Governor and Chairman of the Reserve Bank of Fiji Board, Ariff Ali says targeted changes to the tax regime, increased allocations to critical social and economic sectors
Netball Fiji remains focused on preparing a formidable team to participate at the Netball World Youth Cup despite the announcement yesterday by the International Netball
Minister for Economy, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says bank interest rates will eventually go down as other factors will come into play, and the government cannot intervene in th
Parliament has passed the 2020/2021 National Budget. The bill for an Act to appropriate a sum of $3, 211,019,121 for the ordinary services of Government for the year e
Minister for Economy, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says you cannot increase taxes and cut civil servants’ pay if people are hurting, and a 10 percent civil service salary c
Minister for Education, Rosy Akbar has highlighted in parliament that there has been misuse of subsidized bus cards and boats that have been provided for students. Akbar
Minister for Housing, Premila Kumar confirms they are undertaking a job evaluation exercise and also looking at staffing needs at the Housing Authority of Fiji. While
$2.80 per transaction is being charged by Bank South Pacific to the government for the distribution of social welfare payments to social welfare recipients through BSP ac
Fiji contributes over or close to 80 percent of the total grant funding that all other Pacific island countries give to the University of the South Pacific. This has b
“R†or requisition which is appearing in the 2020-2021 National Budget next to budgetary allocations is a check-off system and it brings in the best form of a
Minister for Health Dr Ifereimi Waqainabete has confirmed that government was able to send two children who needed immediate medical treatment to New Zealand as money has
Minister for Health Dr. Ifereimi Waqainabete has stressed that people who have returned from abroad can be given permission to quarantine in their own homes if they are d
Minister for Education Rosy Akbar says they will not be able to commit anything on providing lunches in schools for now because they do not have funding for that and also
Minister for Lands and Infrastructure, Jone Usamate has called on SODELPA MP, Ratu Suliano Matanitobua to stop talking about things like unfinished business relating to t
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama says there is a lot of difference between the role of the Film Censorship Board and SODELPA MP Niko Nawaikula’s suggestion that t
SODELPA MP Adi Litia Qionibaravi’s motion to increase Turaga-ni-Koro Allowance from $1.43 million to $2.86 million in the 2020-2021 National Budget has been defeat
Minister for Economy Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says the Prime Minister will travel overseas if there is a vaccine and if there is a need. This has been highlighted by Sayed-
FijiFirst MP Vijendra Prakash says the FijiFirst government will fight tooth and nail to keep the sovereignty and dignity of the country intact. Prakash says the commi
FijiFirst MP, Rohit Sharma says there were numerous rumours with negative connotations about the recent budget prior to the announcement of the budget that was spreading
SODELPA MP, Peceli Vosanibola claims in the 10 years of unprecedented growth, the government was not disciplined in its spending and when this major global catastrophe oc
Assistant Minister for Sugar, George Vegnathan, says this Government has demonstrated through this budget that they are truly for the people. While speaking during the