March 12 2022: REVEALED: THE SECRET DEAL FOR FIJI TO PAY FOR THE UNITED NATIONS TO BE IN FIJI. The leaked internal UN document that reveals the secret arrangement between the Fijian Government and the United Nations for Fiji to fund a dedicated headquarters in Suva for the 18 UN agencies operating in Fiji. As Grubsheet reported in our last … [Read more...] about # FLASHBACK: A FIJIFIRST PRE-ELECTION SCANDAL 2
# FLASHBACK: A FIJIFIRST PRE-ELECTION SCANDAL 1
March 11 2022: In the midst of an unprecedented economic downturn, the FijiFirst government has committed itself to funding the construction of a dedicated building in Suva to house the 18 United Nations agencies operating in Fiji. One UN House – on the corner of Augustus and High Streets in Toorak - will be constructed by the FNPF on land … [Read more...] about # FLASHBACK: A FIJIFIRST PRE-ELECTION SCANDAL 1
# FLASHBACK: EXPOSED-SCANDAL AT THE FIJI SUN
MARCH 1 2022: Conclusive proof in the accompanying table and graph that the Fiji Sun tampered with the latest Western Force opinion poll to bolster the poll’s findings on the popularity of the Prime Minister, Frank Bainimarama, and reduce the standing of the People’s Alliance Party leader, Sitiveni Rabuka. It is a betrayal of public trust that … [Read more...] about # FLASHBACK: EXPOSED-SCANDAL AT THE FIJI SUN
# VALE PETER LOMAS: A CHECKERED LEGACY
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