1,116 articles tagged "parliament"
National Federation Party MP, Lenora Qereqeretabua says the Fijiana 7s team’s bronze win in Tokyo has brought to the fore many discussions about an equal playing field in sports. While giving her End of the
Minister for Education Rosy Akbar says since the launch of the consultation process on the Fiji National Action Plan to prevent violence against women and girls, 804 participants have been part of the in person consulta
Health Minister, Dr. Ifereimi Waqainabete says they are assisting families on a case by case basis and cannot as a blanket rule change the policy for mortuary cost as it is locked under the schedule of fees. He sta
“If everybody that needs to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 get the two doses, we will see the case numbers drop by 31st October, 2021.†Minister for Health, Dr. Ifereimi Waqainabete stated this in parliament
Minister for Tourism Faiyaz Koya says Fiji's ultimate goal as with every other destination is to safely restore quarantine free travel. He says our readiness target is for a December opening. The Minister was
Minister for Health, Dr. Ifereimi Waqainabete says pregnant mothers receive several forms of support in hospitals and at their homes when they are due to deliver babies, adding once mothers have been identified as posit
The Patents Bill of 2020 which is intended to update Fiji's archaic patent legislation has been unanimously passed by parliament. Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says the Patents Bill intends to provide an eff
Minister for Economy, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum has stressed the exemption of Capital Gains Tax is not for someone who has contributed funds to the FijiFirst while National Federation Party Leader, Professor Biman Prasad has
SODELPA MP, Aseri Radrodro says how can the Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama continue to not take any action after another blunder by the Minister for Economy, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum. Radrodro said this after Sayed-
Attorney General, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum has today stressed that Fiji does not accept Professor Pal Ahluwalia as the Vice Chancellor of the University of the South Pacific, and will not release any grants to the USP until
National Federation Party Leader, Professor Biman Prasad says here we have a COVID crisis in the country with many deaths and Attorney General, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum finds time to make gutter level attacks against some pe
672 personnel from the Fiji Police Force have contracted COVID-19 since the outbreak of the Delta variant in April this year. This was highlighted by the Minister for Defence Inia Seruiratu when questioned by FijiF
The Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says Fiji is a leader in climate change and the Prime Minister is seen as the father of the Small Island Developing States not just in the Pacific but in the Caribbean and the In
“Let’s just not ratify the 2005 Agreement Establishing the Pacific Islands Forum to simply get some money.†These were the words of SODELPA MP, Niko Nawaikula who also questioned why it has taken government 1
Attorney General and Minister for Information Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says the government does not tell the Fiji Sun what to put on their front page and they do not really care about what they print about somebody’s perso
Minister for Agriculture Dr Mahendra Reddy withdrew his comments about SODELPA MP Lynda Tabuya where he insinuated that Tabuya was dressed like she was in a flea market. Dr Reddy highlighted this when to give an up
SODELPA MP, Niko Nawaikula says the Court of Disputed Returns has found the Supervisor of Elections acted unlawfully which is very serious and the ruling yesterday is a win for democracy, rule of law and independence of
Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says it is quite obtuse to suggest that we should vaccinate everyone without any science backing it while SODLEPA Leader Viliame Gavoka says COVID-19 is out of control and we should
Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama stresses that regional organisations like USP have standards and expectations that they need to meet, and failing this, Fiji will not shy away from setting the record straight and ensu
Minister for Commerce and Trade Faiyaz Koya has revealed in Parliament that their survey on the second wave of the pandemic of more than 2,200 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises has shown that 74 % of them have either
