A 20 year-old registered Republic wearing a T shirt from a pro-gun Youtube channel sets out from home carrying an automatic rifle and tries, and very nearly succeeds, to assassinate Donald Trump. A press photographer carrying a camera sets out at the same time to cover Trump's rally without knowing that he or she is about to capture an image that … [Read more...] about # ONE SEARING IMAGE CAPABLE OF CHANGING THE COURSE OF HISTORY
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# CHRISTOPHER PRYDE “EXPRESSES GRATITUDE” TO THE PRIME MINISTER (UPDATED)
The suspended DPP tells the Sunday Times that he is grateful to the Prime Minister, Sitiveni Rabuka, for his public statement that his salary should be restored but is awaiting a response from the Judicial Services Commission, which unlawfully recommended to the President that Christopher Pryde's income be suspended in the first place. Let's … [Read more...] about # CHRISTOPHER PRYDE “EXPRESSES GRATITUDE” TO THE PRIME MINISTER (UPDATED)
# VALE ESALA, NA “RANADI KEI VITI”. YOU DESERVED BETTER IN A NATION THAT HAS LOST ITS WAY
A wave of rage and grief has swept through Fiji and the diaspora over the online bullying that triggered the suicide during the week of Esala Yalewamama, the social media influencer and LGBTQIA* activist known as Ranadi Kei Viti (Queen of Fiji). The blame for Esala’s death is being laid squarely at the feet of the social media platform, Chat … [Read more...] about # VALE ESALA, NA “RANADI KEI VITI”. YOU DESERVED BETTER IN A NATION THAT HAS LOST ITS WAY
# THE FIJI SUN MANIPULATES A STORY OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE. WHY?
There are 143 pages in today's Fiji Sun but on none of them does the paper report the Prime Minister saying that the Judicial Services Commission was wrong to unlawfully cut off the salary of the suspended DPP, Christopher Pryde, after he formally complained about the prejudicial effect this would have on defending himself in the case … [Read more...] about # THE FIJI SUN MANIPULATES A STORY OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE. WHY?
# “THE DPP SHOUD CONTINUE TO BE PAID”. THE PM BOWS TO THE INEVITABLE
The Chair of the Judicial Services Commission, the Acting Chief Justice, Salesi Temo, has been humiliated in spectacular fashion by public comments by the Prime Minister, Sitiveni Rabuka, that the JSC was wrong to cut off the salary of the suspended DPP, Christopher Pryde, before a Tribunal hearing is held into the allegations of misbehaviour … [Read more...] about # “THE DPP SHOUD CONTINUE TO BE PAID”. THE PM BOWS TO THE INEVITABLE
# RACE AGAIN DETERMINES THE APPOINTMENT OF A NEW ACTING DPP (UPDATED)
The choice of Nancy Tikoisuva to replace the disgraced John Rabuku as Acting DPP has once again been made on the basis of ethnicity, with the best candidate in the ODPP - long-time Assistant DPP Lee Burney - being passed over because he is white. It doesn't take a genius to come to the conclusion that once again, the Judicial Services Commission … [Read more...] about # RACE AGAIN DETERMINES THE APPOINTMENT OF A NEW ACTING DPP (UPDATED)