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)
#100,000 REASONS WHY ANTI-DISCRIMINATION DAY HOMILIES CAN BE SO MUCH BLAH, BLAH, BLAH
What is it about Fiji and its relentless observance of United Nations "International Days" for every conceivable cause? They are invariably accompanied by full page ads in the paper, messages from assorted worthies and functions where someone delivers a speech. And so it has been with the International Day for the Elimination of Racial … [Read more...] about #100,000 REASONS WHY ANTI-DISCRIMINATION DAY HOMILIES CAN BE SO MUCH BLAH, BLAH, BLAH
# THE PRIME MINISTER SUES MAHENDRA CHAUDHRY OVER HIS CRITICISM OF THE GOLD ROLEX (UPDATED SAT PM)
In an extraordinary "eff you" to all principles of transparency and accountability in public life in a democracy, Sitiveni Rabuka has begun legal proceedings against the Labour Party leader and former prime minister, Mahendra Chaudhry, over his criticism of the Rabuka's $150,000 "plus" solid gold Rolex wristwatch. It simply beggars belief that … [Read more...] about # THE PRIME MINISTER SUES MAHENDRA CHAUDHRY OVER HIS CRITICISM OF THE GOLD ROLEX (UPDATED SAT PM)
# WHERE’S WADAN? SUDDENLY BACK IN FIJI IN THE TIGER’S DEN (UPDATED FRI PM)
Professor Wadan Narsey told Grubsheet back in September that he, me and Sashi Singh (host of the SS Talking Point program) "have a lot of grovelling to do to the Fiji voters for our support of Rambo before the 2022 elections". He also said that he had stopped writing his once weekly column in the Fiji Times because of his utter disillusionment with … [Read more...] about # WHERE’S WADAN? SUDDENLY BACK IN FIJI IN THE TIGER’S DEN (UPDATED FRI PM)