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Alexandra Forwood is the bane of Sitiveni Rabuka's existence - a one-woman whirlwind bombarding his government with a constant stream of emails demanding action or answers as it lurches from crisis to crisis and scandal to scandal. Alex marks all of these emails "without prejudice" as an apparent device to minimise the threat of defamation … [Read more...] about # A PHOTO YOU WON’T SEE ON THE GOVERNMENT’S FACEBOOK PAGE

GD writes: Who most has their finger on the pulse of grassroots opinion in Fiji? Certainly not commentators like Grubsheet or columnists in the mainstream media. It is someone sharing the everyday experiences of ordinary people who are sometimes living extraordinary lives. And Grubsheet has found that someone. He's a farmer working his teitei in … [Read more...] about # INTRODUCING OUR NEW COLUMNIST. COMMONMAN. AN ITAUKEI FARMER AND AUTHENTIC VOICE FROM THE VANUA

What do Biman Prasad and Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum have in common? A great deal of lasulasu-jhoot when they hold out the prospect of Fiji joining the first world if only voters are smart enough to keep them in office. You'll remember how we all laughed and laughed when Aiyaz said before the last election that Fiji could be "better than Australia and … [Read more...] about # WE KNOW ELECTION PANIC IS TAKING HOLD WHEN THE FINANCE MINISTER SAYS “VOTE FOR US AND WE CAN BE JUST LIKE OVERSEAS”. WE’VE SEEN IT ALL BEFORE

It simply beggars belief that as the Opposition calls for him to remove the corrupt Chief Justice, Salesi Temo, the Prime Minister is not only unmoved but inflicts Temo on the nation as Acting President for the Independence Day commemorations in Suva. Feast your eyes on the following photos, Fiji, and keep in your mind's eye the appalling … [Read more...] about # SITIVENI RABUKA’S BIG EFF YOU TO FIJI ON THE 55TH ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPENDENCE

So, Fiji. We now have an accused perjurer and obstructor of justice as the nation's head of state as the Chief Justice, Salesi Temo, takes over as Acting President during Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu's absence in the United States. It ought to be the cause of national shame. But such is the perverse nature of governance in Fiji almost three years … [Read more...] about # HAPPY FIJI DAY! IF YOU CAN BEAR TO CELEBRATE A NATION THAT IS BROKEN AND IN DECLINE (UPDATED)

The expatriate Fiji-born journalist and academic, Victor Lal, casts himself as "Editor-in-Chief of Fijileaks' when like Grubsheet, his is a one-man operation from his home on the outskirts of the famous British university city of Oxford. But he is still a powerhouse of information and specialises in material leaked to him by his many sources in … [Read more...] about # VICTOR LAL EMERGES FROM THE SWAMP ON THE SIDE OF THE CROCODILES