It's easy when you're a multi-millionaire who fled the United States owing creditors more than $F100-million to lecture the one third of Fijians who live in poverty about the importance of relying on family support. The Minister for Women, Children and Social Protection, Lynda Tabuya, is already rich beyond the imagination of ordinary people. … [Read more...] about # THE SCENTED, BESPECTACLED QUEEN OF TARTS COPS A DRUBBING (UPDATED)
# AFTER 12 DAYS, IT’S FINALLY BYE BYE JOHNNY!
The illegal Acting DPP, John Rabuku, has finally received a letter from the President dismissing him, bring an end to the farce of having been declared ineligible for the role by three Supreme Court judges the best part of two weeks ago but hunkering down and refusing to go. The Fiji Sun reports exclusively this morning that the President's … [Read more...] about # AFTER 12 DAYS, IT’S FINALLY BYE BYE JOHNNY!
# “NO RETURN TO THE DARK DAYS OF TYRANNY”. BUT WHAT ABOUT THE TYRANNY OF THE PRESENT?
The new Attorney General, Graham Leung, is proving to be embarrassingly impotent in his ability to remove the unlawfully-appointed Acting DPP, John Rabuku. Yet he is proving to be just as adept at spin as his predecessor during the FijiFirst years, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum. Graham Leung isn't an elected politician. He has been appointed from outside … [Read more...] about # “NO RETURN TO THE DARK DAYS OF TYRANNY”. BUT WHAT ABOUT THE TYRANNY OF THE PRESENT?
# IMRANA WEEPS FOR THE RULE OF LAW. WHAT ABOUT THE REST OF IT? (UPDATED)
The lawyer, women's rights advocate and Asian Development Bank staffer, Imrana Jalal, says she "weeps for the rule of law in Fiji" as the Acting DPP, John Rabuku, continues to defy calls for his resignation after three Supreme Court judges found that he is "ineligible" to hold the position because of professional misconduct. It is now nine days … [Read more...] about # IMRANA WEEPS FOR THE RULE OF LAW. WHAT ABOUT THE REST OF IT? (UPDATED)
# THE PM GETS THE NUMBERS TO JETTISON THE COALITION
Both daily newspapers in Fiji are reporting this morning that nine of the former FijiFirst MPs who are now independents after the party's implosion have decided to back the Prime Minister, Sitiveni Rabuka. They will evidently remain as independents as opposed to joining the People's Alliance but will support the PAP in the parliament. As … [Read more...] about # THE PM GETS THE NUMBERS TO JETTISON THE COALITION
# VALE VIJENDRA KUMAR. SELECTIVELY REMEMBERED
Grubsheet - like many old-timers in the media - has been saddened by the death of arguably Fiji's finest journalist, Vijendra Kumar, who was the first local to edit one of our newspapers and presided over the Fiji Times during some of the nation's most turbulent events. Saturday's edition of the paper rightly published a great deal about … [Read more...] about # VALE VIJENDRA KUMAR. SELECTIVELY REMEMBERED