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)
# 150,000 PLUS REASONS WHY THE PRIME MINISTER MUST BE REFERRED TO FICAC (UPDATED FRI AM)
In a tacit admission of guilt, Sitiveni Rabuka acknowledges that he has been wearing a "$150,000 plus" gold Rolex watch but he "has he right to remain silent" over allegations that he received it from a local businessman (Mahendra "Mac" Patel) and "those making the allegations must prove what they are saying". The old man has well and truly lost … [Read more...] about # 150,000 PLUS REASONS WHY THE PRIME MINISTER MUST BE REFERRED TO FICAC (UPDATED FRI AM)
# THE LOSERS SHOW THEIR CONTEMPT FOR DEMOCRACY AND THE PEOPLE’S HOUSE
Parliament is the supreme authority in any democracy - the place where the elected representatives of the people gather to make the laws that govern our lives and that we are obliged to obey for the common good. Yet what happens when certain of those elected representatives don't get what they want because they can't persuade their fellow MPs to … [Read more...] about # THE LOSERS SHOW THEIR CONTEMPT FOR DEMOCRACY AND THE PEOPLE’S HOUSE