Clearly an allegation against a senior Fijian military officer of trying to sodomise someone with a rifle barrel isn’t enough in these challenging times to raise the ire of politicians and the media. Have we all become so inured to outrage that we are now incapable of being shocked by anything? Because how else to explain the almost total silence … [Read more...] about # THE STRANGE SILENCE OVER BEN NALIVA
# ER, LANGLEY, MY COVER IS BLOWN
Only in Fiji, eh? The Deputy Director of the CIA gets his picture on the front page of the Fiji Times. The look on his face says it all. Damn it. Now every two bit terrorist gets to see my dial. Guess at least I better straighten my tie. Hi Mom! The spy who came in from the cold of Langley, Virginia, right into the heat of total exposure in … [Read more...] about # ER, LANGLEY, MY COVER IS BLOWN
# EXCUSING THE INEXCUSABLE
The Australian national broadcaster – ABC – belatedly follows the Times of London, The Australian, the New Zealand Herald and Radio New Zealand in reporting the sex and drugs scandal involving Lynda Tabuya and Aseri Radrodro that has enveloped the Coalition government and threatens both their political careers. It highlights the instruction to … [Read more...] about # EXCUSING THE INEXCUSABLE
# WHY SETTING STANDARDS OF PROPER CONDUCT IS SO IMPORTANT
This photo of Vanua Levu schoolkids Meri Ravono, Sisilia Mereadani, and Selaima Radinibeqa has captured the nation’s imagination and is being widely shared on social media, so much so that it also made the front page of today’s Fiji Sun. It reminds us that in many less developed parts of Fiji, ordinary people face a daily struggle to access … [Read more...] about # WHY SETTING STANDARDS OF PROPER CONDUCT IS SO IMPORTANT
# TWO LOVERS HEADING FOR THE BACK BENCH?
Having faced down SODELPA and sent Aseri Radrodro to the back bench, the Prime Minister has removed the principal obstacle that prevented him from carrying out his cabinet reshuffle last year. So after a brief period of letting the dust settle, can we now expect to finally see the reshuffle that Sitiveni Rabuka was forced to reverse in humiliating … [Read more...] about # TWO LOVERS HEADING FOR THE BACK BENCH?
# FIJI TORTURE ALLEGATIONS BIG NEWS IN AUSTRALIA
Another bombshell has put Fiji in the headlines in Australia for all the wrong reasons - torture allegations against RFMF Colonel Penioni (Ben) Naliva, who has just been appointed deputy commander of the Australian Army's 7th Brigade. The story below - the lead in Tuesday's Australian newspaper - will rock the defence and political … [Read more...] about # FIJI TORTURE ALLEGATIONS BIG NEWS IN AUSTRALIA