The public outcry over the proposed salary and allowance increases for the nation’s MPs is intense - uniting a coalition of the National Federation Party, the Labour Party, the Unity Party, the Fiji Council of Social Services and Dialogue Fiji in a chorus of angry condemnation. Yet in terms of the country’s economic stability, there’s one voice … [Read more...] about # “WHAT ABOUT ME?” THE NATION’S MPs TRIGGER A GADARENE* RUSH
# THE QUEEN OF TARTS AND OTHER MPs WITH THEIR SNOUTS IN THE TROUGH
Read the accompanying articles, Fiji, and weep that our elected representatives are so hell-bent on destroying our economic future - the Minister for Bonking and Weed, Lynda Tabuya, her "brutal" sex toy boy and resident Minister for Bashing and Torture, Aseri Radrodro, plus the other members of the "Special Committee on Emoluments" dishing out more … [Read more...] about # THE QUEEN OF TARTS AND OTHER MPs WITH THEIR SNOUTS IN THE TROUGH
# A SIGN OF UTTER DESPERATION
It has now been more than 13 months since Siromi Turaga and the man he and Sitiveni Rabuka handpicked to be Acting Chief Justice, Salesi Temo, suspended the DPP, Christopher Pryde, for alleged misbehaviour. And still they have failed to fulfil their constitutional duty to hold a judicial tribunal hearing into the allegation that Christopher Pryde … [Read more...] about # A SIGN OF UTTER DESPERATION
# NO LONGER PACIFIC
Disturbingly similar. The skies above Nouméa. And the skies above Gaza. There goes the neighbourhood. A photo essay in the Guardian Australia of the unfolding tragedy in New Caledonia. Just 1300 kilometres from Fiji. … [Read more...] about # NO LONGER PACIFIC
# PAL AHLUWALIA SAID “NO” TO A 30 PER CENT PAY RISE AT USP. THEN THE WHITE-ANTING BEGAN
Universities the world over are hotbeds of competing egos, rivalries and jostling for positions. Academics by nature are smart, strategic and have a high opinion of themselves. And the vice chancellors who manage them are like trapeze artists on a high wire, constantly performing a delicate balancing act. They need to keep their staff happy as well … [Read more...] about # PAL AHLUWALIA SAID “NO” TO A 30 PER CENT PAY RISE AT USP. THEN THE WHITE-ANTING BEGAN
# EXPOSED: THE SECRET PLOT TO REMOVE PAL AHLUWALIA FROM USP
An extraordinary conspiracy to oust the Vice Chancellor of the University of the South Pacific, Professor Pal Ahluwalia, has emerged in a confidential unsigned email circulating at the highest levels in Fiji and the region that has been leaked to Grubsheet. The author is someone using a pseudonym - "Hope Full" - at a "hopeful4change" gmail … [Read more...] about # EXPOSED: THE SECRET PLOT TO REMOVE PAL AHLUWALIA FROM USP