God knows that Grubsheet gave Mohammed Saneem a hard time in the lead-up to the last election, dubbing him Dobby the House Elf - Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum's elf - after the character in Harry Potter. Even so, I feel sorry for him as he spends the weekend in the Totogo Police Station - held in custody until his court appearance on Monday on a charge of … [Read more...] about # DOBBY SPENDS THE WEEKEND IN THE SLAMMER (UPDATED MON PM)
# INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY FARCE
The day set aside by the United Nations to draw attention to the achievements and challenges of women ought to be one of celebration in Fiji and around the world. And yet this year, International Women's Day in Fiji is being marred by the sex and drug scandal that has enveloped the Coalition's Minister for Women and Children, Lynda Tabuya. The … [Read more...] about # INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY FARCE
# SHAMIMA ALI HAS LOST THE PLOT AND MUST GO
The Head of the Fiji Women's Crisis Centre surely ought to be acutely concerned about the conduct and integrity of the Coalition's Minister for Women and Children yet Shamima Ali seems more intent on protecting a fellow member of the sisterhood no matter how scandalous her behaviour. The spectacle of Shamima Ali leaping to the defence of Lynda … [Read more...] about # SHAMIMA ALI HAS LOST THE PLOT AND MUST GO
# WHEN LYNDA LOSES THE NATION’S WOMEN, SHE LOSES THE LOT
It's been noticeable for some time that the Minister for Bonking and Weed is rapidly losing the support of the nation's women as news spreads - despite the lack of mainstream media coverage in Fiji - of the sex and drug scandal that will inevitably cost her the women and children's portfolio in the cabinet. Lynda Tabuya's position is … [Read more...] about # WHEN LYNDA LOSES THE NATION’S WOMEN, SHE LOSES THE LOT
# FRED, THE SLEEPING MEDIA WATCHDOG, OPENS ONE EYE
It has taken Radio New Zealand to prompt Fiji's supposed newspaper of record since 1869 to finally start reporting the sex and drug scandal that has enveloped the Minister for Bonking and Weed. It is all so "unfair", the Fiji Times quotes the Great Temptress as saying. In essence, the argument runs thus. Dua: As a woman, I should be able to … [Read more...] about # FRED, THE SLEEPING MEDIA WATCHDOG, OPENS ONE EYE
# THE SUSPENDED DPP. THE PATIENCE OF JOB
So almost a year after he was suspended as DPP and famously left his office carrying the “Keep Calm and Carry On” sign that had become the office motto, Christopher Pryde finally gets the judicial tribunal the Constitution stipulates to hear the accusation against him of misbehaviour. It will have been extremely difficult for him to keep calm – … [Read more...] about # THE SUSPENDED DPP. THE PATIENCE OF JOB