After defying his own party and refusing to sack the Minister for Women, Children and Social Protection, Lynda Tabuya, for her sexual misconduct and drug-taking, the spotlight is now falling on the sexual misconduct of the Prime Minister, Sitiveni Rabuka, over the years. And it threatens to dog him all the way to the next election or his retirement … [Read more...] about # THE ROOT RAT AT THE TOP
# GOLDEN ERA OF THE GOLDEN DRAGON
The best news of the week is buried on page 62 of Saturday’s Fiji Times, where music legend Ken Janson announces an exciting reunion at the GPH on May 17 to celebrate the 60th anniversary of his Golden Dragon nightclub. The Diamond Jubilee celebration will bring together performers from around the world who once played at the “Dragon” – with Ken … [Read more...] about # GOLDEN ERA OF THE GOLDEN DRAGON
# BRAIN DEAD MAN IDENTIFIED
Can anyone tell the rest of us why the hell the Fiji Times would think this is the most important story in the world today by putting it on its front page? Sitiveni Rabuka seems to be really losing it, among other things prevaricating for nearly two weeks over what to do about Lynda Tabuya's sex and drug scandal and then deciding to defy the … [Read more...] about # BRAIN DEAD MAN IDENTIFIED
# LOCAL YOKELS OF THE LAW
The Attorney General, Siromi Turaga, has revealed the astonishing extent to which local lawyers – make that iTaukei lawyers – are being fast-tracked into positions in the judiciary as part of the Coalition government’s localisation program in the criminal justice system. He’s told parliament that “ a record 22 judicial officers have been … [Read more...] about # LOCAL YOKELS OF THE LAW
# PERPLEXING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
If you believe in the rule of law, justice must not only be done but seen to be done. And it is a national tragedy that confidence in the criminal justice system – including the independence of the judiciary – has been so dramatically eroded in Fiji. In relation to the reversal of the acquittals of Frank Bainimarama and Sitiveni Qiliho, … [Read more...] about # PERPLEXING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
# TABUYA-GATE ON NEW ZEALAND RADIO
Cameron Slater is a Fiji-born journalist and political commentator with a big audience in New Zealand through his website - the BFD - and his radio program on Reality Check Radio. He's already written a widely-read article on the sex and drug scandal that has enveloped Lynda Tabuya and the Coalition government. But now, Cam Slater and Grubsheet … [Read more...] about # TABUYA-GATE ON NEW ZEALAND RADIO