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Get ready to tighten your belts as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Professor Biman Prasad has announced some stringent measures in the 2023/2024 National Budget which includes increase in VAT to 15 perce
As the country waits for the 2023-2024 National Budget announcement today, the Fiscal Review Committee has said that with limited opportunities in customs and excise duties, a significant increase in VAT is the only mea
Minister for Home Affairs, Pio Tikoduadua has today confirmed that Police are investigating a leaked unsourced seditious document being circulated on social media. The concerning document is calling on the Republic
A Nausori man and his wife who transported the man’s daughter to an apartment to provide sexual services to another have been sentenced to more than 13 years by the Suva High Court while a bench warrant has also been
Prime Minister, Sitiveni Rabuka says some of the key initiatives for the 2023/2024 National Budget are VAT to be made simpler than before and the total government expenditure to remain at a manageable level. While
Good news as the price of fuel and cooking gas will drop from this Saturday. The Fijian Competition and Consumer Commission confirms that the price of a litre of unleaded fuel will go down to $2.61 which is a 19 ce
The 25-year-old remand prisoner who escaped from St Giles Hospital earlier today is back in Police custody. Police says Carlos Taylor was arrested by a team of Police officers from the Totogo Police Station.
The Ministry of Health has confirmed that 3 of the 5 mortuary trays at Levuka Hospital are now in operation while a separate team of technicians departed Suva last night bound for Vunisea Hospital in Kadavu. They
The Fiscal Review Committee says Fiji public sector wage costs rose significantly between 2016 and 2019 through a combination of higher wages and more recruitment. They say civil service salaries fell slightly in 2
Retired Fiji Link CEO Shaenaz Voss who is charged with a count of failure to comply with the requirements of the operator’s airline security programme has applied for a bail variation to allow her to travel to London
Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has clarified that his recent trip to the United States, criticized by some, was entirely funded by a son of Lau, with no government expenditure involved. Rabuka revealed this while o
In Fiji, violence against women and girls costs the economy approximately $300 million per year. SPC's Principal Strategic Lead, Mereseini Rakuita highlighted this at the Pacific Islands Chief of Police Gender Fami
The mess at Fiji Rugby Union house is a lot bigger than what happened with the Fijiana 15s team. This has been stated by Fiji Rugby Football Union Trust Board Chair Peter Mazey as he says the trustees have been at
Postpartum depression is not something that you see everywhere, which is why we want to throw light on this very important issue that is affecting thousands of women in Fiji. ASK4HELP founder Asinate Savu Korocowir
The 7s programs for both men and women organised by the Fiji Rugby Union have been running at a loss of about $1.5 million. Fiji Rugby Football Union Trust board member Jenny Seeto revealed this today during a pres
Three Republic of Fiji Military Forces soldiers serving with the Fiji Battalion under the United Nations Dis-engagement Observer Force mission in the Golan Heights, Syria, have been detained by Israeli authorities for a
A new $US200 million World Bank-funded project that aims to support Fiji’s efforts to develop the tourism potential of Vanua Levu, is expected to benefit at least 60,000 Fijians through the creation of new jobs, and t
There are worrying concerns as 72 people attempted to commit suicide between January to May this year according to Empower Pacific statistics. Empower Pacific Chief Executive Officer, Patrick Morgam says from the c
Two Chinese nationals who were in Fiji have been arrested for the manufacturing of hard drugs internationally and this also exposes the major global drug operation where the US Justice Department has arrested these two
The family of 43-year-old Ajeshwar Nand who passed away in a horrific accident in Koroboya, Vatukoula where he was trapped under logs, are asking why it took so long for the police to retrieve the body. They have a
