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Fijian Holdings Limited CEO Joji Koroi has called on participants of the National Economic Summit that they should look at more indigenous Fijian participation in business as 75 percent of the iTaukei are living in pove
As we approach the Coca-Cola Games, a prominent bus company in Suva is calling on teachers or police to be on the bus for safety purposes. This is after photos and videos went viral on social media showing students
The National Economic Summit has concluded with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Professor Biman Prasad stating they note the urgent demands of the people for solutions to their daily challenges, includin
Small and medium enterprises play a critical role in Fiji's economy by contributing around 19 percent of the Gross Domestic Product and almost 60 percent of the employment is created through SMEs. This was highlig
The Fijian Broadcasting Corporation has announced the appointment of Tarun Patel as their new Chief Executive Officer effective from today. The board says Patel is not new to the broadcast industry. He was pre
The Asia Foundation has launched five books created in Fiji titled Human Rights and Inclusion of People with Disabilities. The Asia Foundation Regional Representative, Sandra Kraushaar says children with disabiliti
The Fiji Times has refuted the statement made by Police where they said the newspaper article headlined “Boy sleeps in cell†was wrong and stresses that the mother and the boy in question were never kept in a cell a
The board or the management of the Fiji National Provident Fund do not determine whether it should be the purpose of the superannuation-funds reduction to drive the economy, as that was a policy of the government of the
University of the South Pacific Senior Economics Lecturer Neelesh Gounder says growing the economy is the best way to reduce poverty and increase prosperity. While presenting on Macroeconomic Management at the Nat
The Fiji Muslim League says all attempts will be made to sight the new moon today. They say if the new moon is sighted Eid-Ul-Fitr will be celebrated tomorrow otherwise on Sunday. They request the members to
Public health care providers do not have the resources to provide all the care that is promoted by the providers and desired and demanded by the public who increasingly with travel, education, television and relatives a
The hearing in the civil case filed by former Solicitor General Sharvada Sharma will be held in June. Judge, Justice Deepthi Amaratunga has given time to the lawyers of the President, the Attorney General and the
Fiji Labour Party Leader, Mahendra Chaudhry says people such as Richard Naidu who recommend that zero-rating of VAT be removed from basic food items have no social conscience. He says Naidu says the Fiji Revenue a
Reserve Bank of Fiji Governor, Ariff Ali says if Fiji is not careful of the measures and focus on fiscal consolidation or revenue, we may end up digging a bigger hole, and adds that if we do not grow then we will be cre
Thousands of people in the Lami-Suva-Nausori areas will continue to receive only 6 hours of water supply in a day as the impact of the dry weather conditions continues to affect the Water Authority of Fiji’s water tre
Unity Fiji Leader and former Reserve Bank of Fiji Governor, Savenaca Narube says he wishes that we hold the people that squander our money, abuse their offices and break laws to account because corruption destroys initi
If we continue as we are, based on World Bank and International Monetary Fund numbers, Fiji will hit a debt to GDP ratio at 100 percent in 10 years. While speaking at the National Economic Summit, the Chairman of
Fiji labor party leader Mahendra Chaudhry says he does not consider the Economic Summit to provide answers to the problems raised in the country. He highlighted this when questioned by fijivillage News whether he w
The Fiji Labour Party says the World Bank’s report for Fiji must be rejected and a more acceptable and realistic solution explored. FLP Leader, Mahendra Chaudhry says the recommendations to fix the government’s
Although the Members of the Opposition were invited to the two day National Economic Summit, none of the FijiFirst Party parliamentarians have shown up this morning. Empty chairs for the Opposition can be seen at t
