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In public relations, honesty is always the best policy, just as it is in every other facet of life. So kudos to the Tourism Minister, Viliame Gavoka, for not falling for the trap, in an ABC interview last night, of giving a blanket all clear for every Fijian resort after the poisoned drinks saga at the Warwick Resort. Gavoka and the head of … [Read more...] about # THE DANGER OF BEING OVERLY DEFENSIVE ABOUT THOSE PINA COLADAS

A call to Grubsheet by a journalist from one of Australia's biggest media outlets about the "poisoned" drinks saga at the Warwick Hotel that has left four Australians critically ill underlines the vulnerability of Fiji's biggest revenue earner. Because one of the first questions is whether this was a one-off event or could visitors to other resorts … [Read more...] about # AUSTRALIA ISSUES TRAVEL ALERT ABOUT CONTAMINATED DRINKS THREAT IN FIJI (UPDATED MON PM)

Well, look at the empty pews in Centenary Methodist Church for a service of thanksgiving to mark the second anniversary of the Coalition government. The Prime Minister does a Semesa Karavaki and appears all in white as some kind of messiah but his followers seem to have better things to do. At the half way point of its term, the government is … [Read more...] about # WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?

The Ana-Barbara showdown reduces the criminal justice system in Fiji to a Hanna Barbera-like cartoon for kids and is highly damaging to public confidence in our institutions of state. Seriously. How much longer can this go on before the Coalition government brings an end to this sorry farce? I had planned not to post this weekend but have … [Read more...] about # ANA V BARBARA. AND BOO BOO TO YOU*

Mahendra "Mac" Patel - the only person in Fijian history to be pardoned for a crime he committed without ever serving his prison sentence - is at it again, repaying the Coalition government that did so with yet another diatribe against the 2013 Constitution as part of its agenda to jettison the current supreme law. The man who first started to … [Read more...] about # THE OLD CROOK KEEPS SINGING FOR HIS PARDON

For the first time, a senior public figure in the form of the Opposition leader, Inia Seruiratu, has raised questions in public about the failure of the Judicial Services Commission under its head - the rogue Acting Chief Justice, Salesi Temo - to properly manage the offices of state under its jurisdiction. It has been a long time coming but … [Read more...] about # SALESI TEMO AND THE JSC NOW IN THE FIRING LINE OVER BARBARA-GATE