Two months after the Minister for Finance, Biman Prasad, talked up the economy with a rosy prediction of the state of the nation's prospects comes a warning from the Reserve Bank Governor, Ariff Ali, that challenging times lie ahead. Which is it, fellas? You can't maintain economic confidence with two separate narratives about the country's … [Read more...] about # OH OH. SOMETHING ISN’T RIGHT
LYNDA ANSWERS THE CALL OF THE TURTLES
The calling of the turtles has made the villagers of Namuana in Kadavu world famous so it's no surprise that Lynda Tabuya has answered the call by choosing Namuana as a bolthole to escape the national whispering campaign over her drug-fuelled sexual encounter with Aseri Radrodro. The Minister for Women, Children and Social Protection has taken … [Read more...] about LYNDA ANSWERS THE CALL OF THE TURTLES
# THE STRANGE SILENCE OVER BEN NALIVA
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