Fred Wesley
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The number of new cases of COVID-19 continues to rise. This, obviously, is a great concern for everyone.
Here are some stories that made the headlines in The Fiji Times’ edition for Wednesday, May 12.
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Remain calm
FIJIANS have been advised to remain calm as ample notice will be given should a situation in Fiji warrant a total lockdown of Viti Levu. Health Ministry permanent secretary Dr James Fong issued this assurance last night as he announced 12 new COVID-19 cases.
There are more stories on Pages 2,3,4 and 5.
REFLECTIONS
Let’s reflect on some things we probably take for granted.
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Rugby Australia CEO Andy Marinos said that would give the Wallabies time to rest after the bunched-up three-test series against France. At a worst case we re looking at August 7th as the first possible date that (the Rugby Championship) could happen, he told reporters. There s a good two, maybe three weeks after this (France) test series in order for the guys to recoup, refresh and get themselves ready.
World champions South Africa pulled out of last year s Rugby Championship against Australia, New Zealand and Argentina, citing player welfare concerns.
Marinos said all four nations were really committed to this year s tournament.
New Zealand Rugby chairman Brent Impey
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New Zealand Rugby (NZR) need the backing of more than 50 percent of the country s provincial rugby unions at Thursday s AGM along with the approval of the New Zealand Rugby Players Association for Silver Lake to get a 12.5 percent stake in NZR s commercial interests.
The deal is worth $387.5 million for NZR.
NZR chairman Brent Impey said the mediation between NZR and the New Zealand Rugby Players Association was ongoing and the players would not support the deal at the AGM. We ve agreed to go back to our stakeholder groups, we ll reconvene at some point after this week, but no deal with the players, Impey told Checkpoint.