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The New York Times and its sister paper, the International Herald Tribune, have carried the first in a series of stories on Fiji by Matt Siegel, their Sydney-based correspondent who gained unimpeded access to the country last month. There's no significant news break, which is mildly surprising considering Siegel had lengthy sessions with both the … [Read more...] about #103 NEW YORK TIMES ON FIJI

There seems to be no depths to which the depraved denizens of Coup 4.5  -the anti-government website – won’t plunge in their frustration at failing to derail Fiji’s march towards a fairer democracy. These so-called “journalists” are regular purveyors of racism and hate dressed up as respectable analysis (see our previous posting) but they’ve … [Read more...] about #102 BOMBERS AT COUP 4.5

“The guilty shall be convicted and the innocent shall be acquitted”, declared Fiji’s Director of Public Prosecutions, Christopher Pryde, in a recent address to the Fiji New Zealand Business Council. Stating the bleeding obvious – you’d imagine – except when doubts continue to be expressed about the independence and impartiality of the country’s … [Read more...] about # 101 WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION

Grubsheet marks its 100th posting in a most unfortunate way - the announcement that we are banning one of our readers for overt racism and inciting violence. Wilson Tamanikaira, whose real name is Ilisoni Tamanikaira, is an avowed indigenous supremacist from Fiji who happens to live in the Australian city of Toowoomba. He is educated and articulate … [Read more...] about #100 AN ANNIVERSARY OF SORTS

The sight of Fiji’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Peter Thomson, chairing the General Assembly is yet another reminder that although Fiji is a relatively small country, it punches way above its weight. This week, Peter has been Acting President of the General Assembly, conducting the everyday business of the UN from the famous … [Read more...] about #99 SMALL COUNTRY, BIG VOICE

Part of the reason the United States has been more sympathetic towards Fiji in recent times is due to the efforts of Eni Faleomavaega, the genial US Congressman from American Samoa. In stark contrast with the swaggering Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi – who leads the other Samoa to the west -  Congressman Faleomavaega has always grasped the importance … [Read more...] about #98 TWO SAMOAS: ENLIGHTENED VS BELLIGERENT