The extent of the infiltration of the Fiji Police by drug kingpins has cast doubt in the minds of Australian Federal Police officers about whether the force can be trusted with information sharing, according to a new report by The Australian newspaper. The story - by the paper's New South Wales Editor, Stephen Rice - will fuel existing concerns … [Read more...] about # AUSTRALIA FEARS THE FIJI POLICE CANNOT BE TRUSTED IN THE REGIONAL FIGHT AGAINST THE DRUG TRADE
# A COMPLETE FAILURE OF LEADERSHIP NOW POSES A DIRECT THREAT TO THE SECURITY AND WELL-BEING OF THE FIJIAN PEOPLE
Simmering community resentment about the performance of the nation's MPs has spilled over into the Parliament itself with a extraordinary intervention by the Speaker of the House castigating the nation's representatives for their indolence and collective dereliction of duty. It is bound to fuel a nascent but growing belief that Fiji's problems … [Read more...] about # A COMPLETE FAILURE OF LEADERSHIP NOW POSES A DIRECT THREAT TO THE SECURITY AND WELL-BEING OF THE FIJIAN PEOPLE
# PIO TIKODUADUA’S EFFORTS TO CONTAIN THE MILITARY REVEALED IN MAJOR AUSTRALIAN INVESTIGATION INTO THE DRUG TRADE
The Defence Minister reveals his behind-the-scenes role in opposing the declaration of a state of emergency in Fiji in a candid interview with The Australian newspaper that points to tensions within the government over the extent of the RFMF's participation in the drug fight. In a lengthy article today by the paper's Asia Pacific correspondent, … [Read more...] about # PIO TIKODUADUA’S EFFORTS TO CONTAIN THE MILITARY REVEALED IN MAJOR AUSTRALIAN INVESTIGATION INTO THE DRUG TRADE
# BREAKING…THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS ARE OFF. YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST 14 MONTHS AGO
Charlie Charters taunts me on Facebook for usually being wrong. But there's another thing I got right in March 2025 when I predicted that local government elections wouldn't be held before the national election. And whaddayaknow? The Prime Minister announced this morning that the September local government elections are off. He gives a … [Read more...] about # BREAKING…THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS ARE OFF. YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST 14 MONTHS AGO
# “SMALL BUSINESSES WILL PERISH”. THE DIRE WARNING AS LYNDA TABUYA PUTS THE OLD FOOL OVER A BARREL ON THE “LIVING WAGE”
Sitiveni Rabuka is in all sorts of trouble across a broad front - his "hands up" gesture on the front page of today's Fiji Times a metaphor for a Prime Minister totally out of his depth and too weak politically to govern effectively. The economic crisis triggered by events in the Middle East now includes the prospect of power cuts in Fiji and … [Read more...] about # “SMALL BUSINESSES WILL PERISH”. THE DIRE WARNING AS LYNDA TABUYA PUTS THE OLD FOOL OVER A BARREL ON THE “LIVING WAGE”
# EGG ON SOME VERY EXPENSIVE FACES AFTER THE PRIZE COCKS OF THE BAR FAIL TO PERSUADE JUDGE BULL
"You win some, you lose some" is an adage that applies as much to celebrity lawyers as it does to anyone else who takes their chances in the courts. And Richard "I have the means" Naidu and Wylie "Coyote" Clarke - along with their star Kings Counsel, Martin Daubney - have sure had a big loss in their attempt to derail the FICAC prosecutions of … [Read more...] about # EGG ON SOME VERY EXPENSIVE FACES AFTER THE PRIZE COCKS OF THE BAR FAIL TO PERSUADE JUDGE BULL