There was an ugly element to yesterday's attempt by Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum to get permission to travel to Singapore for medical treatment - the conduct of the state prosecutor, Nancy Tikoisuva, one of the also-rans who have been elevated in the ODPP by the illegally appointed Acting DPP, John Rabuku. It is perfectly acceptable in any case for the … [Read more...] about # JUST LET HIM GO
# DON’T WORRY. THE AUSSIES WILL FIX IT
Everything that is wrong with modern-day Fiji is encapsulated in one story in today's Fiji Times - the nonchalance of our authorities about running a brand new naval patrol boat onto a reef in Lau because someone else is going to pay for it. Never mind the chronic blame game in national life in which it is always someone's else's fault. The … [Read more...] about # DON’T WORRY. THE AUSSIES WILL FIX IT
# CREDIBILITY AS PAUCE AS HIS PATE
It has taken more than three weeks for the NFP stalwart, Richard “I have the means” Naidu – wearing his hat as Chair of the government’s Fiscal Review Committee – to enter the contentious public debate about the justification of MPs awarding themselves massive salary and benefits increases. And to his credit, he does so by calling for the increases … [Read more...] about # CREDIBILITY AS PAUCE AS HIS PATE
# A PROUD MILITARY TRADITION SUNK
No Fijian with a pulse watching last night’s Trooping the Colour spectacle in London to celebrate the birthday of King Charles can fail to have been proud to see so many of our fellow citizens on parade – just some of the 1500 Fijians serving in the British armed forces. They included the impressive sight of a Fijian on horseback – Corporal … [Read more...] about # A PROUD MILITARY TRADITION SUNK
# IS THAT ALL THERE IS?
Fourteen months after he was suspended on full pay, the Fijian people are finally being told the precise details of the accusations of "misbehaviour" against the Director of Public Prosecutions, Christopher Pryde. However there is still no date set for the judicial tribunal hearing into the allegations against him which, if proven, could see him … [Read more...] about # IS THAT ALL THERE IS?
# THE MINISTER FOR BONKING AND WEED PLAYS THE GENDER CARD
As often happens, the Fiji Times has played catch-up with the Fiji Sun today in reporting Lynda Tabuya’s first formal public comment on her drug-fuelled sexcapade 10 months ago with fellow minister Aseri Radrodro in Room 233 of the Windsor Hotel in Melbourne. In the Fiji Times version of the story, … [Read more...] about # THE MINISTER FOR BONKING AND WEED PLAYS THE GENDER CARD