Student TELS debt should be forgiven – Gavoka
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-
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84% of Lautoka Hospital staff and 79% of Ba Hospital staff have chosen to join Health Care Fiji – AG
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
Ro Filipe challenges the AG to prove that he had said that people must be appointed based on ethnicity
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.
Kumar says one person is not bigger than USP while Prasad says all enquires have cleared VC and the new management
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
Opposition labels new proposed electoral amendments as stupid and silly requirements
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 manif
Financial Transaction Reporting Bill to reduce transaction reporting by financial institutions from $10k to $5k to be debated on Thursday
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 parliame
New proposed electoral law empowers Electoral Comm to adopt new guidelines for public opinion polls
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
AG tables Electoral Amendment Bill in parliament to be debated and voted on without delay on Thursday
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 function
People who have made donations to the FijiFirst are being harassed - AG
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
AG says almost 100,000 Fijians have been lifted out of poverty but it has been said that a comparative analysis cannot be done as the methodology is different
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
AG says if it was a draconian Act, they would have used it to stop publication of Fiji Times and CFL daily for being biased
Attorney General, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says not a single media organisation has been prosecuted under MIDA for supposedly having editorial problems. Sayed-Khaiyum says
We understand a media organisation in Fiji is circumventing the foreign ownership section of the Media Act – AG
Attorney General, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says a media organisation may circumvent the current Media Act by allowing a foreigner or foreign company to carry out it’s o
Bill tabled to repeal the Television (Cross-Carriage of Designated Events) Act 2014 passed
The Television (Cross-Carriage of Designated Events) (Repeal) Bill which seeks to repeal the Act, has been passed in parliament. Attorney General, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum
Heated debate in the budget committee of supply on Tikoduadua’s motion to reduce the public service broadcast for TV by $3 million
There was heated debate in the budget committee of supply today when National Federation Party MP, Pio Tikoduadua moved a motion to reduce the public service broadcast to
Prasad asks if allocation for purchasing aluminium boats is vote buying while AG calls him an ‘obtuse human being’
National Federation Party Leader, Professor Biman Prasad has asked the Government if the allocation of $300,000 for purchasing aluminium boats for the Eastern Division is
We will find money for USP if an independent investigation is conducted - AG
We will find the money to provide funding to the University of the South Pacific if they go ahead with the independent investigation in respect of the matters identified
Qereqeretabua asks which allocation is being used by the AG’s Chambers to pay R Patel Lawyers
National Federation Party MP Lenora Qereqeretabua has questioned which allocation the Office of the Attorney General is using to pay R.Patel Lawyers for legal representat
Qereqeretabua’s motion that the amount under the Small Grants Project under the PM’s Office be reduced to $10,000 defeated
National Federation Party MP, Lenora Qereqeretabua’s motion that the amount of $1 million under the Small Grants Project under the Prime Minister’s Office b
Every single independent institution will be under threat by any other political party that comes into Govt - AG
Attorney General, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum has warned the Fijian public that if FijiFirst is not in government, the alternative government will be made of people who he claims
How many budgets in a year does an economy of less than a million people need – Qereqeretabua
National Federation Party MP Lenora Qereqeretabua says the FijiFirst Government has lost the elections with this budget and has questioned how many budgets in a year does
Report says Grace Road continues to receive a warm welcome from the Fijian Govt, AG says he has not heard about the organisation that has done the report
A latest investigative report says that despite repeated accusations of abuses, including alleged ritual beatings, Grace Road has received a warm welcome from the Fijian