NOTE TO READERS: The following article has been altered to remove any reference to Martin Daubney KC being a visiting judge of the Fiji Court of Appeal. We have received the following information from lawyers acting for Martin Daubney: "Our client is not a Judge of the Fiji Court of Appeal and his appearance in the Fiji Courts website’s list of … [Read more...] about # “GROG SWIPE”- GATE. A BLATANT CONSPIRACY TO DECEIVE (AMENDED 2100 SATURDAY FIJI TIME)
# IS CHARLIE CHARTERS – “CITIZEN JOURNALIST” AND FASHION TRENDSETTER – ABOUT TO BECOME A FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE?
Suva is abuzz with speculation that Charlie Charters is about to "do a runner" - to be "off like a robber's dog", in the parlance of his English homeland - rather than return to Fiji later in the month to face trial for allegedly aiding and abetting a whistleblower at FICAC. Yes, bets are reportedly being taken on whether Charlie is going to … [Read more...] about # IS CHARLIE CHARTERS – “CITIZEN JOURNALIST” AND FASHION TRENDSETTER – ABOUT TO BECOME A FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE?
# FRANK BAINIMARAMA’S NEW PARTY, FIJIANSFIRST, APPLIES FOR REGISTRATION FOR THE COMING ELECTION (UPDATED TUES AM)
The proposed FijiansFirst Party has submitted its application for registration to the Elections Office - a vehicle for Frank Bainimarama to use his continuing popularity to re-enter the political fray and become a major player again in the lead-up to the coming election. Bainimarama can't be parliamentary leader of FijiansFirst - as he was for … [Read more...] about # FRANK BAINIMARAMA’S NEW PARTY, FIJIANSFIRST, APPLIES FOR REGISTRATION FOR THE COMING ELECTION (UPDATED TUES AM)
# THE CHIEFS DON’T WANT THE 2013 CONSTITUTION REVIEWED. THEY WANT IT ABOLISHED. AND THAT IS A THREAT TO THE MINORITIES AND ENLIGHTENED ITAUKEI
With the swearing in of a Constitutional Review Commission on Friday, the Fijian people are being hoodwinked into thinking that mere changes are being contemplated to the document that the Supreme Court has ruled remains the supreme law in Fiji. Not so. The secret agenda of nationalist elements of the Coalition government - backed by the Great … [Read more...] about # THE CHIEFS DON’T WANT THE 2013 CONSTITUTION REVIEWED. THEY WANT IT ABOLISHED. AND THAT IS A THREAT TO THE MINORITIES AND ENLIGHTENED ITAUKEI
# IN MEMORY OF MY FATHER, PK DAVIS. A KAIVALAGI FIJIAN AT HEART BORN 100 YEARS AGO TODAY
Many older Fijians will remember my late father, the Reverend Peter Davis, who led the Methodist Church in Fiji as its president at a time when more than 80 per cent of iTaukei were Methodists and before Christians splintered into a multitude of smaller churches and religious groups. It made him a national figure in the years leading up to … [Read more...] about # IN MEMORY OF MY FATHER, PK DAVIS. A KAIVALAGI FIJIAN AT HEART BORN 100 YEARS AGO TODAY
# WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST IS SET TO WORSEN FIJI’S ALREADY PARLOUS ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
To all intents and purposes, Fiji is already a beggar nation dependent on foreign aid and remittances from the diaspora, which are now the country's second biggest revenue earner after tourism. We have a shrinking population and a shrinking tax base. Yet having already lived beyond our means for years, the current government engaged in a orgy of … [Read more...] about # WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST IS SET TO WORSEN FIJI’S ALREADY PARLOUS ECONOMIC OUTLOOK