The DPP has issued a public statement to the media in response to the Fiji Sun report today (see previous article) suggesting that he is responsible for being "paid to do nothing" in which he lays the blame for the impasse over his reappointment with the Judicial Services Commission. He also reveals that he has copied in correspondence sent to … [Read more...] about # CHRISTOPHER PRYDE: WHY I AM ABSENT FROM FIJI
# THE DPP IS BEING “PAID TO DO NOTHING” BECAUSE THE JSC WON’T RESPOND TO HIS CORRESPONDENCE
The Fiji Sun carries a front page story today reporting that the DPP, Christopher Pryde, is continuing to be paid despite being absent from Fiji for more than 100 days after being cleared of misbehaviour and reinstated. FACT: The Judicial Services Commission headed by the man who falsely branded Pryde a thief - the Chief Justice, Salesi Temo - … [Read more...] about # THE DPP IS BEING “PAID TO DO NOTHING” BECAUSE THE JSC WON’T RESPOND TO HIS CORRESPONDENCE
# CHINA MOVES TO DRIVE A WEDGE BETWEEN FIJI AND THE US OVER TARIFFS
There's an old saying stretching back to ancient Greece that "those whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad"*. And there's no doubt that the United States is in the grip of madness under Donald Trump. Trump's "America First" tariff policy is an unmitigated disaster for the West's relations with developing countries such as Fiji, not … [Read more...] about # CHINA MOVES TO DRIVE A WEDGE BETWEEN FIJI AND THE US OVER TARIFFS
# PLEASE GET BACK TO BASICS AND STOP THE NEVER ENDING BLAH, BLAH, BLAH
In December 2021 - a full year before the election he eventually won and when we were still on cordial terms - Grubsheet sent Sitiveni Rabuka a list of suggestions on which to campaign and close to the top of that list was to concentrate on service delivery. I'm sure I wasn't alone but here's an extract from that email: "I think you can … [Read more...] about # PLEASE GET BACK TO BASICS AND STOP THE NEVER ENDING BLAH, BLAH, BLAH
# WHO IS THE MYSTERY PERSON TRYING TO SECURE DONATIONS WITHOUT RECEIPTS WHO ALSO SAYS SITIVENI RABUKA IS TOO OLD TO BE PM?
We will soon know now that Shailendra Raju has made good on his Facebook undertaking to hand an explosive recording he says is in his possession to the Supervisor of Elections, Ana Mataiciwa.* The disillusioned former People's Alliance stalwart and social media warrior has caused a minor sensation with the following posting that threatens to … [Read more...] about # WHO IS THE MYSTERY PERSON TRYING TO SECURE DONATIONS WITHOUT RECEIPTS WHO ALSO SAYS SITIVENI RABUKA IS TOO OLD TO BE PM?
# CFL’S IDEA OF PUBLIC SERVICE. “THE TRIBUTE TO OUR OWN RADIO STAR WAS THE BIGGEST SINCE MICHAEL JACKSON’S” (UPDATED WED AM)
Everything that is wrong with the Fijian media and the way it allows itself to be used as a PR tool for powerful vested interests is encapsulated in today's Fiji Sun story on the Coalition gifting $1.7-million of taxpayer funds to Communications Fiji Limited under the guise of "public service" broadcasting. The Sun's Managing Editor, Frederica … [Read more...] about # CFL’S IDEA OF PUBLIC SERVICE. “THE TRIBUTE TO OUR OWN RADIO STAR WAS THE BIGGEST SINCE MICHAEL JACKSON’S” (UPDATED WED AM)