PM Voreqe Bainimarama will address the nation this morning on the way forward for the public and all stakeholders when the Public Emergency Regulation will be lifted on Saturday.
THE AUSTRALIAN-Fiji Business Council has asked the Australian government to acknowledge the steps taken by its Fijian counterpart in lifting the Public Emergency Regulations. And the council has asked the Australian government to make some adjustments to the travel sanctions imposed on Fijians.
THE UK is looking forward to a public consultation process on a new constitution for Fiji which will commence next month. While welcoming the lifting of the Public Emergency Regulations, the UK government said the announcements were a step in the right direction.
RABUKA. FORMER Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka believes Australia and New Zealand governments should consider their stance against Fiji following the decision of Prime Minister to lift the Public Emergency Regulation.
CREDIT CARD LEVY. A 2% levy on credit card balances came into effect on Jan 1. This was announced in the moderate anti-governmendt blog Fiji Today: "Government will now take 24% per annum of your credit card balance ... the money sharks." But 2% only becomes 24% if credit card users have an unpaid negative balance that remains consistent for 12 months. Why do the anti-blogs always see the worst possible scenarios?
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