There has been lavish coverage in the Fiji Sun on the passing of its publisher and CEO, Peter Lomas, who died at the CWM Hospital in Suva last week after what the paper described as a short illness and whose funeral took place yesterday. Yet in true Fiji Sun style, its readers didn’t get the full story about Peter Lomas any more than they get the … [Read more...] about # VALE PETER LOMAS: A CHECKERED LEGACY
# THE MAIN SITE IS BACK
After a period exclusively on Facebook - where more than half a million Fijians have accounts - Grubsheet returns to our main website in the lead-up to the 2022 election, which is expected to be called early and means the country may be going to the polls as early as July. As well as the contemporary stories, we'll also be republishing the major … [Read more...] about # THE MAIN SITE IS BACK
# RABUKA’S TRUCK THROUGH SODELPA
And so it begins. The unravelling of SODELPA as its Deputy Leader, Filimoni Vosarogo, resigns to join Sitiveni Rabuka's People's Alliance. We had a hint of this on the weekend when Vosarogo was pictured in the Fiji Times with the star Alliance recruit, Ajay Amrit, above an article in which Amrit expressed glowing admiration for the prominent Suva … [Read more...] about # RABUKA’S TRUCK THROUGH SODELPA
# A NATIONAL EMBARRASSMENT
The Puppet with his iPad. Conclusive proof of the ineptness of the Prime Minister and his total dependence on the words fed to him by Qorvis and the AG. This interview with Sky News is an embarrassment for Frank Bainimarama and for every Fijian. Because we now know - if we didn't know already - why he has always been so dependent on Aiyaz … [Read more...] about # A NATIONAL EMBARRASSMENT
# A PUPPET HEAD OF STATE
There is something deeply cynical about a government that writes a speech for our Head of State that is mostly in the first person and is riddled with personal references and yet he had nothing whatsoever to do with. The President’s speech opening the parliament is written by Qorvis on the instructions of the AG and is approved by him. I know this … [Read more...] about # A PUPPET HEAD OF STATE
# A POISONED CHALICE
The snap decision by the Chair of the Electoral Commission, Suresh Chandra, to resign amid allegations of misuse of legal trust funds has presented the Minister Responsible for Elections, Aiyaz Sayed Khaiyum, with an almighty headache. The pool of people who can be appointed Chair is extremely shallow. And with the nation poised to dive into … [Read more...] about # A POISONED CHALICE