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
# COMING SOON. CHINA IS BYPASSING NORMAL AID PROTOCOLS TO DIRECTLY FUND LYNDA TABUYA’S PET PROJECTS. BUT WHAT WILL THE CHINESE DEMAND IN RETURN? AND HOW MUCH IS IT A THREAT TO NATIONAL SECURITY?
# FIJI’S MEDIA WATCHDOGS. SUPPOSEDLY “FREE” BUT MANGY, TOOTHLESS AND ON THE TAKE
How do you buy off a bunch of local journalists, including three of the biggest names in the Fijian media - Fred Wesley of the Fiji Times, Vijay Narayan of CFL-Fiji Village and Stanley Simpson of Mai TV? When you're the Wonderful company and its billionaire owner, Stewart Resnick, you put them on your private jet and shower them with attention and … [Read more...] about # FIJI’S MEDIA WATCHDOGS. SUPPOSEDLY “FREE” BUT MANGY, TOOTHLESS AND ON THE TAKE
# COMING SOON. AN EASTER TREAT. AS THE GOVERNMENT SAYS “NO” TO ANY REDUCTION IN VAT, THE TWO BIG SWINGING DICKS OF THE FIJIAN MEDIA – VIJAY NARAYAN AND STANLEY SIMPSON – LIVE IT UP IN CALIFORNIA WITH “MR NO TAX” STEWART RESNICK, THE BILLIONAIRE OWNER OF FIJI WATER
# SUCK IT UP FIJI. YOUR 15 PC VAT STAYS. ALONG WITH TAX CONCESSIONS FOR FOREIGN BILLIONAIRES AND GRANTS TO LOCAL MILLIONAIRES
Did you ever think we would see the day, Fiji, when a Prime Minister with a $150,000 gold Rolex would have the gall to dismiss the possibility of tax relief for ordinary Fijians while shamelessly feathering the nests of the fabulously wealthy? Well that day has come as Sitiveni Rabuka dishes up a local version of the infamous put-down by the … [Read more...] about # SUCK IT UP FIJI. YOUR 15 PC VAT STAYS. ALONG WITH TAX CONCESSIONS FOR FOREIGN BILLIONAIRES AND GRANTS TO LOCAL MILLIONAIRES
# THE QARANIVALU. GONE AND BEST FORGOTTEN (UPDATED WED PM)
On the old adage that if you don't have anything nice to say about someone, you should say nothing, Grubsheet has been tempted to ignore the death of the Qaranivalu and Paramount Chief of Naitasiri, Ratu Inoke Takiveikata. Because I don't have anything nice to say about him and personally believe the nation is better off for his passing. Yet … [Read more...] about # THE QARANIVALU. GONE AND BEST FORGOTTEN (UPDATED WED PM)