Doubtless like many people, Grubsheet has had to reach for the sick-bag after one of the most cringemaking and totally undeserved instances of arse-licking in the sorry history of arse-licking in Fiji. I'm not even going to try to paraphrase the vomit-inducing comments by the General Secretary of the Fiji Teachers Union, Muniappa Gounder, about … [Read more...] about # THE TOADIES IN CHARGE OF EDUCATING FIJIAN KIDS
# THE NEW FIJI. STOMPING ON SOMEONE WHEN THEY’RE DOWN
Fiji's reputation for sportsmanship is being dragged through the mud in Australia after Fijian Drua player Jennifer Ravutia stomped on a NSW player's chest in the Drua's clash against the Waratahs. It was an absolute disgrace that has brought shame on the player, the team and the nation. The Prime Minister, Sitiveni Rabuka, made light of the … [Read more...] about # THE NEW FIJI. STOMPING ON SOMEONE WHEN THEY’RE DOWN
# WELL THAT WAS A DUMB IDEA
The qori ( "there, that's what you deserve") moment of the week has got to be the slapping-down of Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum and Mohammed Saneem by two of the three Supreme Court judges hearing the cabinet's application to determine if the Constitution actually permits the appointments of John Rabuku as Acting DPP and Alipate Qetaki as a … [Read more...] about # WELL THAT WAS A DUMB IDEA
# THE GCC REVIEW LEAVES PROFESSOR WADAN NARSEY UNDERWHELMED
It is buried on pages 42 and 43 of Saturday's Fiji Times but Professor Wadan Narsey is clearly tackling the fundamental intellectual premise of the report into the Great Council of Chiefs carried out by the review panel headed by his fellow Australian-based academic and former RFMF officer, Dr Ratu Jone Baledrokadroka. Grubsheet's own analysis … [Read more...] about # THE GCC REVIEW LEAVES PROFESSOR WADAN NARSEY UNDERWHELMED
# THE IMPORTANCE OF TALKING TO SHEEP (UPDATED SUN AM)
Just as Grubsheet has undergone a crisis of confidence about whether to keep trying to influence events in Fiji because they just go from bad to worse, words of encouragement have come from an unlikely source in the form of William, Prince of Wales. He says it is very important to talk to sheep and ask them how they feel. He doesn't precisely … [Read more...] about # THE IMPORTANCE OF TALKING TO SHEEP (UPDATED SUN AM)
# THE PERVERSE NEW ERA OF “MEDIA FREEDOM” (AND OTHER PERVERSITIES)
Who made the decision to bar the media from the swearing in ceremony at State House of the reappointed Minister for Education, Aseri Radrodro? And who requested it? Was it Radrodro himself? Radrodro's wife, Sainiana, concerned about journalists scrutinising the body language between her and her love rat? The Prime Minister wasn't present so it's … [Read more...] about # THE PERVERSE NEW ERA OF “MEDIA FREEDOM” (AND OTHER PERVERSITIES)