If the iTaukei are poor, it's their own fault. So says the Minister for iTaukei Affairs, Ifereimi Vasu - the man who has made himself rich by going into business with the convicted Chinese drug and people trafficker, Jason Zhong. Vasu - who met Zhong when the Chinese gangster and accused Triad member was in jail and he was corrective services … [Read more...] about # THE MINISTER FOR ITAUKEI AFFAIRS BLAMES THE ITAUKEI FOR THEIR OWN POVERTY
# WELL, WELL, WELL. THINGS COULD BE ABOUT TO GET VERY INTERESTING. UNLESS “PONTIUS” RABUKA WASHES HIS HANDS AGAIN
Can it really be true that the Prime Minister genuinely wants to release the Ashton-Lewis Commission of Inquiry Report into the appointment of Barbara Malimali as FICAC Commissioner? With all that would mean for the reputations of Malimali herself and a slew of government ministers and prominent lawyers? That's the "face value" takeaway of … [Read more...] about # WELL, WELL, WELL. THINGS COULD BE ABOUT TO GET VERY INTERESTING. UNLESS “PONTIUS” RABUKA WASHES HIS HANDS AGAIN
# SO NOW WE KNOW HOW THEY ARE GOING TO CHANGE THE CONSTITUTION. BUT THEY STILL WON’T SAY TO WHAT
It takes the Prime Minister's pet Fiji Times journalist and former media advisor, Cheerieann Wilson, to extract the disclosure that "legal experts are working with State lawyers to finalise the questions that will be presented to the Supreme Court" asking if the Coalition can ignore the 75/75 requirement to change the 2013 Constitution. Why we … [Read more...] about # SO NOW WE KNOW HOW THEY ARE GOING TO CHANGE THE CONSTITUTION. BUT THEY STILL WON’T SAY TO WHAT
# WITHHOLDING THE ASHTON-LEWIS REPORT IS NOT AN OPTION. IT MUST BE RELEASED (UPDATED TUES AM)
The report of the Commission of Inquiry by the Australian judge, Justice David Ashton-Lewis, into the "rotten" circumstances of Barbara Malimali's appointment as FICAC Commissioner is finally due to be handed to the President, Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu, and the Prime Minister, Sitiveni Rabuka, tomorrow (April 23). UPDATE: Reports reaching … [Read more...] about # WITHHOLDING THE ASHTON-LEWIS REPORT IS NOT AN OPTION. IT MUST BE RELEASED (UPDATED TUES AM)
# THE “ALPINE” MISSIONARY BOLTHOLE IN VITI MAKAWA
It isn't often that Grubsheet is delighted by a Fiji Times front page but one item on the banner of this week's Sunday edition triggered a flood of personal memories from more than half a century ago - a story by reporter Ana Madigibuli about the history of the derelict Methodist Church "rest house" at Nadarivatu - high in the mountains above the … [Read more...] about # THE “ALPINE” MISSIONARY BOLTHOLE IN VITI MAKAWA
# LYNDA TABUYA’S PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CHINESE AMBASSADOR. A QUESTION OF NATIONAL SECURITY
Is Lynda Tabuya an agent of influence for the Chinese Communist Party? We first asked the question last June when it emerged that the Chinese Ambassador to Fiji, Zhao Jian, had given $172,000 to Tabuya's home village of Tiliva/Jiliva in Kadavu. And we are asking it again now that she and the Ambassador have appeared together to open an "Airbnb … [Read more...] about # LYNDA TABUYA’S PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CHINESE AMBASSADOR. A QUESTION OF NATIONAL SECURITY