22 articles tagged "budget-debate-2024-2025"
Parliament has passed 10 2024-2025 National Budget consequential bills this morning. These budget amendment bills include Tax Administration Bill 2009, Income Bill 2015, Value Added Bill 1991, Customs Bill 1986, C
The 2024/2025 National Budget has been passed in parliament. This means the Bill to appropriate a sum of $3.955 billion for the ordinary services of Government for the year ending 31st July 2025 has been approved.
Refurbishment work at the Labasa Hospital has been put on hold due to the hospital's current electrical capacity. This has been confirmed by the Minister for Health Doctor Atonio Lalabalavu during the debate on the
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Professor Biman Prasad says the Government has looked at all options to ensure the cost of living is reduced and the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade, under whi
In his current capacity, as an independent Member of Parliament, newly appointed Opposition Whip, Jone Usamate says he is prepared to support the Prime Minister, to support the government on issues brought up by the gov
Minister for Justice, Siromi Turaga says addressing the challenges posed by money laundering and terrorism financing is critical due to their complex and evolving nature as criminal organisations exploit vulnerabilities
Former FijiFirst MP and former RFMF Commander Viliame Naupoto has disagreed with Former FijiFirst and Opposition MP Shalen Kumar on his suggestion to do away with peacekeeping and divert the funds to the Police and says
Tourism can bring in $4.2 billion by 2027 as it is an industry that not only stimulates growth but creates the most jobs and foreign exchange earnings, according to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Tourism Viliame
The Sugar industry will benefit significantly from this budget with an allocation of $70.1 million as they have also secured funding for all their essential projects, according to Minister for Sugar Industry, Charan Jea
Independent Member of the Parliament, Sachida Nand is asking Government why there is a disparity between grades or bands for civil servants' pay. While responding to the 2024/2025 National Budget, Nand says all ci
Minister for Women, Children and Social Protection, Lynda Tabuya says it is not the sole responsibility of the Government to financially sustain the welfare of our social welfare recipients, it is first and foremost the
The 20 percent increase in the Ministry of Youth and Sports budget in the 2024/2025 financial year is a significant boost and underscores the government’s unwavering commitment to the development of our youth and the
Independent Member of Parliament Ioane Naivalurua says he applauds the efforts of the Minister of Home Affairs and Immigration, Pio Tikoduadua, in establishing the Narcotics Bureau, but from what he hears on the ground,
Former FijiFirst MP Virendra Lal has told Parliamentarians that he will remain as an independent Member of Parliament after the de-registration of the FijiFirst Party and has also called on the Deputy Prime Minister and
Without the VAT increase, they could not pay for increased welfare allowances, for better health care and could not bring down the Government debt that stands in the way of the greater social spending that is needed, ac
Independent MP Faiyaz Koya says the 2024-2025 National Budget lacks creativity and has not incentivized the private sector and the current fiscal policies are widening the gap between the rich and the poor and burdens t
The reinstatement of payments to FNPF pensioners, which had been discontinued since 2011, along with the announcement that an 8 percent credit will be added to individual members' accounts, reflects positively on the Co
Independent MP Parveen Bala says the 2024/2025 National Budget lacks countermeasures to tackle inflation and escalating cost of living, which impacts the daily lives of ordinary Fijians. While opposing the budget i
Allocation of $540 million for the Ministry of Health for the next financial year is adequate to effectively deliver health programmes and achieve favourable outcomes in the health services through the upgrading and imp
Opposition Leader Inia Seruiratu has called on the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance to stop misleading the country when he highlighted during the national budget address that when they came into Government
