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One in every $5 paid as interest to our lenders – Prof Biman

Almost one in every five dollars of revenue that Government collects is now paid as interest to our lenders, of which about 70 per cent is local. Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Professor Biman...

local news

local news

Prof Biman attacks FijiFirst for its reckless spending

Development partners like Australia, New Zealand and Japan wrote us large cheques for hundreds of millions of dollars to help us pay bills because they knew we needed help. Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister...

E-Edition

sport

sport

Man grabs Israeli cop’s gun near Al Aqsa mosque, is shot dead -police

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A man detained by Israeli police near a flashpoint mosque compound in Jerusalem on Saturday grabbed an officer’s gun and fired it, prompting the unit to shoot him dead, the force said...

world

world

Eleven killed in stampede for food aid in southern Pakistan

KARACHI (Reuters) -Eleven people were killed in a stampede during the distribution of food aid in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi on Friday, a health official said, one of several such incidents in recent...