The thing about Sitiveni Rabuka and those around him is that they are not very bright and assume that everyone else is the same. There is frankly no other way to explain the astonishing contents of the speech the Prime Minister delivered yesterday to the Great Council of Chiefs. The Fiji Times headlines Sitiveni Rabuka as having told the chiefs … [Read more...] about # A PRIME MINISTER WHO THINKS FIJIANS ARE IDIOTS
# THE CHIEFS CHOOSE A MILITARY MAN TO LEAD THEM
Right out of left field, the GCC has appointed the former military officer, Ratu Viliame Seruvakula, to lead the re-instituted Great Council, bypassing the high chiefs of the confederacies who had also put their names forward. Ro Teimumu Kepa, the Roko Tui Dreketi, Ratu Epenisa Cakobau, the Vunivalu of Bau, and Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu, the Tui … [Read more...] about # THE CHIEFS CHOOSE A MILITARY MAN TO LEAD THEM
# THE COALITION’S MISGUIDED SENSE OF PRIORITIES
As the Great Council of Chiefs begins its two day meeting to elect a chair and begin the formal process of advising the government, Grubsheet is struck by the woeful lack of judgment of the Coalition in establishing its priorities. 14 months after it took office, it is still showing a chronic lack of ability to deliver tangible outcomes to improve … [Read more...] about # THE COALITION’S MISGUIDED SENSE OF PRIORITIES
# JOB VACANCY OF THE YEAR
OPERATIONS COORDINATOR OF THE FIJI MEDIA COUNCIL: This plum position was advertised in Tuesday's Fiji Times and there is already a Gadarene rush of some of Fiji's best and brightest to get their applications in. Here's the job description, or at least our version of it. The actual one is below it. But hey, we think we've got it just about … [Read more...] about # JOB VACANCY OF THE YEAR
# A METAPHOR FOR A NATION IN FLAMES? (UPDATED)
No-one with a sense of history and love of our capital can fail to be devastated by the fire that gutted one of our oldest landmarks this morning – the Defence Club in Gordon Street, Suva, that has existed for 109 years. Like many people, Grubsheet went into a state of shock when the first pictures emerged. Where were the firefighters, for God’s … [Read more...] about # A METAPHOR FOR A NATION IN FLAMES? (UPDATED)
# THE ACE MANIPULATOR SCORES AN OWN GOAL
Lynda Tabuya’s attempt to play victim and turn the spotlight from her “brutal” sex encounter with Aseri Radrodro into a call for more online safety has backfired in spectacular fashion, with her incriminating text messages reaching hundreds of thousands of new readers in New Zealand. Her interview with Radio New Zealand in which she tried to … [Read more...] about # THE ACE MANIPULATOR SCORES AN OWN GOAL