We all know that the Aussies and Kiwis are falling over themselves to suck up to Fiji to keep it out of the clutches of the Chinese and inside the orbit of the democracies. But does the Australian High Commissioner to Fiji, Peter Roberts, really have to wear a sulu to official functions at which he is representing his government and the Australian … [Read more...] about # WOULD THE AUSTRALIAN HIGH COMMISSIONER PLEASE PUT HIS TROUSERS BACK ON? THE SULU IS EMBARASSING
# BIRDS OF A FEATHER. ANOTHER EPISODE OF THE TANYA AND BARBIE SHOW.
So Barbara Malimali's loquacious lawyer during the Ashton- Lewis Commission of Inquiry, Tanya Waqanika, appears before a corruption court represented by... wait for it... Bad Barbie herself. It really is a tiny crocodile pond in the legal fraternity in Suva, with Tanya flashing a brilliant crocodile smile while doing the traditional walk of … [Read more...] about # BIRDS OF A FEATHER. ANOTHER EPISODE OF THE TANYA AND BARBIE SHOW.
# ALLEGATIONS OF POLICE INVOLVEMENT IN THE DRUG TRADE SHATTER THE ILLUSION OF UNITY IN THE RFMF
In an extraordinary series of events, one of the most senior officers in the RFMF, Brigadier General Manoa Gadai, has broken ranks and demanded action on allegations of police involvement in the drug trade, prompting a very public reprimand from the Minister for Defence, the NFP's Pio Tikoduadua. The Brigadier General's intervention was prompted … [Read more...] about # ALLEGATIONS OF POLICE INVOLVEMENT IN THE DRUG TRADE SHATTER THE ILLUSION OF UNITY IN THE RFMF
# GONE TO WATER. LOOK WHO SPONSORED THE ORGY OF SELF-CONGRATULATION BY THE SELF-RIGHTEOUS POSEURS OF THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA
The British satirical magazine, Private Eye, used to cry "Pass the sick bag, Alice" whenever a story emerged that triggered a bout of collective gagging because it was so brazen and shameful. In Fiji at the weekend, it was "Pass the sick bag, Rosi" as the Fiji Sun's Rosi Doviverata - the President of the Fiji Media Association - tried to pass … [Read more...] about # GONE TO WATER. LOOK WHO SPONSORED THE ORGY OF SELF-CONGRATULATION BY THE SELF-RIGHTEOUS POSEURS OF THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA
# COMMONMAN LIFTS THE VEIL ON A GRASSROOTS ITAUKEI REBELLION AGAINST THE CHIEFS
GD writes: The notion of indigenous Fijians as a monolithic, indivisible racial entity - a people united behind their chiefs - is turned on its head in a startling new article by CommonMan, Grubsheet's columnist in the vanua, which points to deep divisions among the iTaukei about the conduct of the GCC. It is startling not only because CommonMan … [Read more...] about # COMMONMAN LIFTS THE VEIL ON A GRASSROOTS ITAUKEI REBELLION AGAINST THE CHIEFS
# THE PROVOCATIONS THAT TRIGGERED THE 2006 COUP RE-EMERGE BUT WITH NO-ONE TO STAND UP FOR THE MINORITIES
Fiji's minorities have cause to be afraid - very afraid - as Sitiveni Rabuka's Coalition government - in an unholy alliance with the Great Council of Chiefs - steps up its attempt to assert indigenous supremacy and marginalise other citizens. We long ago realised that we were all conned by Rabuka's assurance that he had learned the lessons of … [Read more...] about # THE PROVOCATIONS THAT TRIGGERED THE 2006 COUP RE-EMERGE BUT WITH NO-ONE TO STAND UP FOR THE MINORITIES