The announcement that 14 new "proposed" political parties have declared their interest with the Elections Office in contesting the 2026 election has set off a wave of speculation in the national media about what it all means. Yet the answer is very simple. Nothing. Assuming, that is, that we go to the polls next year under the current electoral … [Read more...] about # AND THE WINNER OF THE 2026 ELECTION IS? THE SOLE”BIG MAN”STANDING, ROLEX RAMBO (UPDATED FRIDAY AM)
# “FIJI IS IN A MESS”, SAYS KAMIKAMICA. WELL HE’S RIGHT ABOUT THAT
Manoa "I'll work harder if you pay me more" Kamikamica - the putative prime minister-in- waiting - has given an extraordinary interview to Radio New Zealand in which he acknowledges that Fiji "is in a mess" but blames it all on the Bainimarama "dictatorship'. Never mind that the Coalition has been in government for almost 28 months and is in a … [Read more...] about # “FIJI IS IN A MESS”, SAYS KAMIKAMICA. WELL HE’S RIGHT ABOUT THAT
# MISSING. ONE GOLD ROLEX. REWARD FOR ENSURING IT IS NOT RETURNED UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTION. VINAKA VAKALEVU. NA NOMU PARAIMINISITA
Oh, and here comes another Khaiyum. Bigger than the other two and smarter. (He thanks his mother for a start). Never a dull day in Fiji, eh? Father Time just keeps on giving! Good night! … [Read more...] about # MISSING. ONE GOLD ROLEX. REWARD FOR ENSURING IT IS NOT RETURNED UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTION. VINAKA VAKALEVU. NA NOMU PARAIMINISITA
# IN ANOTHER GALAXY, LONG, LONG AGO
It is both amazing and sobering that Fiji was once so respected in the world that we were held up as a beacon of progress among the developing nations and a beacon of democracy - amazing because it was out of all proportion to our size and importance and sobering because most of that reputation has been lost. In November 1984, our founding prime … [Read more...] about # IN ANOTHER GALAXY, LONG, LONG AGO
# THE COALITION’S BIG CON THAT FIJI’S MINORITIES MUST FIGHT
The unholy alliance between the Fiji Times and the Coalition government has produced another attempt to hoodwink the minorities with a misleading front page headline today trumpeting that the "PM backs equality" when in the body of the accompanying stories, he does anything but. Once again, the Prime Minister dodges the issue of whether the … [Read more...] about # THE COALITION’S BIG CON THAT FIJI’S MINORITIES MUST FIGHT
# MANOA KAMIKAMICA LAUNCHES A SCATHING ATTACK ON GRUBSHEET IN THE LATEST SIGN THAT THE GOLD ROLEX SAGA ISN’T GOING AWAY (UPDATED MON AM)
The Fijian mainstream media may have largely lost interest in where the Prime Minister got his $150,000 "plus" solid gold Rolex but not the overseas media, judging from the latest report on Radio New Zealand, which has been leading its Pacific coverage with it. The latest story has the Deputy Prime Minister, Manoa Kamikamica, denying reports by … [Read more...] about # MANOA KAMIKAMICA LAUNCHES A SCATHING ATTACK ON GRUBSHEET IN THE LATEST SIGN THAT THE GOLD ROLEX SAGA ISN’T GOING AWAY (UPDATED MON AM)