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So Fiji's Rugby Sevens team is going to have to be ready to "win ugly" at the Paris Olympics. What about winning fair and square? What about relying on skills and teamwork? What about setting an example to the world of sportsmanship, dignity and fair play? Do these guys intend to "play ugly" while wearing their religious beliefs in their … [Read more...] about # FIJI TO TURN UGLY AT THE OLYMPICS

The Joe Biden of Fiji states the bleeding obvious - that the prissy New Zealand Foreign Minister was crazy to side with Sitiveni Rabuka's government in blatantly violating Fijian law in its treatment of a New Zealand citizen. Winston Peters's petulant attack on Christopher Pryde for not complying with the letter-writing etiquette that Miss … [Read more...] about # FINALLY, SOMETHING WE CAN ALL AGREE ON

The Acting Chief Justice, Salesi Temo, has been guilty of repeated breaches of the Constitution - the latest when he unlawfully cut off the salary of the suspended DPP, Christopher Pryde, two weeks ago and left him unable to defend himself. Yet it is a sign of Fiji's steady progress down the Zimbabwe Road to banana republic status that Justice … [Read more...] about # THE STATE TOTTERS AS AN OUTLAW TAKES CHARGE

Any hope the Fijian government might have had to spare the New Zealand Foreign Minister embarrassment over his inaction in coming to the assistance of the suspended DPP, Christopher Pryde, has been dashed, with strong criticism of Winston Peters going Pacific-wide on Radio New Zealand. The NZ public broadcaster has picked up Grubsheet's weekend … [Read more...] about # CRITICISM OF WINSTON PETERS OVER THE DPP GOES PACIFIC WIDE

Devanesh Sharma is one of the big guns of the legal profession in Fiji - the "go to" lawyer for a host of big individuals and corporates because of his ability to cut through the detail of even the most complex cases and provide his clients with the maximum opportunity of winning. It's a sign of the respect he commands that he has been the "go … [Read more...] about # TOP GUN DEVANESH SHARMA SPEAKS UP FOR CHRISTOPHER PRYDE

The recent national uproar over the salary increases Fiji’s members of parliament gave themselves has overshadowed another significant sector pay rise – an unpublicised deal last month that removed the threat of strike action at the University of the South Pacific. The deal was done at the beginning of June (see below) but has had no coverage in … [Read more...] about # PAY DEAL AT USP ADDS TO INFLATIONARY PRESSURES AND THREATENS JOBS