The disconnect between the lives of ordinary Fijians and some of those who dominate the national debate has never been so stark than in the case of Imrana "Patricia" Jalal - the international lawyer who picks up a multi six figure US dollar salary working for the Asian Development Bank in Manila while many of those she used to represent as a … [Read more...] about # WHILE SH*T SEEPS INTO THE OPERATING THEATRES OF THE CWM, AN INCONSEQUENTIAL SH*TSTORM ERUPTS AMONG THE GLITTERATI ON FACEBOOK
# CWM. A METAPHOR FOR AN ENTIRE NATION THAT HAS GONE TO SH*T
So sewage - raw excrement - has leaked into the operating theatres of the Colonial War Memorial Hospital in Suva and patients there have died, according to a truly shocking report in the Fiji Sun. Grubsheet can scarcely believe that the place where I was born and later got my teeth straightened (sort of ) by a kindly British orthodontist in Viti … [Read more...] about # CWM. A METAPHOR FOR AN ENTIRE NATION THAT HAS GONE TO SH*T
# COMMONMAN’S TRAIN OF THOUGHT ON A VISIT TO AUSTRALIA
GD writes: After his three part series on identity and belonging in Fiji, CommonMan turns more whimsical this week as he reflects on a recent visit to Australia and his enjoyment of traveling by train. Australian railways are a far cry from the sugar trains that used to pass by CommonMan's village in Nadroga. Not only are they fast and … [Read more...] about # COMMONMAN’S TRAIN OF THOUGHT ON A VISIT TO AUSTRALIA
# THE FINAL STRAW. LYNDA TABUYA HAS FINANCIALLY EXPLOITED THE HOSPITALITY OF ORDINARY FIJIANS AND MUST GO
Everything that is wrong with the Coalition government - its amorality, greed and disregard for proper conduct and the feelings of the Fijian people - are encapsulated in the admission by Lynda Tabuya that she claimed taxpayer's money as per diems or daily living allowances for her recent visit to South Australia and was then able to pocket that … [Read more...] about # THE FINAL STRAW. LYNDA TABUYA HAS FINANCIALLY EXPLOITED THE HOSPITALITY OF ORDINARY FIJIANS AND MUST GO
# THE QUEEN OF TARTS WITH THE CHEATING HEART. DOUBLE DIPPING AS WELL AS SKINNY DIPPING? (UPDATED)
Lynda Tabuya's file at FICAC for allegedly under-reporting her income to the Elections Office was closed by her friend Barbara Malimali in highly questionable circumstances that are still resonating many months later. Yet not only has FICAC reportedly re-opened its investigation, the corruption watchdog is also destined to be slavering all over … [Read more...] about # THE QUEEN OF TARTS WITH THE CHEATING HEART. DOUBLE DIPPING AS WELL AS SKINNY DIPPING? (UPDATED)
# IS HE EVEN GOING TO MAKE IT TO THE NEXT ELECTION, LET ALONE LEAD THE NATION FOR ANOTHER TERM? (UPDATED WEDNESDAY PM)
The Prime Minister is suddenly looking a shadow of his former self and the antithesis of a virile, commanding national leader. And in response to a reader request for my favourite photo of the Pedophile President on his parambulations around Europe and the Gulf, here he is - stick in hand like his protégé, the Prime Minister - unable to cobo to … [Read more...] about # IS HE EVEN GOING TO MAKE IT TO THE NEXT ELECTION, LET ALONE LEAD THE NATION FOR ANOTHER TERM? (UPDATED WEDNESDAY PM)