Without in any way diminishing the importance of tackling the drug threat, there are some deeply disturbing aspects to the current crackdown on criminals way beyond the extrajudicial killing by the RFMF of the accused drug kingpin, Jone Vakarisi. As the police "investigate" (yeah, sure) the circumstances in which Vakarisi was tortured and beaten … [Read more...] about # YES, NO NEED FOR A STATE OF EMERGENCY. THE MILITARY IS ALREADY IN CONTROL AND THE MEDIA IS UNDER CONTROL
# TAKING THE PISS. WHOSE URINE SAMPLE WAS IT? YES, REALLY
Lynda Tabuya has lied about her drug use before but her own party found her guilty two years ago of a "sex and Illicit drug scandal" and stripped her of the deputy leadership of the People's Alliance. So we are entitled to be extremely skeptical about her latest stunt - supposedly submitting herself to a drugs test in line with new procedures in … [Read more...] about # TAKING THE PISS. WHOSE URINE SAMPLE WAS IT? YES, REALLY
# WHY WAS RFMF MURDER VICTIM JONE VAKARISI CRYING OUT LYNDA TABUYA’S NAME AS HE WAS TORTURED? (AND OTHER UNRESOLVED QUESTIONS)
Reports are emerging that during the prolonged beating of Jone Vakarisi at the Queen Elizabeth Barracks that led to his murder, one name was continually being cried out as he begged for mercy. Lynda Tabuya. Why? Was Vakarisi pleading with his torturers to contact the Minister for Information, Environment and Climate Change in the hope that … [Read more...] about # WHY WAS RFMF MURDER VICTIM JONE VAKARISI CRYING OUT LYNDA TABUYA’S NAME AS HE WAS TORTURED? (AND OTHER UNRESOLVED QUESTIONS)
# MAULED BY HOMER SIMPSON IN A MUMU AS THE THREE AMIGOS GO QUIET ON TORTURE AND MURDER AT THE CAMP (UPDATED)
Woo hoo!, as the famous cartoon character, Homer Simpson, is fond of saying. It's a red letter day when the "citizen journalist" and fashion plate, Charlie Charters, gives Grubsheet a plug on his Facebook page. And that day has come as Charlie praises the excellent article we featured yesterday by our mutual friend, Richard Thomson, on the proposed … [Read more...] about # MAULED BY HOMER SIMPSON IN A MUMU AS THE THREE AMIGOS GO QUIET ON TORTURE AND MURDER AT THE CAMP (UPDATED)
# A BURNING ISSUE LIGHTS UP FIJI. GUEST WRITER RICHARD THOMSON ON THE PROPOSED CONTROVERSIAL WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY AT SAWENI
On April 1 The Australian newspaper * reported on a plan by two Australians to ship 700,000 tons a year of Sydney’s waste to Fiji, and along with 200,000 tonnes from Fiji and other Pacific Islands, to burn it for energy on a small peninsula in mangroves next to an iconic beach. Hardly a good look, and implausible as it sounds – no it wasn’t an … [Read more...] about # A BURNING ISSUE LIGHTS UP FIJI. GUEST WRITER RICHARD THOMSON ON THE PROPOSED CONTROVERSIAL WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY AT SAWENI
# “WELCOME TO THE NOTHING TO SEE HERE WORLD OF OUR NEWEST COMRADES-IN-ARMS”. THE AUSTRALIAN’S WITHERING JUDGMENT ON FIJI
The Australian newspaper - the nation's most influential - has updated its front page print story on the killing of Jone Vakarisi (see previous article) with an Internet version that is even more pungent and is a PR disaster for the RFMF and Fiji's image as a whole. The timing couldn't be worse, as public attention in Australia is drawn to the … [Read more...] about # “WELCOME TO THE NOTHING TO SEE HERE WORLD OF OUR NEWEST COMRADES-IN-ARMS”. THE AUSTRALIAN’S WITHERING JUDGMENT ON FIJI