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Government imposes new taxes
Price of cigarettes and alcohol are expected to go up. Excise duty on tobacco and alcohol has increased by as much as 18.5% which includes the 12.5% excise duty and 6% health levy. Sugar sweetened...
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The European Union has relocated 116 out of 160,000 migrants so far
It was billed as the moment when Europe finally took responsibility for the influx of desperate refugees arriving on her shores. In late September, European leaders agreed on a plan to relocate 160,000...
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Australian Foreign Minister to PNG today
The Australian foreign minister, Julie Bishop, travels to Papua New Guinea today to open the Pacific Leadership and Governance Precinct. The Precinct is an Australian backed initiative to develop...
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Pay rise and new jobs for teachers
There’s good news for those in the Education sector. Pay increases and new jobs are on the cards as announced in the Budget address. Just under $600 million has been allocated to the Education...
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VAT reduced but huge dent in taxman’s coffers
Value Added Tax or VAT has been drastically reduced. Government has announced a reduction from 15% down to 9%. This comes into effect from January 1st. Basic food items, prescriptions and pepeats,...
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‘We will do everything we can’– Sports Minister
The Minister for Youth and Sports, Laisenia Tuitubou said they are going to assist most of the sporting federations in the country. Tuitubou added that there are other ways for sporting organizations...
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Early morning fire in Valelevu
The National Fire Authority says it responded to this morning’s early blaze at Valelevu on time. A fire at Valelevu Housing left a family of nine homeless. According to NFA chief executive officer,...
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Athletics season starts
While most of the sporting federations in the country will have their off season in the near future, for Athletics Fiji it will be a very busy schedule. Hundreds of participants gathered at the ANZ...
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Discounted tickets for historical clash
Good news for rugby fans in the country as they will pay less to watch the Crusaders play the Chiefs in a super rugby game at the ANZ Stadium next year. Fortress Information Systems Limited, is the...
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Black Caps bowled out for 317
Kane Williamson was denied the chance to walk off the Gabba undefeated when New Zealand’s first innings ended after lunch on the third day of the first test today. He was last man out, caught behind...
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Sonny Bill Williams greets Prince Charles at parade with informal handshake
What would one have thought? When All Black great Sonny Bill Williams met the man who could be king the handshake was a little – well – urban. On the steps of Parliament, Williams – wearing wraparound...
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Sam Burgess’s exit makes rugby union ‘a laughing stock’
English rugby union is a “laughing stock” after Sam Burgess left Bath to return to rugby league, says former national coach Sir Clive Woodward. Burgess, 26, made the decision having been part of the...
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Sepp Blatter recovering after ‘stress-related checks’
Suspended Fifa president Sepp Blatter has undergone stress-related health checks in hospital, according to his lawyer Richard Cullen. Blatter, 79, who has led the governing body for 18 years, was...
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Fiji airways to commence flights to Singapore in April 2016
The Fiji Airways new route to Singapore will start from the 5th of April next year. Minister for Public Enterprise, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says that with new flight it means that Fiji Airways will now be...
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Bail granted for 16 charged with sedition
The Lautoka High Court yesterday granted bail for 16 people who are charged with sedition in the Nadroga-Navosa sovereign Christian state matter. They are charged with one count each of sedition and...
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Myanmar election: Aung San Suu Kyi’s opposition NLD wins early seats
The party of veteran democracy campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi has won nearly 90% of national seats declared in early counting in Myanmar’s landmark parliamentary elections, according to official results....
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Man in Samoa sent to jail for raping daughter
A 40-year-old man in Samoa has been sent to jail for 15 years after admitting to raping his 15-year-old daughter. The man admitted to seven charges of rape, and one of indecent assault in the Supreme...
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2,000 people affected by drought
Six settlements between Nadi and Sigatoka are up in arms with their wells and boreholes drying up fast during this prolonged dry spell. Close to two thousand people in Namata, Savusavu, Waica, Tau,...
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Aids to help the deaf hear
Close to 100 hearing impaired people got an early Diwali gift today. Australian Based Non Government Organization, Carabez Alliance today distributed hearing aids to these Lautoka residents. Alliance...
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Farewell ceremony to be accorded to Ratu Epeli Nailatikau
A special farewell ceremony has been organized for the outgoing President, Ratu Epeli Nailatikau at Government House tomorrow. The farewell ceremony will start at 2pm tomorrow. Ratu Epeli leaves office...
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