After 14 years as a permanent secretary across two governments, Shaheen Ali has been removed and been replaced by an iTaukei as the government steps up its purge of the minorities from the civil service and offices of state. There is no question about Ali's competence. Indeed I know from personal experience that he was one of the stars of the … [Read more...] about # THE WORKPLACE ETHNIC CLEANSING UNDER THE COALITION CONTINUES APACE
# DOES “MANAGING” THE DRUGS CRISIS JUSTIFY THE POLICE COMMISSIONER MEETING AN ALLEGED “MR BIG” OF THE DRUG TRADE?
The Police Commissioner, Rusiate Tudravu, has some serious explaining to do over the revelation that he has had meetings with Zhao Fugang, the self-confessed Chinese Communist Party agent and owner of Suva's Yue Lai Restaurant, who has been identified by intelligence agencies as an alleged key figure in the regional drug trade. Tudravu has … [Read more...] about # DOES “MANAGING” THE DRUGS CRISIS JUSTIFY THE POLICE COMMISSIONER MEETING AN ALLEGED “MR BIG” OF THE DRUG TRADE?
# A MAJOR SCANDAL BREWS AS THE ODPP REFUSES TO ACTION POLICE INVESTIGATIONS ARISING FROM THE COI (UPDATED MON AM)
Why is the Acting DPP, Nancy Tikoisuva, sitting on 12 files containing recommendations from the police about who should be charged and tried arising from the revelations unmasked by the Ashton-Lewis Commission of Inquiry into the Malimali affair? It is inconceivable that none of the dozen police "dockets" meets the traditional standard of a … [Read more...] about # A MAJOR SCANDAL BREWS AS THE ODPP REFUSES TO ACTION POLICE INVESTIGATIONS ARISING FROM THE COI (UPDATED MON AM)
# GRUBSHEET RETURNS TO ANNOUNCE OUR CHOICE FOR 2025’s FIJIAN OF THE YEAR
At a time when the nation is wallowing in crisis - wracked by chaotic and dysfunctional governance, a drug threat that threatens the integrity of the state and a widespread breakdown in basic standards of conduct and morality - we have chosen someone we described last August as "Fiji's forgotten woman" as worthy of being Fijian of the Year for 2025 … [Read more...] about # GRUBSHEET RETURNS TO ANNOUNCE OUR CHOICE FOR 2025’s FIJIAN OF THE YEAR
# COMING SOON…OUR FIJIAN OF THE YEAR FOR 2025
Who has best displayed character, integrity, honour and commitment to the truth in our national life over the past 12 months when these qualities have never been more desperately needed in Fiji? Grubsheet will soon be announcing our own choice of Fijian of the Year for 2025. But in the meantime, we're inviting you to put forward your choice in … [Read more...] about # COMING SOON…OUR FIJIAN OF THE YEAR FOR 2025
# HAPPY NEW YEAR, DEAR READERS! ON HOLIDAYS WITH MY ESTEEMED MARAMA. BACK SOON (UPDATED JAN 5 )
UPDATE JANUARY 5: Someone has interrupted my holiday with news that the lamentable Yorkshireman, Charlie Charters, has launched yet another attack on me on Facebook, which he knows I cannot respond to because I am banned from the social media platform where I once had 30,000 "followers" on a formal complaint by the Coalition skank, Lynda Tabuya. … [Read more...] about # HAPPY NEW YEAR, DEAR READERS! ON HOLIDAYS WITH MY ESTEEMED MARAMA. BACK SOON (UPDATED JAN 5 )