Many people who grew up in the 1960s in Fiji will be saddened to learn of the death at 88 of Hugh Leonard, the former FBC disc jockey and later general manager of the national broadcaster. Does anyone else remember the Ipana Hit Parade, the weekly program sponsored by the toothpaste company of the same name, of the top ten hits of the … [Read more...] about # BYE THERE, HUGH THERE. YOU WERE THE EPITOME OF COOL IN THE AGE OF INNOCENCE. BEFORE THE COCAINE AND CORRUPTION
# AN APPEAL TO THE NATION’S MPS. UPHOLD THE TRUST OF THOSE WHO PUT YOU THERE
No-one put Pio Tikoduadua and Sashi Kiran in the parliament in 2022 to defy the wishes of the NFP and vote with the People's Alliance to deliver a new Constitution by Christmas and delay the coming election. Similarly, no-one voted for the former FijiFirst MPs in the parliament to do the same - men such as Ioane Naivalurua, Viliame Naupoto, … [Read more...] about # AN APPEAL TO THE NATION’S MPS. UPHOLD THE TRUST OF THOSE WHO PUT YOU THERE
# PIO TIKODUADUA AND AND SASHI KIRAN RUMOURED TO BE DEFECTING FROM THE NFP TO THE PEOPLE’S ALLIANCE
Why were two of the four remaining NFP MPs - Defence Minister Pio Tikoduadua and Minister for Women, Children and Social Protection Sashi Kiran - so glaringly absent from the party's annual convention on Saturday? Rumours sweeping political circles say both of them are about to leave the NFP and join the People's Alliance. Which if true, tells … [Read more...] about # PIO TIKODUADUA AND AND SASHI KIRAN RUMOURED TO BE DEFECTING FROM THE NFP TO THE PEOPLE’S ALLIANCE
# FRANK STARTS CAMPAIGNING FOR ONE NATION. BUT WHO IS THE PARTY’S LEADER? (UPDATED)
Frank Bainimarama has finally broken cover to confirm what Grubsheet first reported six months ago - that he is the force behind the newly-formed One Nation party, along with his trusty lieutenant, Aiyaz Sayed Khaiyum. Bainimarama - who won far more votes than anyone else at the 2022 election - can't contest the coming poll because of the prison … [Read more...] about # FRANK STARTS CAMPAIGNING FOR ONE NATION. BUT WHO IS THE PARTY’S LEADER? (UPDATED)
# LOOK WHO’S COMING BACK. RAJENDRA CHAUDHRY POISED TO RETURN TO FIJI TO ASSIST HIS FATHER’S ELECTION CAMPAIGN
A partial victory in the Court of Appeal that has set aside the penalties against him for contempt of court has paved the way for Rajendra Chaudhry - the exiled lawyer and son of the former prime minister, Mahendra Chaudhry - to return to Fiji without being arrested on arrival. It is a major boost for the Labour Party's campaign for the coming … [Read more...] about # LOOK WHO’S COMING BACK. RAJENDRA CHAUDHRY POISED TO RETURN TO FIJI TO ASSIST HIS FATHER’S ELECTION CAMPAIGN
# WHAT GAME IS RABUKA PLAYING? AND WHAT CHANGES ARE BEING MADE TO THE CRC DRAFT CONSTITUTION BY THE CABINET SUBCOMMITTEE WORKING TO HIS DIRECTION?
They don't call Sitiveni Rabuka "The Snake" for nothing. Apart from arguably being the most Machiavellian* politician in Fijian history, the Prime Minister slithers around in his public positions so much that it is sometimes impossible to discern what he stands for from one moment to the next. This reptilian dexterity means that he often runs … [Read more...] about # WHAT GAME IS RABUKA PLAYING? AND WHAT CHANGES ARE BEING MADE TO THE CRC DRAFT CONSTITUTION BY THE CABINET SUBCOMMITTEE WORKING TO HIS DIRECTION?