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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

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?

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

Anyone who thinks that the Prime Minister's decision to refuse to reinstate Aseri Radrodro and send him to the backbench is the end of internal Coalition division over the issue is kidding themselves. The chaos at the top of government is set to continue. Within hours of the Prime Minister announcing that despite a traditional apology to him … [Read more...] about # ASERI RADRODRO’S SACKING. THE RUMBLES BEGIN

Finally, the Prime Minister, Sitiveni Rabuka - in a very public act - personally exposes the sacked education minister, Aseri Radrodro, on CFL-Fiji Village as a man who almost killed his daughter in an act of domestic violence when they were married and "showed no remorse". It is extraordinary confirmation of the story that Grubsheet has run … [Read more...] about # THE MONSTER FINALLY EXPOSED

The sudden passing of one of the giants of the Fijian tourism industry and owner of the world-famous Kokomo Resort on Kadavu. Lang Walker not only built a huge property empire in Australia but fell in love with Fiji and Kadavu and built the island's tourism jewel, which transformed the local economy. Many Fijians who worked for him or … [Read more...] about # VALE LANG WALKER