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Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama says while they have used the Fiji National Provident Fund as their means for distribution of COVID-19 unemployment assistance, that assistance is only drawn from the members’ genera
Education Minister Rosy Akbar says their investigating team has received responses from the RKS Principal regarding allegations laid out in a letter by the RKS Student Council. Akbar says they hope to resume classe
Minister for Economy, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says former Prime Minister, Mahendra Chaudhry may be bitter about what Fiji Airways has achieved after realizing an objective Chaudhry himself had talked about in 2008 however C
SODELPA MP Niko Nawaikula says that government has achieved nothing over the past 14 years in providing affordable housing to low-income earners however the Minister for Housing Premila Kumar says government has achieve
Minister for Economy Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says as at July 2020, the total value of loans provided in repayment relief to individuals and businesses by licensed financial institutions stood at $3 billion. This relief
Attorney General and Minister for Economy Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says Fiji Airways is the only airline in the world that is contending with two crisis, one the COVID-19 pandemic and the other one is what he calls the lies
Minister for Education, Rosy Akbar says she is disgusted with the level of disrespect shown by the NFP Leader, Professor Biman Prasad to her as a woman by calling her a motor mouth while Prasad says he does not refer to
Housing Authority CEO Robert Sen says they have failed the customers after concerns were raised by people during the Public Inquiry Consultation about having to wait for plot allotment for over ten years, the fees prosp
Education Minister Rosy Akbar has urged the members of parliament not to get involved in the RKS issue and let the Ministry sort things out. Akbar highlighted this in parliament and says they hope to resolve the si
Education Minister Rosy Akbar says that she has asked the heads of schools to ensure that no child is unfed in school as they have money and savings in the Free Education Grant which they can access. Akbar highligh
SODELPA parliamentarian Lynda Tabuya says the government should be working with unions and employers on economic recovery and not working on their own but Employment Minister Parveen Bala says they don't want people to
Those who can govern will govern and those who can’t will want to form committees. Those are the comments of Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama as he spoke against SODELPA MP, Ro Filipe Tuisawau’s motion to est
Over $25 million was received in the form of donations for the COP23 Presidency Trust Fund for the period ending 31st October, 2017. The major donors comprised of Australia, European Union, Italy, India and New Zea
Minister for Defence, National Security and Policing, Inia Seruiratu confirms that the Fiji Police Force has restructured its National Drug Unit and is transitioning to the development of the Police Narcotics Unit which
Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says the Citizenship of Fiji Amendment Bill 2020 seeks to ensure for one to become a citizen of Fiji, they have to at least be a permanent resident. While tabling the bill in Pa
Infrastructure Minister Jone Usamate says as per the last assessment at 8 o’clock last night the restoration of water to affected areas between Suva and Nausori will be gradual and is anticipated to be completed this
Minister for Education, Rosy Akbar has today confirmed that a ministry team is now investigating allegations levelled against the Principal of Ratu Kadavulevu School, Arvind Prasad by the RKS Student Council. The c
Minister for Economy, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says Phase 4 of the FNPF Withdrawal Scheme has got nothing to do with people who have become unemployed because of COVID-19. He says people who will qualify for Phase 4 wer
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama says there are some ill informed people claiming crime is on the rise in Fiji but that is not true when in fact violent crime is way down because of the nationwide curfew. Bainimar
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama has told NFP President Pio Tikoduadua in parliament that he should not forget that Bainimarama sacked Tikoduadua twice and brought him back. Bainimarama went on to say that this wa
