There's something decidedly pathetic when the so-called journalists on the main anti-government website in Fiji are duped into running counterfeit emails. Coup Four and a Half has tonight run the following alleged email exchange between Grubsheet and Sharon Smith Johns, the Permanent Secretary for Information in the Fiji Government. It didn't … [Read more...] about # COUP 4.5: GULLIBLE AND GORMLESS
# 77 REASONS THE “COBBERS” SHOULD GET A GRIP
The pampered diplomats of the foreign affairs establishments in Australia and New Zealand had seventy-seven reasons to choke on their cafe lattes at the weekend as the news came through of yet another diplomatic coup for Fiji. Well seventy-eight reasons, actually. Because Fiji had just been elected chair of the international grouping known as the … [Read more...] about # 77 REASONS THE “COBBERS” SHOULD GET A GRIP
# UN-FIJIAN ASSAULT ON ORDINARY FIJIANS
A high-level Fijian Government delegation heads for Washington this weekend to try to save the jobs of 15-thousand Fijian workers directly threatened by Fijian trade union action in the United States. Pardon me, you might say. Do I need to read that again? You can almost sense the collective intake of breath around the nation. At first, Grubsheet … [Read more...] about # UN-FIJIAN ASSAULT ON ORDINARY FIJIANS
# CHINA CASTIGATES OZ AND NZ “BULLIES”
China has taken Fiji’s side in its continuing standoff with Australia and NZ in dramatic fashion, startling the region’s diplomats with some very undiplomatic comments in Fiji’s defence. They didn’t come in an unnamed commentary in the Chinese media – where tough statements are usually code for what Beijing thinks – but from the mouth of the … [Read more...] about # CHINA CASTIGATES OZ AND NZ “BULLIES”
# EDGE OF THE ABYSS
The controversial Dr Marc Edge – Head of the School of Journalism at the University of the South Pacific – clings to his job by his fingernails after his recent disastrous “Media and Democracy” conference that led to official protests and open conflict with his fellow academics. Grubsheet understands that the USP has triggered formal internal … [Read more...] about # EDGE OF THE ABYSS
# THE LEAP THAT INSPIRED A NATION
Just when the nation is looking for heroes, for a unifying force that’s above the political fray, one emerges. Just when we need it most, someone shows us that disadvantage is no barrier to achieving success. Iliesa Delana isn’t exactly the hero from central casting. For a start, he has only one leg. But no-one who witnessed his arrival back in … [Read more...] about # THE LEAP THAT INSPIRED A NATION