| Immigration Officials Visit Fiji Times Publisher | |
| Publish date/time: 26/01/2009 [19:25] It is understood that the Fiji Times Publisher Rex Gardener will be deported tomorrow. Reliable sources informed Fijivillage news that immigration officials are having discussions with Gardener who will be deported tomorrow. Our reporter who is currently outside the Fiji Times office confirmed that immigration officials are currently speaking to gardener. |
Monday, January 26, 2009
Gardner to be deported???
Sunday, January 25, 2009
When a self-appointed leader looks foolish!
This report carries this fact "Bainimarama had on Tuesday called for the meeting to be deferred, saying he would not attend because he needed to lead relief work after recent devastating floods in Fiji that killed at least 11 people.
Ok.. this is where real leaders differ from self-appointed ones. Real leaders know how to delegate duties when they are really needed to serve the best interests of their people like attending a much-awaited-for meeting of leaders. Self-appointed ones on the other hand, keep coming up with excuses when they are required to face the music. Here is a classic example of cowardice behaviour at the highest order.The relief work is going to take years. This meeting is only for a couple of days!
Forum on Fiji's future to go ahead Saturday, 24 January 2009
A special Pacific Islands Forum meeting to discuss the fate of Fiji's membership is going ahead.
Prime Minister John Key will attend the meeting in Papua New Guinea on Tuesday, convened to discuss whether to suspend or impose sanctions on Fiji over self-appointed Prime Minister Voreqe (Frank) Bainimarama's failure to take steps towards reinstating democracy.
Suspension would be a first for the forum's 16 member states.
Late yesterday, the Australian and PNG governments said the meeting had been postponed.
Bainimarama had on Tuesday called for the meeting to be deferred, saying he would not attend because he needed to lead relief work after recent devastating floods in Fiji that killed at least 11 people.
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd would not be travelling to Port Moresby next week, a spokeswoman said.
But NZPA understands the meeting is going ahead after numerous phonecalls between forum members.
A spokesman for Mr Key told NZPA he would be leaving for PNG on Monday afternoon as planned.
Up to six leaders are flying to PNG on a New Zealand air force Boeing, and those not already in Auckland ready for departure are on their way.
-NZPA
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4828707a12.html
Friday, January 23, 2009
When will our hour of triumph arrive Fiji?
New birth of freedom
Senator Dianne Feinstein's opening speech, at the inaugural ceremony for the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama was eloquently delivered and inspiring. Something we believe should remind us of how and why the ideals of democracy should be valued, pursued and upheld. She said,
"The world is watching today as our great democracy engages in this peaceful transition of power. Here on the national mall where we remember the founders of our nation and those who fought to make it free, we gather to etch another line in the solid stone of history.
The freedom of a people to choose its leaders is the root of liberty.
In a world where political strife is too often settled with violence, we come here every four years to bestow the power of the Presidency upon our democratically elected leader.
Those who doubt the supremacy of the ballot over the bullet can never diminish the power engendered by non-violent struggles for justice and equality, like the one that made this day possible. No triumph tainted by brutality could ever match the sweet victory of this hour and what it means for those who marched and died to make it a reality.
Our work is not yet finished but future generations will mark this morning as a turning point for real and neccessary change in our nation. They will look back and remember that this was the moment when the dream that once echoed across history from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial finally reached the walls of the White House. In that spirit, we today not only inaugurate a new administration, we pledge ourselves to the hope, the vision, the unity, and the renewed call to greatness, inspired by the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama.
Senator Dianne Feinstein's opening speech, at the inaugural ceremony for the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama was eloquently delivered and inspiring. Something we believe should remind us of how and why the ideals of democracy should be valued, pursued and upheld. She said,
"The world is watching today as our great democracy engages in this peaceful transition of power. Here on the national mall where we remember the founders of our nation and those who fought to make it free, we gather to etch another line in the solid stone of history.
The freedom of a people to choose its leaders is the root of liberty.
In a world where political strife is too often settled with violence, we come here every four years to bestow the power of the Presidency upon our democratically elected leader.
Those who doubt the supremacy of the ballot over the bullet can never diminish the power engendered by non-violent struggles for justice and equality, like the one that made this day possible. No triumph tainted by brutality could ever match the sweet victory of this hour and what it means for those who marched and died to make it a reality.
Our work is not yet finished but future generations will mark this morning as a turning point for real and neccessary change in our nation. They will look back and remember that this was the moment when the dream that once echoed across history from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial finally reached the walls of the White House. In that spirit, we today not only inaugurate a new administration, we pledge ourselves to the hope, the vision, the unity, and the renewed call to greatness, inspired by the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama.
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