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...but we can be sure that the corrupt ODPP will appeal the sentence after the "sacked by Christopher Pryde but reinstated by Nancy Tikoisuva" Assistant DPP, Laisani Tabuakoro, broke with convention and demanded a custodial sentence at the end of the former prime minister's trial. ------------------------ Watch as the … [Read more...] about # BREAKING NEWS…FRANK BAINIMARAMA SPARED ANOTHER JAIL TERM…

The Ashton-Lewis Supreme Court Commission of Inquiry has claimed its first scalp with the announcement by the Prime Minister that the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade, Manoa Kamikamica, has relinquished his positions after being charged by FICAC with corruption-related offences. Faced with a choice of standing aside voluntarily or … [Read more...] about # MANOA KAMIKAMICA STEPS DOWN AS DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AS THE COI BEGINS TO BITE (FURTHER UPDATE WEDNESDAY AM)

The effective end of Manoa Kamikamica's campaign to replace Sitiveni Rabuka as Prime Minister - if not his political career - is the dominant political narrative now that Kamikamica has been charged by FICAC and will be subjected to a lengthy criminal trial extending into election year. Will Kamikamica stand aside as Deputy Prime Minister and … [Read more...] about # SIROMI TURAGA. UNDEMOCRATIC, MENDACIOUS AND JUST PLAIN DUMB. (UPDATED )

There has yet to be a formal announcement but the court record shows that the Deputy Prime Minister, Manoa Kamikamica, has been charged with corruption-related offences and will appear in court on Wednesday. While it has been an open secret in some quarters and Grubsheet has alluded to it in several articles, the news is still breaking like a … [Read more...] about # MANOA KAMIKAMICA CHARGED BY FICAC (UPDATED MONDAY PM)

The Coalition government continues to play down the significance of the fact that an estimated 114,000 Fijians have left the country since 2018 and has certainly done nothing to provide them with an incentive to stay, such as assuring the minorities that they are valued members of the community, with equal rights that will be respected. The … [Read more...] about # IF YOU DON’T READ ANYTHING ELSE THIS WEEK, AT LEAST READ THIS. THE REAL IMPACT OF THE MASS EXODUS FROM FIJI

GD writes: This week, our new columnist, CommonMan, explains the iTaukei concept of vulagi, which he says has been widely misunderstood and deliberately politicised to create ethnic division in Fiji. He says vulagi actually means "honoured guest" more than foreigner or visitor. But he goes on to raise a question many non-iTaukei are also … [Read more...] about # COMMONMAN WADES INTO THE VULAGI DEBATE WITH A PLEA FOR LESS DIVISIVE POINT-SCORING AND MORE UNDERSTANDING