What has prompted the Prime Minister, Sitiveni Rabuka, to do a complete backflip on appointing Lynda Tabuya as minister for information? Last week it was all in the bag, with the Prime Minister expressing the view that she would be good in the job and PAP's Vice President, Ratu Josefa Dimuri, endorsing the idea. And then in today's Fiji … [Read more...] about # OH DEAR. NO RETURN TO CABINET FOR THE QUEEN OF TARTS UNTIL SHE LEARNS “HOW TO BEHAVE” (UPDATED WED AM)
# KAMIKAMICA’S SLIP OF THE TONGUE THAT EXPOSES THE COALITION’S SECRET AGENDA (UPDATED TUES AM)
It was Manoa "I'll work harder if you pay me more" Kamikamica's job last week to obtain and secure the numbers in the parliament to pass the Coalition's bill to change the 2013 Constitution. He failed. And in humiliation and frustration, Kamikamica is lashing out at the Opposition leader, Inia Seruiratu, for merely doing his job. We now know … [Read more...] about # KAMIKAMICA’S SLIP OF THE TONGUE THAT EXPOSES THE COALITION’S SECRET AGENDA (UPDATED TUES AM)
# THE SPOTLIGHT FALLS ON LYNDA TABUYA OVER THE PRIME MINISTER’S GOLD ROLEX ( UPDATED TUES AM)
The celebrated coconut wireless in Fiji is on the brink of meltdown as reports circulate that the Deputy Prime Minister and heir apparent to Sitiveni Rabuka - Manoa Kamikamica - is telling his PAP colleagues that Lynda Tabuya gave the Prime Minister his $150,000 "plus" gold Rolex as a gesture of thanks for her rehabilitation. If this is true - … [Read more...] about # THE SPOTLIGHT FALLS ON LYNDA TABUYA OVER THE PRIME MINISTER’S GOLD ROLEX ( UPDATED TUES AM)
# WHAT’S COMING IF THE CHIEFS GET THEIR WAY. A QOLIQOLI BILL AND “FIJIAN” RESERVED FOR THE ITAUKEI
We are only now starting to realise what the Coalition government and the iTaukei establishment mean by changing the 2013 Constitution as the veil begins to lift on precisely what changes they have in mind. And it is deeply disturbing for the future of non-iTaukei citizens in the country. Grubsheet has been asking for months precisely what … [Read more...] about # WHAT’S COMING IF THE CHIEFS GET THEIR WAY. A QOLIQOLI BILL AND “FIJIAN” RESERVED FOR THE ITAUKEI
# RICHIE RICH IS BACK AGAIN SINGING FOR HIS SUPPER
Seven months after he last appeared in the opinion columns of the Fiji Times (aside from an obituary of Barrie Sweetman in December), the paper's lawyer, Richard "I have the means" Naidu, is back singing from the same song sheet as his proprietor, Mahendra "Mac" Patel - the FT's "Chairman Emeritus", the first Fijian criminal never to have served … [Read more...] about # RICHIE RICH IS BACK AGAIN SINGING FOR HIS SUPPER
# THE PRIME MINISTER OF BLING IS “APPALLING”, “DODGY”AND “CORRUPT”: CHAUDHRY (UPDATED SAT AM)
The Fijian media may be underplaying the provenance of Sitiveni Rabuka's $150,000 "plus" gold Rolex watch but the Labour Party leader and former prime minister, Mahendra Chaudhry, isn't going to let him off the hook and is pressing home the political advantage of having his opponent hopelessly pinned on the ropes. The Prime Minister and his … [Read more...] about # THE PRIME MINISTER OF BLING IS “APPALLING”, “DODGY”AND “CORRUPT”: CHAUDHRY (UPDATED SAT AM)