The controversy at the University of the South Pacific over Dr Marc Edge was meant to dissipate when he was stood down as the Head of Journalism and the role was assumed by his immediate superior, the oleaginous Professor Sudesh Mishra. But Professor Mishra has made a mistake that is fatal for any academic of standing - misrepresenting the true … [Read more...] about # MISHRA’S MISHMASH
# OVER THE EDGE
What the cognoscenti in Suva have known for several days was finally revealed in a statement today from the University of the South Pacific - that the head of the USP's School of Journalism, Dr Marc Edge, has been unceremoniously dumped. Dr Edge has been the subject of at least one formal inquiry at USP - with evidently more to come - after … [Read more...] about # OVER THE EDGE
# SUVA, CITY OF DREAMS
A quiet weekend in Suva has got Grubsheet thinking about the state of Fiji’s capital and the city where I was born at ten minutes to midnight far too many moons ago. The reflection stems in part from a couple of days in the company of a childhood friend who I grew up with in Fiji and who now lives in Papua New Guinea. We both recall a splendid city … [Read more...] about # SUVA, CITY OF DREAMS
# VALE A PIONEERING FIJIAN FEMINIST
Many women activists in Fiji will remember Ruth Lechte, one of the founders of the local YWCA and a forthright campaigner on behalf of women's rights and other political causes. She was a formidable personality who also turned her offices on the first floor of the old Suva Town Hall into a campaign headquarters to fight the French nuclear tests in … [Read more...] about # VALE A PIONEERING FIJIAN FEMINIST
# THE SDL FINALLY COMES CLEAN
After all the prevarication, denials and, yes, blatant attempts to deceive, the former governing party, the SDL, finally acknowledged this week what everyone already suspected – that one of its key platforms is the declaration of a Christian state. These people continually treat their fellow Fijians as idiots with the shortest of memories. But who … [Read more...] about # THE SDL FINALLY COMES CLEAN
# SALUTE TO A JOURNALISTIC PIONEER
( VIDEO LINK NOW AVAILABLE) -Few people have done more to advance the cause of Pacific journalism than David Robie. And last night, David added to a long list of accomplishments by giving his inaugural address as the first Professor of Journalism to be appointed in New Zealand and the Pacific. The head of the Pacific Media Centre at the Auckland … [Read more...] about # SALUTE TO A JOURNALISTIC PIONEER