1,116 articles tagged "parliament"
Minister for Economy Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says as at July 2020, the total value of loans provided in repayment relief to individuals and businesses by licensed financial institutions stood at $3 billion. This relief
Attorney General and Minister for Economy Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says Fiji Airways is the only airline in the world that is contending with two crisis, one the COVID-19 pandemic and the other one is what he calls the lies
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
Education Minister Rosy Akbar says that she has asked the heads of schools to ensure that no child is unfed in school as they have money and savings in the Free Education Grant which they can access. Akbar highligh
SODELPA parliamentarian Lynda Tabuya says the government should be working with unions and employers on economic recovery and not working on their own but Employment Minister Parveen Bala says they don't want people to
Those who can govern will govern and those who can’t will want to form committees. Those are the comments of Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama as he spoke against SODELPA MP, Ro Filipe Tuisawau’s motion to est
Over $25 million was received in the form of donations for the COP23 Presidency Trust Fund for the period ending 31st October, 2017. The major donors comprised of Australia, European Union, Italy, India and New Zea
1,673 pending workers compensation cases were with the Ministry of Employment as at 14th February this year according to the Review Report on the Management of Workers Compensation Trust Fund. 1,426 were injury ca
Minister for Defence, National Security and Policing, Inia Seruiratu confirms that the Fiji Police Force has restructured its National Drug Unit and is transitioning to the development of the Police Narcotics Unit which
Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says the Citizenship of Fiji Amendment Bill 2020 seeks to ensure for one to become a citizen of Fiji, they have to at least be a permanent resident. While tabling the bill in Pa
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
Infrastructure Minister Jone Usamate says as per the last assessment at 8 o’clock last night the restoration of water to affected areas between Suva and Nausori will be gradual and is anticipated to be completed this
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
Attorney General, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum has today tabled the Television Amendment Bill which requires people who livestream sporting events online for commercial gain to get a licence. While tabling the bill in parli
Registrar for Political Parties, Mohammed Saneem says Niko Nawaikula has got the law wrong when he suggested that the Supervisor of Elections is advising the Speaker of Parliament. Saneem says this is with regards
Minister for Local Government Premila Kumar says penalties associated with illegal developments are very low and not an effective deterrent. While speaking in parliament about amendments to the country's Town Plan
About 500 businesses are expecting bankruptcy if the effects of COVID-19 continues for up to another 6 months while another 1,200 businesses have stated that they expect a decrease in revenue by 75 percent. Ministe
Government revenue has decreased by almost $1 billion for the current financial year and is likely to drop by almost $1.5 billion in the 2020/2021 financial year if the economy even becomes more sluggish. Minister
