The shocking revelation that Fijian passports have been issued to the children of Grace Road members without official authorisation is rocking the government to its core. But for once, the responsible minister, Pio Tikoduadua, is giving the nation a masterclass in proper conduct vastly at odds with others in the "New Order". Last night, the Home … [Read more...] about # CORRUPTION AT THE HEART OF THE STATE. PART ONE
# NO ROOM IN FIJI FOR BONNIE BLUE. BUT STILL ROOM IN THE CABINET FOR BONNIE BLACK
The hullabaloo over the presence in Fiji of two porn stars who invite 18-year olds to have sex with them for free as long as they are willing to be filmed in the act has brought out all the usual hypocrisy in a society that is obsessed with pornography. Poor Bonnie Blue - the professional name of one of these blighted "ladies". She will have … [Read more...] about # NO ROOM IN FIJI FOR BONNIE BLUE. BUT STILL ROOM IN THE CABINET FOR BONNIE BLACK
# THE COUNTDOWN TO 2026 BEGINS. BUT CAN OLD DOGS LEARN NEW TRICKS?
I don't know about you, Fiji, but my first reaction to the news that Mahendra Chaudhry and Savenaca Narube are joining forces for the 2026 election was decidedly "ho-hum". Neither Chaudhry's Labour Party nor Narube's Unity Party managed to scrape together the 5 per cent share of the vote needed to secure any seats in 2022. And neither seems capable … [Read more...] about # THE COUNTDOWN TO 2026 BEGINS. BUT CAN OLD DOGS LEARN NEW TRICKS?
# EXPOSED. THE CHIEFS USING THE 2013 CONSTITUTION AS A SCAPEGOAT FOR THEIR OWN FAILINGS
It has taken an indigenous commoner, Jiaoji Savou, to call out the chiefs for their failures in the vanua and the way they are now blaming the 2013 Constitution for the ills of the iTaukei (see previous article). The following posting on Facebook is being widely shared, including beyond the favoured social media platform of most Fijians from … [Read more...] about # EXPOSED. THE CHIEFS USING THE 2013 CONSTITUTION AS A SCAPEGOAT FOR THEIR OWN FAILINGS
# THE HEREDITARY SWILL WANT TO WIND BACK THE CLOCK. THEY MUST BE RESISTED (UPDATED SUNDAY)
We asked yesterday for a precise explanation of the 33 clauses in the 2013 Constitution that the Chair of the Great Council of Chiefs, Ratu Viliame Seruvakula, says adversely affect the iTaukei and that the GCC wants altered. Well now we know two of them and there are 31 left to be explained. Yet already there are grounds for national alarm. 1/ … [Read more...] about # THE HEREDITARY SWILL WANT TO WIND BACK THE CLOCK. THEY MUST BE RESISTED (UPDATED SUNDAY)
# CAN SOMEONE PLEASE EXPLAIN WHAT THESE (MOSTLY) OLD MEN ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT?
We know that many Fijians are unhappy that they didn't get the opportunity to be consulted about the contents of the 2013 Constitution - our supreme law. Before it was promulgated, the then attorney general, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, held meetings all over the country telling people what was in it but no-one was given the opportunity to suggest changes, … [Read more...] about # CAN SOMEONE PLEASE EXPLAIN WHAT THESE (MOSTLY) OLD MEN ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT?