The CEO of Fiji Airways, Andre Viljoen, has a reputation in the aviation industry for not only being competent but tough as nails. As a former President and CEO of South African Airways and CEO of Air Mauritius, even the most challenging times in Fiji pale into insignificance compared with Viljoen’s experiences in the wilds of southern Africa and … [Read more...] about # MAYDAY AT FIJI AIRWAYS
# AS I WAS SAYING…
Six years, 72 months, more than two thousand days. It’s been a long silence but Grubsheet is back. After six years, I am rejoining the national debate in Fiji by relaunching the blog I began writing almost 12 years ago. This first article since the hiatus is unashamedly personal and some may regard it as self-indulgent. It is unquestionably direct … [Read more...] about # AS I WAS SAYING…
# COMING SOON
Small islands under existential threat. Grubsheet returns from a six year hiatus with new information and insights as Fiji and the rest of the region reels from the unprecedented challenges of Covid-19, economic disintegration, poor governance, big power plays and threats to our climate and oceans. We’ll be fighting the secrecy, spin and fear of … [Read more...] about # COMING SOON
# THE NEW DEMOCRACY BEGINS
Well, he's done it. Voreqe Bainimarama has seized his place in history by blitzing his opponents and scoring a decisive win in the first genuinely democratic election in Fiji since Independence 44 years ago. By any standard, it is a remarkable achievement. Because this is no run-of-the-mill election win of the kind the world routinely witnesses, a … [Read more...] about # THE NEW DEMOCRACY BEGINS
# A MELANESIAN MINEFIELD
Foreign Ministers of the Melanesian Spearhead Group are set to tip-toe through a diplomatic minefield with news that a MSG delegation - led by Fiji's Ratu Inoke Kubuabola - will make its long-awaited visit to the Indonesian province of West Papua this week. The mission is fraught with potential difficulty and will require all the diplomatic skills … [Read more...] about # A MELANESIAN MINEFIELD
# SPLUTTERINGS FROM THE EDGE
The bellowing Canadian Moose, Dr Marc Edge, has spluttered back into life after a period of self-imposed hibernation with yet another of his perennial attacks on Grubsheet and our fellow blogger, Professor Crosbie Walsh. The former Head of Journalism at USP - who was sacked for misconduct - claims that Croz and I have gone quiet because we have … [Read more...] about # SPLUTTERINGS FROM THE EDGE