There are increasing signs of desperation among the anti-government forces in Fiji as the country moves closer to the introduction of a brand of democracy that they are desperately trying to prevent - a non-racial model of one person, one vote, one value. That sense of desperation has reached fever pitch with the publication of the new Draft … [Read more...] about # YET ANOTHER “TRAVERSTY” OF THE TRUTH
# FIJI AIRWAYS – A PICTORIAL ESSAY
# FIJI’S OTHER LOOK NORTH POLICY
The Fijian Government’s Look North policy in global affairs is well known – the change of axis forced on it by the uncompromising stance of its neighbours, Australia and New Zealand, in the wake of Voreqe Bainimarama’s 2006 takeover. What’s not widely appreciated is that the Government is also pursuing a Look North policy of a different kind – a … [Read more...] about # FIJI’S OTHER LOOK NORTH POLICY
# TACKLING A CULTURE OF VIOLENCE
Few people with access to the Internet can have failed to be shocked and distressed at the extraordinary video that emerged this week of two recaptured Fijian prison escapees being ill-treated by their captors. The clip that has appeared on local television is a sanitised version of the original, which at the time of writing has been viewed almost … [Read more...] about # TACKLING A CULTURE OF VIOLENCE
# CRAVING THE SOUNDS OF SILENCE
The aural island idyll of gentle breezes wafting through swaying palms and waves softly breaking onto pristine shores is taking a real battering in Fiji. You can’t go anywhere without being assailed by rock music played at the highest decibels and Grubsheet, for one, has had enough. We want paradise restored - to not only be able to smell the … [Read more...] about # CRAVING THE SOUNDS OF SILENCE
#TESTING TIMES
Scandalising the judicial system has come at a heavy price for the venerable Fiji Times, its former publisher, Brian O’Flaherty, and the current publisher and editor, Fred Wesley. Sentence was passed on the paper today after it was found guilty of contempt for republishing comments about Fiji’s judiciary made to the New Zealand media by Tai … [Read more...] about #TESTING TIMES