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Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama says FNPF’s role is to provide a secure future for it’s members by ensuring they have a comfortable retirement supported by their hard earned savings they have accumulated over the
The Electoral Commission had to divert considerable effort and resources to counter false information with accurate and credible information as they had to deal with various political leaders who produced articles that
There seems nothing wrong with the definition of person in the Electoral Amendment Bill and the opposition thinks Fijians are idiots. This was stated by Minister of Infrastructure and Meteorological Services Jone
Fijians living abroad have done more to keep the Fijian economy alive than what the FijiFirst government has been boasting about. SODELPA Leader Viliame Gavoka and MP Inosi Kuridrani made these comments while debat
Minister for Economy, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says they do not want the politicians to offer the moon but want them to offer the reality. He has highlighted this during the debate on the Consolidated Review Report of t
Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama highlighted in Parliament today that despite the devastating economic contraction during the worst period of the pandemic, the path of stellar growth, RBF has been paramount every step
Minister for Health, Dr Ifereimi Waqainabete and National Federation Party Leader, Professor Biman Prasad clashed in parliament today after Prasad said that he has never heard any member of the government acknowledge th
The Fiji Law Society is deeply concerned that the Electoral Amendment Bill that has been brought to Parliament this week unnecessarily attacks citizens’ rights to privacy, including legal professional privilege.
Minister for Education, Premila Kumar says as a long standing partner in education, the Australian Government has committed AUD$12.5 million to rehabilitate 9 schools in the North. These schools are Marama Rua Dist
SODELPA Leader Viliame Gavoka says that a SODELPA Government will forgive student loan debt as many students struggle to find jobs and face loss of income from the COVID-19 pandemic however Minister for Economy, Aiyaz S
84% of the health workers at the Lautoka Hospital and 79% at the Ba Hospital have chosen to join Health Care Fiji. This has been highlighted by the Minister for Economy, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum while responding t
SODELPA MP, Ro Filipe Tuisawau has challenged the Attorney General, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum to prove that Ro Filipe had said that people must be appointed based on ethnicity. Although Sayed-Khaiyum maintained in parlia
Minister for Education, Premila Kumar says one person is not bigger than the USP, nor bigger than the member country and if there is nothing to hide, why don’t we have the investigation while National Federation Party
Members of the Opposition today labelled the new proposed electoral amendments being brought in by the Government as stupid and silly requirements for campaigns and manifestos to punish the Opposition while the Attorney
The Bill to amend the Financial Transaction Reporting Act to reduce the transaction reporting by financial institutions from $10,000 to $5,000 will be debated in parliament on Thursday. The amendment will require f
The new proposed electoral law is proposing that the Electoral Commission is empowered to adopt the latest guidelines and standards to apply to Fiji and the Supervisor of Elections is further tasked to vet compliance by
Parliament will debate the Electoral Amendment Bill on Thursday which proposes that the Supervisor of Elections be given powers necessary to carry out his or her functions under the Act, including the power to direct a
Minister for Economy, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says the donor list of the FijiFirst is being put out on social media by some in the Opposition, and those people who have made donations to the party are being harassed. S
Minister for Economy, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says based on current population estimates, it is clear that under the Bainimarama government, almost 100,000 Fijians have been lifted out of poverty however it has been said th
Attorney General, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says not a single media organisation has been prosecuted under MIDA for supposedly having editorial problems. Sayed-Khaiyum says yet the narrative by the Opposition in particul
