The Fiji NGO Coalition on Human Rights has described the increase in salaries of Members of Parliament as shameful.

Seven Members of Parliament voted against the motion to increase their salaries and allowances.

The Fiji Labour Party alleges that the Attorney General has placed Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption Acting Deputy Commissioner Francis Puleiwai on indefinite leave.

The constituency allowance for all Members of Parliament has been raised from $10,000 to $15,000 per year.

Parliament has passed a motion to increase the salaries of Members of Parliament with significant changes endorsed across various parliamentary roles.

While Parliament has passed a motion to increase the salaries of Members of Parliament, National Federation Party Leader, Professor Biman Prasad, states that his party does not support the recommended salary increases outlined in the report.

Minister for Tourism Viliame Gavoka supports the initiative for the government to support Fiji Sugar Corporation’s Loan guarantee for the production of ethanol which is known as the sustainable aviation fuel.

The Resource Owners and MSME Investment Bank is now being implemented by Fijian Holdings Limited through Merchant Finance.

The Nasinu Town Council will take ownership of its waste management, in consideration of the population and properties within their municipality.

Supervisor of Elections Ana Mataiciwa has today referred two matters of probable commission of electoral breaches to the Fiji Independent Commission against Corruption.

The Fiji Sugar Corporation has continuously been incurring net losses for the past ten years, which has resulted in the full exhaustion of the approved government guarantee limit on loans that is being utilized to improve the sugar sector.

Home Affairs Minister Pio Tikoduadua says an intelligence report has indicated the existence of organized groups involved in drug trafficking across Fijian societies.