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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
Minister for Education Rosy Akbar says currently there are 16,611 students under the Tertiary Education Loan Scheme at a cost of $93 million while there are 2,525 students under the National Toppers Scheme. She hig
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
The Government will be opening a new shipping route in Beqa, Yanuca and Vatulele this month that will operate every two months to increase economic activity and improve the livelihood of the people. Minister for Co
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
Two SODELPA parliamentarians have questioned why 7 bills will be debated and voted upon this Thursday as according to them, these bills will be taking priority over other important things. While contributing on Att
Parliament will debate and vote on the Companies Amendment Bill this Thursday where organisations which are limited by guarantee and is of charity must disclose their annual accounts. Attorney General, Aiyaz Sayed-
Minister for Lands and Mineral Resources Jone Usamate says there is a wide misconception of land grab through the Land Bank by the government which at times has led to insecurity of investment. Usamate highlighted
The Pharmacy Profession Amendment Bill to have all pharmacies and pharmacists certified annually by the Pharmaceutical Board will be debated on Thursday. Attorney General, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says pharmacists give
Parliament will debate and vote on the Public Health Amendment Bill this Thursday which is seeking for foreigners coming to Fiji to pay for their quarantine costs. While speaking on his motion, Attorney General and
Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says the new cash for work programme for the informal sector will be limited to those who can provide proof that they do not have FNPF accounts and are not registered with the Fiji R
Minister for Youth and Sports, Parveen Bala has urged the youths to abide by the COVID-19 related restrictions that are in place including the curfew hours. While speaking at the Empowerment Certificate Presentati
The completion of the 30KW Yasawa High School Solar Hybrid Project is expected to benefit 385 people. While commissioning the project, Minister for Infrastructure, Jone Usamate says this project will enable the sch
More than 9,000 applications have been received for the COVID-19 Concessional Loan Packages from Fijian Micro, Small and Medium Businesses. The Business Assistance Fiji panel members are ensuring all applications a
Pacific Energy has given an additional $115,000 donation to the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund, The fundraiser began three months ago and the total amount collected was $260,000 which were proceeds of a campaign by
Director for Fisheries Mere Lakeba has highlighted that the goodwill payment being asked by some customary fishing right owners is unlawful. This is after many concerns were raised to the Prime Minister from ordina
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama today spoke plainly about what Fiji expects of the Pacific region over the next 30 years as Fiji started national consultations on the development of the 2050 Strategy for the Blue Paci
