One of the great things about Grubsheet having been kicked off Facebook courtesy of Lynda Tabuya and reactivating our website has been the torrent of thoughtful comments from our readers about the state of the nation. And it is pretty grim all round, with a deep sense of disillusionment being expressed by many people about a lack of national … [Read more...] about # MISSING IN ACTION
# LYNDA’S DÉCOLLETAGE GETS GRUBSHEET INTO TROUBLE (AGAIN)
As the People’s Alliance disciplinary inquiry decides what to do about Lynda Tabuya’s alleged drug-fuelled sex romp with Aseri Radrodro, the Minister for Women, Children and Social Protection has evidently filed a second complaint with Australia’s eSafety Commission about an image Grubsheet has continued to publish showing her ample cleavage – the … [Read more...] about # LYNDA’S DÉCOLLETAGE GETS GRUBSHEET INTO TROUBLE (AGAIN)
# MODERN DAY “COOLIES”
This front page picture in today's Fiji Times is a powerful symbol of how the racists in the "new order" regard the minorities in Fiji - subservient and good only to serve the interests of the iTaukei majority. Having sacked the Assistant DPP, Elizabeth Rice, for being "white" and got rid of a long-standing Indo-Fijian administrative assistant … [Read more...] about # MODERN DAY “COOLIES”
# STATING THE OBVIOUS WHILE IGNORING THE OBVIOUS
Who needs a PR advisor when you've got the Fiji Times? It has taken the paper 155 years to develop the editorial skills to bring the Fijian people today's pearl of a headline quoting the Great Temptress: "Use of children to peddle drugs is illegal, says Tabuya". Oh really? You mean that it is against the law to use kids to sell drugs? Well, I … [Read more...] about # STATING THE OBVIOUS WHILE IGNORING THE OBVIOUS
# BEN NALIVA “ENTITLED TO THE PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE”
It looks very much as if the allegations of human rights abuses against Colonel Ben Naliva - the RFMF officer appointed Deputy Commander of the Australian Army's 7th Brigade - are going to have to be tested at a formal inquiry, judging from comments to an Australian parliamentary hearing by the Chief of the Australian Defence Force. General … [Read more...] about # BEN NALIVA “ENTITLED TO THE PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE”
# BEN NALIVA’S ADF APPOINTMENT UNRAVELS
Under the blowtorch of Senate hearings in Canberra, the head of the Australian Defence Force takes the blame for the appointment of RFMF Colonel Ben Naliva as Deputy Commander of the 7th Brigade and concedes that the ADF failed to check whether there were human rights abuse allegations against him. General Angus Campbell says Colonel Naliva … [Read more...] about # BEN NALIVA’S ADF APPOINTMENT UNRAVELS