894 articles tagged "budget"
The Minister for Economy Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says they hope to make an announcement in the next few days with regards to assisting people who are on reduced hours through the Fiji National Provident Fund. Sayed-Kha
Fiji Airways CEO and Managing Director, Andre Viljoen says to get maximum number of tourists during the Bula Bubble, the airline company is looking at reducing the airfare from Australia to Fiji from AUD$654 to AUD$450.
The Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Economy, Makereta Konrote says because of the impact of COVID-19, government revenue has been severely affected and they are currently in discussions with their multilateral p
Minister for Economy, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says there will be a huge inflation in the country if the Reserve Bank of Fiji prints notes valued at $1 billion as the value of the Fijian dollar will come down. Sayed-Kha
Minister for Economy, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says if you get into the space of legalising marijuana or Indian Hemp, the country could be blacklisted. Sayed-Khaiyum was responding to a question posed by Nadi Chamber of
Minister for Economy, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says the government has given approval for a private jet to come in with a group of 30 high net worth individuals from a well-known company. Sayed-Khaiyum has confirmed dur
The National Budget will be announced on July 17th. This has been confirmed by Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama at the opening of the Nakasi Fire Station. He is urging Fijians to make their submissions for t
Minister for Economy Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says they are planning to have a number of budget consultations with businesses and employers. Sayed-Khaiyum says businesses provide work and government is concerned about e
The European Union has announced that it is providing $50 million as budget support to the Fijian government for the next three years and $20 million is the assistance payment for 2020. Speaking at the signing cere
National Federation Party President, Pio Tikoduadua says the current rudderless cash strapped government has no shame. In his response to the COVID-19 Response Budget, Tikoduadua says someone who is an expert with
SODELPA MP, Ro Teimumu Kepa says it is not easy being a teacher now as just in the past few years, allocations for counsellors, school chaplains and boarding school allowances have been removed from the budget. In
SODELPA MP Niko Nawaikula says that the COVID-19 Response Budget is a monkey budget. In his response to the budget, Nawaikula says that the budget is poor and incompetent as more is needed. He says that the $4
Health Minister, Doctor Ifereimi Waqainabete says although NFP Leader, Professor Biman Prasad is denying that he called for a 35 percent pay cut for all civil servants in a Fiji Times opinion piece, the opinion piece is
Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says if anybody were to listen to the opposition, they would think there is nothing working in the public health system. In his right of reply, Sayed-Khaiyum particularly took a
Attorney General and the Minister for Economy, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum presented the COVID-19 Supplementary Budget to parliament at 7.30 on Wednesday 26th 2020 Sayed-Khaiyum said they introduced a COVID-19 Budget Respo
National Federation Party Leader Professor Biman Prasad says they support some of the measures in the COVID-19 response budget however he labelled it as a disappointing and dishonest budget. While making his contri
The Ministry of Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation is happy that the COVID-19 Response Budget will help maintain the current social protection programs. This includes the Social Pension Scheme, the Poverty Ben
The Prime Minister says that they have been working closely with foreign missions to make sure that Fijians can get home and expatriates in Fiji are able to return to their country. He says there are three final ev
Opposition Leader, Sitiveni Rabuka says the people of Fiji must be told the truth as he claimed the government is manipulating the figures, particularly in the supplementary budget. In his response to the COVID-19
“We need to put money into the pockets of Fijians now.†This was highlighted by the Prime Minister while giving his response to the COVID-19 Response Supplementary Budget. Bainimarama says there is also a
