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
# 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