Headline of the week was surely the Fiji Times front page revealing that the data Fijians chew up watching pornography is the equivalent of reading 100-million books. We keep using the old term "only in Fiji" in all sorts of contexts these days. Yet only in Fiji would the Co-Chair of the government's Task Force on Pornography not only be a porn … [Read more...] about # READ ANY GOOD BOOKS LATELY, LYNDA?
# THE COMING WHITEWASH OF A VERY BLACK EPISODE (UPDATED SAT PM)
So next Tuesday, Cabinet will decide precisely who is going to investigate the "rot" over the appointment of Barbara Malimali at FICAC and the terms of reference of the "inquiry" into the sensational allegations of ministerial interference at the corruption watchdog. In the cabinet room will be the seven ministers who were being investigated … [Read more...] about # THE COMING WHITEWASH OF A VERY BLACK EPISODE (UPDATED SAT PM)
# THE PRIME MINISTER’S ASSURANCES ARE WORTHLESS (UPDATED FRIDAY LUNCHTIME)
Francis Puleiwai would do well to take no notice of the Prime Minister's assurances that she would be safe returning to Fiji to give evidence at the forthcoming inquiry into the "rot" of Barbara Malimali's appointment at FICAC. There is ample evidence that Sitiveni Rabuka doesn't have control over instruments of state such as the Judicial … [Read more...] about # THE PRIME MINISTER’S ASSURANCES ARE WORTHLESS (UPDATED FRIDAY LUNCHTIME)
# “BARBARA-GATE”. AN OPEN LETTER TO WYLIE CLARKE
Who is standing up for the rule of law in Fiji? Well, evidently not the Fiji Law Society when two of its luminaries - the current President, Wylie Clarke, and former President, Laurel Vaurasi, - were reportedly part of the gang of enforcers that descended on FICAC on "Black Thursday "(September 5) to strong-arm Francis Puleiwai into backing off in … [Read more...] about # “BARBARA-GATE”. AN OPEN LETTER TO WYLIE CLARKE
# MANOA KAMIKAMICA’S SUBTLE BRAND OF INTIMIDATION (UPDATED THURS PM)
Manoa Kamikamica has again shown his unfitness for national leadership with an extraordinary display of hypocrisy and lack of understanding about (what ought to be) the independence of our institutions of state from the executive government. At the same time as he crows that intimidation and threats against FICAC won't be tolerated, he admits … [Read more...] about # MANOA KAMIKAMICA’S SUBTLE BRAND OF INTIMIDATION (UPDATED THURS PM)
# EXPOSED: LYNDA TABUYA AND BARBARA MALIMALI’S BIG LIE
It has taken barely a day for the Prime Minister to be humiliated over his refusal to insist that Barbara MalImali stand aside as FICAC Commissioner while an official inquiry examines what Sitiveni Rabuka himself has described as the "rottenness" surrounding her appointment. One of Barbara Malimali's first acts has been to terminate the FICAC … [Read more...] about # EXPOSED: LYNDA TABUYA AND BARBARA MALIMALI’S BIG LIE