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 )
# MERRY CHRISTMAS. UNTO US A CHILD IS BORN AND THE SILLY SEASON IN FIJI IS IN FULL SWING.
For the second year in a row, Christmas Eve in Fiji and the days immediately before it have gone way beyond the usual preparations for feasting and worship to provide us all with some startling distractions. Last Christmas Eve, it was the President, Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu, confirming his relative by marriage, Salesi Temo, as Chief Justice … [Read more...] about # MERRY CHRISTMAS. UNTO US A CHILD IS BORN AND THE SILLY SEASON IN FIJI IS IN FULL SWING.
# CHRISTOPHER PRYDE GETS A PRE-CHRISTMAS WIN IN THE COURTS – A JUDICIAL REVIEW OF THE SUSPENSION OF HIS SALARY
The self-exiled substantive DPP, Christopher Pryde - who has had his salary unlawfully severed since August - has had an important win in the courts, with a High Court Judge, Justice Savenaca Banuve, granting him leave for a judicial review of the decision by the President on the advice of the corrupt Chief Justice, Salesi Temo, to terminate … [Read more...] about # CHRISTOPHER PRYDE GETS A PRE-CHRISTMAS WIN IN THE COURTS – A JUDICIAL REVIEW OF THE SUSPENSION OF HIS SALARY
# COMMONMAN WAGES AN EXTRAORDINARY CAMPAIGN ON BEHALF OF ORDINARY ITAUKEI FOR REFORM OF THE CHIEFLY SYSTEM IN FIJI
GD writes: I gave CommonMan - our grassroots columnist in the vanua - anonymity for a very good reason - so that without fear of retribution, he could speak plainly on behalf of common people about the power structures that govern iTaukei life. Whether they are working, whether they are benefiting the majority and not just the elite and how they … [Read more...] about # COMMONMAN WAGES AN EXTRAORDINARY CAMPAIGN ON BEHALF OF ORDINARY ITAUKEI FOR REFORM OF THE CHIEFLY SYSTEM IN FIJI
# THE RFMF COMMANDER THROWS DOWN THE GAUNTLET TO MANOA GADAI TO QUELL RESTIVENESS IN THE MILITARY OVER HIS RESPONSE TO THE DRUGS CRISIS
The Commander of the RFMF, Major General Ro Jone Kalouniwai, has confirmed a showdown with one of his most senior officers, Brigadier General Manoa Gadai, by announcing that he has reprimanded Gadai for calling for an increased role for the RFMF in combating the drug trade. It is a double-edged sword for Kalouniwai. He is clearly trying to … [Read more...] about # THE RFMF COMMANDER THROWS DOWN THE GAUNTLET TO MANOA GADAI TO QUELL RESTIVENESS IN THE MILITARY OVER HIS RESPONSE TO THE DRUGS CRISIS