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Monthly Archives: January 2014

Where Have all the Flowers Gone ?

31 Friday Jan 2014

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SiwaibauSince independence in 1970, this last seven years have probably been the most earth-shaking for indigenous Fijians as a community, yet Fijian intellectuals seem to be in public hibernation.

A military dictatorship, with unknown advisers, is bringing about major changes to Fijian institutions: the Great Council of Chiefs has been supposedly  abolished; provincial governance structures reorganized; the laws of management of communally owned Fijian land and marine resources (some with serious environmental impacts); flagship Fijian companies such as Fijian Holdings Limited have been reorganized; controls have been placed on Fijian churches and villages; Fijian cultural symbols are being changed by decree, without their consent.

Massive changes in economic policy are affecting not just Fijians but all Fiji citizens in: taxation and expenditure of tax-payer funds, privatization and sale of public assets, restructuring of pension funds, controversial approval for new industries such as casinos and mines, a huge increase in public debt that must be paid for by future generations which will be increasingly indigenous Fijian, and much more.

The views of the Bainimarama Regime leaders are prominent every day on radio, television and in the newspapers, with extremely limited coverage given to opposing political leaders.

It is dismaying therefore that there is a deafening silence from Fijian intellectuals  from the universities and the private sector-  with the exception of a few rare individuals such as Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi or young youth leaders like Peter Waqavonovono. Continue reading →

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Mischief Maker or Leader ?

31 Friday Jan 2014

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WOULD YOU TRUST THIS MAN ?SRMany people say this man has had a finger in every pie that has damaged the progress of Fiji as a Nation since 1987, and now he wants to lead Fiji again.

The question is

“In which direction” ?

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How True

24 Friday Jan 2014

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Career Opportunities

24 Friday Jan 2014

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Does This Seem Familiar ?

22 Wednesday Jan 2014

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“It is difficult for men in high office to avoid the malady of self-delusion.

They are always surrounded by worshipers. They are constantly, and for the most part sincerely, assured of their greatness.

They live in an artificial atmosphere of adulation and exaltation which sooner or later impairs their judgment.

They are in grave danger of becoming careless and arrogant.”

(President Calvin Coolidge)  

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19 Sunday Jan 2014

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Crystal Ball Or Corruption

16 Thursday Jan 2014

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crystalToday, 24 hours after the price of gasoline had been marginally reduced I drove into one of Fiji’s leading fuel retailers large filling station, only to be told that they had no gasoline in stock.

Who gave them due warning that the price of gasoline was going down yesterday so they could run their stocks down prior to the event. 

Was it the same person who told them it was going to be increased on the last adjustment so they could fill storage tanks to the brim.

What do YOU think…? Corruption is still alive and thriving in Fiji ….

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A Life Well Lived: RIP

16 Thursday Jan 2014

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Stevenson-Mackenzi

The outstanding obituary of Lt-Cdr Steven Mackenzie

Click on this link for full details :>

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10572170/Lt-Cdr-Steven-Mackenzie-obituary.html

Youth – Our Future Hope

15 Wednesday Jan 2014

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cobain“The duty of youth is to challenge corruption.” 
― Kurt Cobain

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14 Tuesday Jan 2014

WALK ALONE

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