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The new Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs Lenora Qereqeretabua and the Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Doctor Lesikimacuata Korovavala were accorded a welcoming ceremony at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Professor Biman Prasad on behalf of the Fiji government today received $10 million from the New Zealand government. During the handover, New Zealand High Commissione
Acting Chief Justice, Salesi Temo is the Acting President of Fiji. President of Fiji, Ratu Wiliame Katonivere is in Geneva for the ILO Convention. Acting President Temo presented the 2022 FDB National Small a
Deputy Prime Minister, Manoa Kamikamica has called on the former Attorney General, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum to look at the FijiFirst accounts and the mess he has created in the party and the country after Sayed-Khaiyum attac
The government should immediately put together the necessary elements, including requesting FCCC review and rate-setting, for tariff restructuring and rates for water and wastewater and it should be possible to begin th
Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has reassured the students of Ratu Kadavulevu School that the coalition government will work with relevant stakeholders to provide much-needed assistance to them. In a Facebook post,
A Status of Forces Agreement between Fiji's Ministry of Home Affairs and the New Zealand Ministry of Defence was again signed this morning to strengthen the relationship between the two countries. While signing the
There are many indicators that as a region, we are not in entirely good shape but a major one is the physical health of our people and adding to it are reports on gender-based violence and the disadvantaged position of
Deputy Prime Minister and People’s Alliance Deputy Party Leader Manoa Kamikamica says the coalition partners have agreed that only people who meet the criteria to be board members are to be selected for the role.
FijiFirst General Secretary Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says what FijiFirst offered to SODELPA when they negotiated on which party will they form a coalition with was far better than what they are getting now, however, Deputy P
Australia and New Zealand must be part of the Pacific story and a starting point for that must be visa free access to Pacific Island countries to these two countries and the time to do this is ‘now’. This was h
Fiji has received an additional $9 million of funding from the Australian Government for the DFAT Cyclone Recovery Program. Australian High Commission in Fiji Chargé d'affaires Stuart Watts says through this progr
Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has made a minor reshuffle of Cabinet and Deputy Speaker of the House and Assistant Minister for Housing and Local Government Lenora Qereqeretabua is now the Assistant Minister for Foreign
New Zealand Defence Minister Andrew Little arrives in Suva tomorrow to meet with his Fijian counterpart, Minister for Home Affairs and Immigration Pio Tikoduadua, to further strengthen the relationship between both coun
259 children have been withdrawn from child labour from 2011 to date and they have received assistance from the government and other stakeholders to return them to school. This has been highlighted by the Acting Min
Torture and ill-treatment of any form deny the dignity of human beings which remains a global challenge. This was highlighted by Attorney-General Siromi Turaga during the opening of the Pacific Learning Exchange o
Vinaka Employment Agency is no longer an authorized recruitment agency to conduct any business of registering, recruiting and deployment of Fijian workers for overseas employment opportunities. The Ministry of Empl
Attorney General Siromi Turaga has stressed to the Fiji Psychological Society on the importance of the registration and regulation of practitioners and be recognised as a national body in the country. While speakin
We need to foster a culture that allows the private sector to flourish without any fear and bottlenecks. This has been highlighted by the Attorney General Siromi Turaga during FNU Breakfast Session-2nd Productivity
The Fiscal Review Committee has recommended a unified rate of VAT where there is no zero-rating on essential items and it is not greater than 15 percent. They say revenue loss from zero-rating on essential items (that
