It is easily one of the most bizarre spectacles in Fijian political history - the Co-Chair of the Coalition government's Task Force on Pornography, Lynda Tabuya, making a pornographic video herself and then claiming to be "crucified" when it goes public because either the person who took it leaked it or someone close to her did. But certainly not … [Read more...] about # WHEN THE ONLY THING BEING CRUCIFIED IS THE TRUTH
# THANK GOD SHE FINALLY SEEMS TO BE GETTING HELP
The sight of Lynda Tabuya in earnest conversation with Fiji's only (or is it first?) psychotherapist, Selina Kuruleca, is giving the nation hope that maybe she is starting to realise she needs help. Or is it that Selina - the new Permanent Secretary for Justice - has heard the same rumours we have that the Prime Minister has earmarked the Queen … [Read more...] about # THANK GOD SHE FINALLY SEEMS TO BE GETTING HELP
# WHAT’S THE LAST THING JESUS SAID TO THE ITAUKEI? DON’T DO ANYTHING TILL I GET BACK*
The iTaukei lazy? No. Come on. Stop it. Surely not? How could you possibly say that? You just can't do that in Fiji. Er, but it's not some disaffected "vulagi" saying so this time. It's an iTaukei and someone at the pinnacle of the government and the establishment. None other than Ioane Naivalurua, the new Minister for Policing, former senior … [Read more...] about # WHAT’S THE LAST THING JESUS SAID TO THE ITAUKEI? DON’T DO ANYTHING TILL I GET BACK*
# IS THE FIJI TIMES DELIBERATELY TRYING TO DAMAGE LYNDA TABUYA?
The first rule of crisis management is to staunch the bleed. Which when it comes to politics, means starving a negative story of oxygen. To shut it down so that it is out of the headlines and you can begin the task of saving the rest of the furniture and moving on. It is why the management of the People's Alliance is reported to have told Lynda … [Read more...] about # IS THE FIJI TIMES DELIBERATELY TRYING TO DAMAGE LYNDA TABUYA?
# EXPOSED: HOW GRACE ROAD HAS FIJI BY THE THROAT
A major investigation for The Economist - one of the world's most prestigious magazines - has revealed the full extent of the hold on Fiji of the South Korean doomsday cult, Grace Road. As Daniel Kim - the local leader of Grace Road and son of its founder - continues to chalk up wins in the courts to prevent his extradition, The Economist … [Read more...] about # EXPOSED: HOW GRACE ROAD HAS FIJI BY THE THROAT
# A SUNDAY REFLECTION. LUKE 1:42 “BLESSED ARE YOU AMONG WOMEN” (UPDATED MON AM)
The normal rules simply don't apply to the Queen of Tarts. Found guilty of drug-taking and illicit sex by her own party, stripped of its deputy leadership, stripped of her position as minister for women and children after making a pornographic video, and with evidence that she lied about her marital status to avoid declaring her true income, she … [Read more...] about # A SUNDAY REFLECTION. LUKE 1:42 “BLESSED ARE YOU AMONG WOMEN” (UPDATED MON AM)