The minimum wage in Fiji goes up 50 cents to $5 an hour today. That's $40 for an eight-hour day, $200 for a five-day week, $10,400 for a 52-week year. More than half the nation officially lives in poverty. Yet on the front page of today's Fiji Times, the FijiFirst "rat" and Minister for Immigration, Viliame Naupoto, flashes an expensive ring … [Read more...] about # COALITION OF BLING. WHAT MAKES THESE POLITICIANS THINK IT’S OK TO FLAUNT EXPENSIVE JEWELLERY WHEN MOST FIJIANS LIVE IN POVERTY? (UPDATED WED AM)
# EID MUBARAK!
We send warm greetings to our Muslim brothers and sisters as they celebrate the end of Ramadan. Image: Times of India. Plus a shout-out for the Fiji Sun's award-winning photographer, Ronald Kumar, for two wonderful Eid images in Tuesday's edition of the paper. Brilliant. The Sun's Ronald Kumar. … [Read more...] about # EID MUBARAK!
# JUST REPEATING FOR THOSE WHO THINK MY PREDICTION THAT ROLEX RAMBO WILL WIN THE NEXT ELECTION IS AN ENDORSEMENT
Some people have misconstrued my last article predicting that Sitiveni Rabuka will win next year's election as an expression of support for the Prime Minister when it is definitely NOT. Incredibly, word has reached me that this misapprehension evidently extends to certain individuals believing that Grubsheet has been the recipient of a gold … [Read more...] about # JUST REPEATING FOR THOSE WHO THINK MY PREDICTION THAT ROLEX RAMBO WILL WIN THE NEXT ELECTION IS AN ENDORSEMENT
# AND THE WINNER OF THE 2026 ELECTION IS? THE SOLE”BIG MAN”STANDING, ROLEX RAMBO (UPDATED FRIDAY AM)
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