The Australian national broadcaster – ABC – belatedly follows the Times of London, The Australian, the New Zealand Herald and Radio New Zealand in reporting the sex and drugs scandal involving Lynda Tabuya and Aseri Radrodro that has enveloped the Coalition government and threatens both their political careers. It highlights the instruction to … [Read more...] about # EXCUSING THE INEXCUSABLE
# WHY SETTING STANDARDS OF PROPER CONDUCT IS SO IMPORTANT
This photo of Vanua Levu schoolkids Meri Ravono, Sisilia Mereadani, and Selaima Radinibeqa has captured the nation’s imagination and is being widely shared on social media, so much so that it also made the front page of today’s Fiji Sun. It reminds us that in many less developed parts of Fiji, ordinary people face a daily struggle to access … [Read more...] about # WHY SETTING STANDARDS OF PROPER CONDUCT IS SO IMPORTANT
# TWO LOVERS HEADING FOR THE BACK BENCH?
Having faced down SODELPA and sent Aseri Radrodro to the back bench, the Prime Minister has removed the principal obstacle that prevented him from carrying out his cabinet reshuffle last year. So after a brief period of letting the dust settle, can we now expect to finally see the reshuffle that Sitiveni Rabuka was forced to reverse in humiliating … [Read more...] about # TWO LOVERS HEADING FOR THE BACK BENCH?
# FIJI TORTURE ALLEGATIONS BIG NEWS IN AUSTRALIA
Another bombshell has put Fiji in the headlines in Australia for all the wrong reasons - torture allegations against RFMF Colonel Penioni (Ben) Naliva, who has just been appointed deputy commander of the Australian Army's 7th Brigade. The story below - the lead in Tuesday's Australian newspaper - will rock the defence and political … [Read more...] about # FIJI TORTURE ALLEGATIONS BIG NEWS IN AUSTRALIA
# ASERI RADRODRO’S SACKING. THE RUMBLES BEGIN
Anyone who thinks that the Prime Minister's decision to refuse to reinstate Aseri Radrodro and send him to the backbench is the end of internal Coalition division over the issue is kidding themselves. The chaos at the top of government is set to continue. Within hours of the Prime Minister announcing that despite a traditional apology to him … [Read more...] about # ASERI RADRODRO’S SACKING. THE RUMBLES BEGIN
# THE MONSTER FINALLY EXPOSED
Finally, the Prime Minister, Sitiveni Rabuka - in a very public act - personally exposes the sacked education minister, Aseri Radrodro, on CFL-Fiji Village as a man who almost killed his daughter in an act of domestic violence when they were married and "showed no remorse". It is extraordinary confirmation of the story that Grubsheet has run … [Read more...] about # THE MONSTER FINALLY EXPOSED