Budget 2025-26

VAT slashed to 12.5%, government unveils sweeping tariff cuts

The government has taken some bold decisions to cushion the impact of external price pressures on the cost of living by reducing the Value Added Tax to 12.5 percent from 15 percent.

June 27, 2025 11:47 am
 

Entertainment

Lalo Schifrin, composer of the ‘Mission: Impossible’ theme, dies at 93

Lalo Schifrin, the composer who wrote the endlessly catchy theme for “Mission: Impossible” and more than 100 other arrangements for film and television, died Thursday. He was 93.

June 27, 2025 11:05 am
 

Football

Impressive City show title credentials with Juve demolition

Manchester City produced an impressive display to thrash Juventus 5-2 and underline their title credentials at the Club World Cup on Friday.

June 27, 2025 11:01 am
 

Entertainment

Vogue's Anna Wintour to appoint new US editorial head

Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour said on Thursday she will be looking for a new head of editorial content at American Vogue as she steps down from the role after nearly 40 years.

June 27, 2025 10:58 am
 

Budget 2025-26

Welfare assistance and pension increased by five percent

All government pensioners and social welfare recipients are set to receive an additional five percent increase in their monthly allowances, on top of last year’s 15 percent increase.

June 27, 2025 9:46 am
 

News

Fijians to get bus fare relief

All Fijians will pay less for bus travel from August under a new government subsidy announced in the 2025–2026 National Budget.

June 27, 2025 9:45 am
 

Budget 2025-26

Budget adds 1,000 police to combat crime, drugs

The 2025–2026 Budget introduces a series of measures aimed at curbing drug use, HIV and crime.

June 27, 2025 9:43 am
 

Budget 2025-26

Teachers, scholarships top education budget priorities

The 2025–2026 National Budget has placed teachers and technical and vocational education and training at the forefront of the government’s education priorities.

June 27, 2025 9:34 am
 

Budget 2025-26

Civil servants to get another three percent pay rise

All civil servants will receive a three percent pay rise effective from August.

June 27, 2025 9:32 am
 

Budget 2025-26

MoH budget gets $600m boost

A significant boost in the 2025-2026 National Budget empowers Fiji’s health ministry to drastically enhance public health infrastructure and medical services.

June 27, 2025 9:30 am
 

World

Investigators download black box data from fatal Air India crash

Investigators have downloaded flight recorder data from an Air India crash this month that killed 260 people, India’s civil aviation ministry said on Thursday, a long-awaited step towards understanding the world’s worst aviation disaster in a decade.

June 27, 2025 8:38 am
 

Budget 2025-26

Budget prioritizes stability, shields families from rising costs

The 2025-2026 national budget will run a wider deficit as the government boosts spending to shield the country from deepening global uncertainty.

June 27, 2025 8:10 am

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