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Grubsheet continues to be amazed that the Fijian media is overlooking easily the most significant political story now that the campaign period for the coming election has commenced - that Frank Bainimarama is back in a fight to the death against Sitiveni Rabuka for the hearts and minds of the Fijian people and the future direction of the … [Read more...] about # BAINIMARAMA’S ONE NATION TO GO HEAD TO HEAD WITH RABUKA’S PEOPLE’S ALLIANCE TO DECIDE THE NATION’S FUTURE

There nothing like targeting the biggest fish in a global giant like Meta on charges of suppressing free speech to get a rapid result - and Alexandra Forwood is now back on Facebook after an outcry over her suspension driven by the lamentable Lynda Tabuya, the Coalition's Minister for Disinformation, Bonking and Weed. It is a humiliation for … [Read more...] about # LYNDA SLAIN BY THE DRAGON. META RELENTS. ALEX IS BACK (UPDATED)

The Rabuka government's professed commitment to free expression has been exposed as a sick joke of Orwellian proportions as it works with the Meta corporation - the owners of Facebook - to shut down the accounts of Fijians trying to hold it to account for its increasing dysfunction and corruption. Meta's owner, Mark Zukerberg, has an estimated … [Read more...] about # MARK ZUKERBERG’S META CONSPIRES WITH A CORRUPT COALITION TO SILENCE FREE EXPRESSION IN FIJI

The extent of the infiltration of the Fiji Police by drug kingpins has cast doubt in the minds of Australian Federal Police officers about whether the force can be trusted with information sharing, according to a new report by The Australian newspaper. The story - by the paper's New South Wales Editor, Stephen Rice - will fuel existing concerns … [Read more...] about # AUSTRALIA FEARS THE FIJI POLICE CANNOT BE TRUSTED IN THE REGIONAL FIGHT AGAINST THE DRUG TRADE

Simmering community resentment about the performance of the nation's MPs has spilled over into the Parliament itself with a extraordinary intervention by the Speaker of the House castigating the nation's representatives for their indolence and collective dereliction of duty. It is bound to fuel a nascent but growing belief that Fiji's problems … [Read more...] about # A COMPLETE FAILURE OF LEADERSHIP NOW POSES A DIRECT THREAT TO THE SECURITY AND WELL-BEING OF THE FIJIAN PEOPLE

The Defence Minister reveals his behind-the-scenes role in opposing the declaration of a state of emergency in Fiji in a candid interview with The Australian newspaper that points to tensions within the government over the extent of the RFMF's participation in the drug fight. In a lengthy article today by the paper's Asia Pacific correspondent, … [Read more...] about # PIO TIKODUADUA’S EFFORTS TO CONTAIN THE MILITARY REVEALED IN MAJOR AUSTRALIAN INVESTIGATION INTO THE DRUG TRADE