894 articles tagged "budget"
Minister for Economy Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says there will be deferred loan repayments for six months for any Fijian who has lost their jobs or had their hours reduced. Mortgages, personal loans and even hire purchas
Minister for Economy Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum has announced a pay cut of 20% for the Prime Minister, Ministers and parliamentarians for the next 6 months. Sayed-Khaiyum says this shows they are leading by example.
Minister for Economy and Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says the government will pay 21 days Sick Leave for people earning less than $30,000 if they test positive with COVID-19. A 300% tax deduction will also
Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says from today, once the budget gets passed, Fijian workers in the hospitality sector who have lost their jobs or have reduced hours since 1st February 2020, can, for now, access an
The Minister for Economy Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says some people are blind to what is happening and the huge effects of COVID-19. While delivering the Supplementary Budget in Parliament tonight Sayed-Khaiyum says thi
Minister for Health Doctor Ifereimi Waqainabete says that when the 2019/2020 budget was done, no one predicted that we would have COVID-19 as SODELPA MP Niko Nawaikula attacked Dr. Waqainabete by saying that the Ministe
Minister for Economy, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum has revealed in Parliament that close to 25,000 people have lost their jobs in the tourism sector and they need to be urgently assisted by government and access funds from their
Minister for Economy Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum has tabled the Supplementary Budget with a $1 billion COVID-19 stimulus package. /+ARTICLE-257715+ARTICLE/ /+ARTICLE-257718+ARTICLE/ /+ARTICLE-257728+ARTICLE/ /+ARTICLE
Attorney General and the Minister for Economy, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum will present a COVID-19 Supplementary Budget to parliament at 7.30 tonight. Sayed-Khaiyum says they are introducing a COVID-19 Budget Response to o
Attorney General and Minister for Economy Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says they have to be able cater for different type of scenarios in the COVID-19 Response Budget and the most obvious one is to be able to work with FNPF on
AG will present a Supplementary Budget to parliament on Thursday, 26th March 2020 at 7.30pm.
The 2019/2020 National Budget was passed in parliament late last night. 27 parliamentarians voted in favor of the Bill for an Act to appropriate a sum of $3,434,407,892 (three billion, four hundred and thirty four
National Federation Party Leader Professor Biman Prasad has today stated in Parliament that Members of the Opposition are not racist people. Prasad says the government keeps accusing the opposition members of pursu
SODELPA MP Ro Teimumu Kepa’s motion to increase the Transport Assistance from $20 million to $25 million in the 2019/2020 National Budget has been defeated in parliament. Kepa says this is a good initiative, howe
SODELPA parliamentarian Niko Nawaikula’s motion to reduce the $1.2 million allocation for overseas travel of Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama be decreased by $1 million in the 2019/2020 National Budget has been defe
Health Minister Doctor Ifereimi Waqainabete says health in this nation is not indicated by a falling door. Waqainabete made this comment in response to NFP parliamentarian Pio Tikoduadua who was concerned about th
Minister for Economy, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says if it were left to the opposition, they would develop their policies based on the consideration of ethnicity and provincialism. He says the 2019/2020 National Budget i
SODELPA parliamentarian Lynda Tabuya says she stands by her earlier comments that there is a bank liquidity problem and there she has facts from people within banks and other businesses. Although the Prime Ministe
Assistant Minister for Employment, Alvick Maharaj says that he can’t understand why the Leader of Opposition, Sitiveni Rabuka has a problem with calling everyone Fijian. While speaking during the 2019/2020 Nation
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama says SODELPA Leader Sitiveni Rabuka is Mr Collapse himself and Bainimarama stresses that Rabuka is not a changed man. While speaking during the debate on the 2019/2020 National Bud
