Salary vote chaos, MPs can lose seat if party directive not followed
Minister for Employment Relations, Agni Deo Singh who abstained from voting in the motion to increase the salaries and benefits of the President, Speaker, Ministers, Lead
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Rabuka says $8.1 million is the impact of the salary increase
Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka says when we take the salary increases approved in parliament in proper perspective, it is $8.1 million and that is the impact of this incr
AG defends media freedom as Koya accuses media of biased reporting
Attorney General Siromi Turaga stresses that the media is free after FijiFirst MP Faiyaz Koya accused the media of being biased when reporting on the Parliamentary Emolum
Report is discriminatory as pension for youth parliamentarians not included - Maharaj
Opposition MP and Parliamentary Emoluments Committee member Alvick Maharaj says it is discriminatory that the pension of Parliamentarians was not part of their report sin
Parliament and Govt should be seen as an employer of choice - Seruiratu
We are just fulfilling the process of Parliament and that's what we have done. This was highlighted by the Leader of the Opposition in Parliament Inia Seruiratu while
PM says he is glad that his salary is getting reduced compared to the previous approved PM’s salary
Prime Minister, Sitiveni Rabuka says he is glad that his salary is proposed to be reduced in the Parliamentary Emoluments Committee report. While speaking on the motio
We must not show mercy to those selling drugs - Tikoduadua
Minister for Home Affairs and Immigration Pio Tikoduadua has given a stern warning to those people involved in the drug business that mercy will not be shown to them as t
PM says he is glad that his salary is getting reduced compared to the previous approved PM’s salary
Prime Minister, Sitiveni Rabuka says he is glad that his salary is proposed to be reduced in the Parliamentary Emoluments Committee report. While speaking on the moti
NFP opposes motion as 40 MPs vote for salary increases for President, Speaker, Ministers, Assistant Ministers and MPs
Parliament has this afternoon approved the salary increases for the President, Speaker, Ministers, Assistant Ministers and MPs. While speaking during the debate, Deput
Parliament passes motion for Govt to guarantee FSC’s $20m loan
Parliament has unanimously passed a motion to increase the Government guarantee for the Fiji Sugar Corporation’s domestic borrowings of $75 million from 1st August
200 Fijian PALM workers to take family members to Australia under Family Accompaniment pilot program
Good news for 200 long-term Pacific Australian Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme Fijian workers as they will have the opportunity to take their families, including their spou
Agriculture to be used as a tool to fight poverty - Rayalu
Agriculture can be used as a tool to fight poverty and other social ills in Fiji. Agriculture Minister Vatimi Rayalu has made these comments in parliament and adds tha
AG says they now fully support FICAC
Attorney General Siromi Turaga says at one point, their side of the House in parliament had some issues about FICAC because it was promulgated when there was no parliamen
Motion for Salary Changes for the President, Speaker, Ministers, Assistant Ministers and MPs Passed
The motion to change the salaries and allowances of a number of executive offices including those of Members of Parliament has been passed by parliament. /+ARTICLE-296
Tikoduadua says drugs is a national security issue
With the increasing number of drugs cases and cases of some drug users even raping their mother and sister, the Minister of Home Affairs Pio Tikoduadua says this is an is
FijiFirst submitted proposal similar to the committee recommendation for salary increases
The only opposition party in parliament, the FijiFirst, had proposed an increase in salary of the Leader of Opposition from $120,000 to $200,000, salary of a Member of Pa
People’s Alliance had proposed for PM’s pay to be maintained at $328,750
The People’s Alliance Party had proposed to the Parliamentary Emoluments Committee for the Prime Minister’s salary to be maintained at $328,750 and overseas
Salary increases recommended for President, Speaker, Ministers, Assistant Ministers and MPs
The Parliamentary Emoluments Committee has recommended an increase in the President’s pay by $55,000, all Ministers to be on a $200,000 salary which sees a decreas
Unanimous support for Fiji’s accession of the Budapest Convention
The motion that Parliament approves the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime was unanimously agreed to in parliament, with both Government and Opposition MPs united in their
Ministry of Health to address long-standing salary discrepancies among health care workers
The Ministry of Health is looking to address discrepancies that have existed and remain uncollected for many years up until now from nurses in Fiji. Minister for Healt
Govt to adopt Open Skies on a case-by-case basis – Gavoka
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation Viliame Gavoka says the Coalition Government has endorsed the amending of the Civil Aviation Policy to a