The restoration of the Great Council of Chiefs is one of the Coalition's signature achievements yet also threatens to be hugely divisive, judging from some key elements of the long-awaited report into the GCC by a review panel headed by the former RFMF officer and Canberra academic, Dr Ratu Jone Baledrokadroka. The report finds that the … [Read more...] about # THE GCC REPORT: A BLUEPRINT FOR POTENTIAL DIVISION AND CONFLICT
# THE PERNICIOUS REGIONAL TRADE IN METHAMPHETAMINE
Australia's ABC Four Corners television program has broadcast a startling and illuminating expose of the methamphetamine trade that has particular resonance in Fiji as the country struggles with its own challenges with meth, especially in our schools. The issue is front page news in today's Fiji Times (see below) and rarely a day goes by … [Read more...] about # THE PERNICIOUS REGIONAL TRADE IN METHAMPHETAMINE
# THE RFMF COMMANDER WITH HIS HEAD IN THE CLOUDS
You really have to wonder about Major General Ro Jone Kalouniwai and his notion of leadership. He is charged under the 2013 Constitution - which the RFMF helped formulate - to ensure the "security, defence and well-being of Fiji and all Fijians". That means using his position to ensure that every Fijian - irrespective of ethnicity and religion - … [Read more...] about # THE RFMF COMMANDER WITH HIS HEAD IN THE CLOUDS
# BIMAN’S LOVE PAEAN TO ASERI. THANKS FOR SAVING MY JOB
So Biman Prasad wants us all to salute SODELPA for backing down on its threat to bring down the government if Aseri Radrodro isn't reinstated to the cabinet as education minister. He wants us all to salute the domestic violence abuser and love rat who is now SODELPA leader and praises Radrodro on the front page of today's Fiji Times. "I've … [Read more...] about # BIMAN’S LOVE PAEAN TO ASERI. THANKS FOR SAVING MY JOB
# “SAINIANA BREAKS HER SILENCE”. AND SAYS NOTHING
The Fiji Times just goes from bad to worse with a front page today that is misleading to the point of being a grotesque parody of journalism. The arresting headline screams "Sainiana breaks silence". And most readers would have been jolted at first sight into thinking "wow, Aseri Radrodro's wife is finally going to address her husband's humiliating … [Read more...] about # “SAINIANA BREAKS HER SILENCE”. AND SAYS NOTHING
# SODELPA’S GUTLESS, HUMILIATING BACKDOWN
Well, so much for that. So much for the pusi-cats of Naitasiri. Aseri Radrodro assumes the leadership of SODELPA but the first thing that he does, presumably with the blessing of his patron - the murderous Qaranivalu, Ratu Inoke Takiveikata - is to give in to the Prime Minister's insistence that Radrodro won't be restored to the education portfolio … [Read more...] about # SODELPA’S GUTLESS, HUMILIATING BACKDOWN