forward to them.”

After scoring 32 tries in 42 Holden Cup games for North Queensland Cowboys, Kikau joined the Panthers ahead of the 2016 season.

Off-season ankle surgery slowed his progress and Kikau’s first year at the Panthers was spent building form and fitness in the Intrust Super Premiership NSW competition.

His highly-anticipated NRL debut came in Round 2 this season, with the young prop scoring a memorable try against Wests Tigers at Campbelltown Stadium.

“We are delighted Viliame has committed to another two seasons with the Panthers,” Executive General Manager Rugby League Phil Gould AM said.

“Viliame has outstanding potential and is a very popular member of our club.

“His best football is undoubtedly in front of him and we

Tahiti have won the beach soccer Pilsener Cup.

In the final, the Tiki Toa beat hosts El Salvador 10-5 in the run-up to the World Cup which begins next week.

Earlier in the tournament, the French Polynesian side beat Ecuador 9-1 and then Panama 7-3.

On Friday next week, the Tiki Toa will play Brazil in the first game of the knockout stage of the Beach Soccer World Cup in the Bahamas.

They will also face Japan and Poland.

In November, the Tiki Toa were beaten by Brazil 10-4 the Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup in Dubai.

Tahiti were runners-up at the last World Cup in 2015, losing the final to hosts Portugal.

The HSBC Singapore Sevens sure does bring the best out of teams on the world series. In two years, there have been two different winners, with both victors lifting a tournament Cup for the first time ever.

First, it was Kenya in 2016, now Canada have gone and done the seemingly very possible and won their first series event.

A tournament has rarely produced so many twists and turns in its infancy.

A young tournament it may be, but some of the players on the pitch have been familiar faces on the series for a long time. Canada’s Nathan Hirayama is one of those. Only recently in Hong Kong did the 29-year-old become the all-time top points scorer for Canada, surpassing 1000 points and the legendary Phil Mack.

The lynch pin in coach Damian McGrath’s backline, Hirayama was crucial in his side’s 26-19 win over USA in the Cup final. Whether launching restart kicks into orbit, or his trademark jinking runs, he was a tour de force.

“I am speechless. I am so proud of the boys,” said Hirayama after the final. “We’ve been working so hard for a long time. It feels good to put it together. Fiji was a wake-up call, it wasn’t good enough, but we just kept on rolling today.

Day one for Canada had been a mixed bag, beating Russia and Hong Kong comfortably but McGrath’s side finished the day with a 35-7 hiding by Fiji. In the Cup quarter-finals they faced New Zealand and this is where Hirayama made his biggest impact of the entire weekend, scoring three tries and three conversions to provide 21 points in their 26-21 victory over the All Blacks Sevens.

“Fiji was a wake up call for us,” said head coach McGrath. “But these guys are great players. I haven’t done anything out of the ordinary with them apart from give them a little bit of self-belief. From the quarter-finals onwards just showed how special this group of players are.”

The Melbourne Rebels are calling for a swift resolution to Super Rugby’s season-long saga after blowing the Australian conference open with a shock win over the Brumbies.

Apart from sending a powerful message to the Australian Rugby Union, who are weighing up whether to cut the Rebels or Western Force from next year’s competition, the 19-17 win in Melbourne has also breathed life into the season.

With a record 10 straight derby wins to their credit, the Brumbies seemed to be cruising to Australian conference honours for the second year in a row.

Queensland’s drought-breaking 47-34 success against South African franchise, the Kings has trimmed the Brumbies’ conference lead to seven points, while the Force – with a game in hand on the pacesetters – are only eight points adrift.

The NSW Waratahs are also now just two wins shy of the Brumbies, who play the Hurricanes in Napier on Friday night.

With Australian sides a collective none from 12 against New Zealand opposition so far in 2017, suddenly the pressure is on the Brumbies to quickly rediscover their form or risk losing control of their finals destiny.