What is the appropriate size for Fiji’s new parliament? How many MPs can the country sustain? How many do we need to adequately represent us and provide the nucleus for an effective government? All these questions are currently being considered as the Government’s legal officers put the finishing touches to the new Draft Constitution that will be … [Read more...] about # GETTING OUR HOUSE IN ORDER
# CREATING A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE
Any political party that aspires to contest the 2014 election should have one imperative in mind above all others – the need to provide Fiji’s young people with jobs and viable, sustainable futures. There are disturbing signs – not least in the escalating suicide rate – that many young people have lost hope that they can ever “make it” in the way … [Read more...] about # CREATING A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE
# AT LAST, A DOLLOP OF SENSE
The mainstream Australian media has been woefully blind to the real situation in Fiji, dazzled, as it is, by the constant bleat of the Bainimarama Government's opponents. Pitifully few Australian journalists ever visit Fiji, even from media organisations such as the ABC which broadcasts its message of doom into Fijian homes on a 24/7 basis. All of … [Read more...] about # AT LAST, A DOLLOP OF SENSE
# GLOVES OFF OVER USP JOURNALISM
UPDATED FEBRUARY 4TH AS DAVID ROBIE BRANDS MARC EDGE A LIAR: Grubsheet is bored to distraction with the antics of Marc Edge, the academic poseur who was forced to resign as head of journalism at the University of the South Pacific after repeated complaints of misconduct. But we're returning to the vomit - the only apt description for Edge's … [Read more...] about # GLOVES OFF OVER USP JOURNALISM
# ILIESA DELANA’S NEW DREAM FOR FIJI
“Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country” President John F. Kennedy There’s something very special about Iliesa Delana. It’s not merely that he united the whole nation in celebration when he won the Pacific’s first Olympic Gold medal in London last year. It’s not just that ordinary Fijians come up to him … [Read more...] about # ILIESA DELANA’S NEW DREAM FOR FIJI
# VALENTINE’S DAY MASSACRE: WHAT NEXT?
On February 14th 1929, the notorious American gangster, Al Capone, sent four of his henchmen into a Chicago garage with guns blazing. Seven members of an opposing gang were murdered in what became known as the St Valentine’s Day Massacre. That same day in Fiji 84 years later – which is normally dedicated to a celebration of romance - may also spell … [Read more...] about # VALENTINE’S DAY MASSACRE: WHAT NEXT?