Tag: Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum
FijiFirst not fit to run country over ‘dry taps – no...
By Felix Chaudhary in Suva
People’s Alliance party leader Sitiveni Rabuka says the FijiFirst government is not fit to run the country because it cannot...
Fiji’s AG blames Tongan tsunami warning delay on ‘agency liaison’
By Luke Nacei in Suva
Fiji's Department of Mineral Resources needs time to liaise with a number of agencies before emergency warnings or alerts are...
Professor Brij Lal: A champion of democracy and Fiji’s finest scholar
OBITUARY: By Professor Biman Prasad
Brij Vilash Lal, banished from the land of his birth by the Bainimarama government in November 2009 for championing democracy...
Graham Davis: A COP26 slap in the face for Fiji’s ‘oceans...
COMMENTARY: By Graham Davis
What do you do when the other small island nations don’t recognise your brilliance and won’t go along with your suggestions?
Well,...
Graham Davis: In the stars? It’s in the polls, Rabuka’s final...
COMMENTARY: By Graham Davis
"So many detractors were saying, 'no you won’t get it, the Supervisor of Elections won’t allow it'. I said, 'well let...
Fiji news media ‘acted responsibly’ in questions over AG’s ego, says...
By Felix Chaudhary in Suva
Fijian Media Association president Stanley Simpson says a journalist who asked Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum to respond to comments made against...
Leading Fiji legal advocate condemns Attorney-General over ‘tantrum’
By Jale Daucakacaka in Suva
Fiji Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum’s “petulance” has become tiresome and unnecessary, says prominent lawyer and advocate Graham Leung.
He made the statement...
USP staff unions reject Fiji AG’s claims, ‘set record straight’
By Luke Rawalai in Suva
Both University of the South Pacific staff unions have attacked claims made in Parliament last week by Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum...
Corruption accused USP staff ‘apply for state jobs’, says Fiji opposition
By Felix Chaudhary and Luke Rawalai in Suva
Some people who were accused of corrupt practices at the University of the South Pacific have applied...
Fiji’s climate of fear deepens in time of covid pandemic crisis
By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific journalist
As Fiji struggles with an unprecedented health and economic crisis, the country's already limited democratic space is being choked...
SODELPA leader blasts PM, Attorney-General over Fiji covid ‘recklessness’
By Litia Cava in Suva
Fiji's opposition SODELPA leader Viliame Gavoka has condemned Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama and Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum for their “unimaginable recklessness”...
Sayed-Khaiyum leading Fiji into chaos, says women’s crisis centre leader
By Litia Cava in Suva
The Fiji Civil Society Organisation Alliance for COVID-19 Humanitarian Response has repeated a call for the resignation of the country's...
Fiji may be facing heavy covid disaster within month, warns health...
By Michael Field of The Pacific Newsroom
Fiji could face around 600 covid-19 deaths within about eight weeks, and 50,000 active cases, unless decisive government-led...
Nauru president defends Samoa contract decision for USP chief
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Nauru President Lionel Aingimea has rejected a Fiji minister's claim that the decision of the University of the South Pacific to...
AG raises Suva lawyers’ ‘little confidence’ social media posts
By Luke Nacei in Suva
Social media posts by two outspoken Suva-based lawyers have been raised in Parliament over a critical culture “that has been...
USP staff and students hit back at Sayed-Khaiyum’s ‘illegal’ claim
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The University of the South Pacific staff and student unions have condemned Fiji Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum's claim that a new USP...
Fiji’s Navy — a clear and present covid danger to Fiji
By Michael Field of The Pacific Newsroom
Fiji stands on the edge of covid-19 disaster because some 50 navy officers blatantly broke quarantine rules to...
Graham Davis: Fat-cat leaders laughing in the face of Fiji’s suffering
COMMENTARY: By Graham Davis
Last month, I wrote on Facebook that the resumption of my blog Grubsheet for 2021 was being postponed out of consideration...
The future of USP is at stake – do Australia and...
ANALYSIS: By Biman Chand Prasad in Suva
The whistleblowing vice-chancellor at the University of the South Pacific (USP), Professor Pal Ahluwalia, has described the illegal...
NFP’s Dr Prasad accuses Fiji of threatening stability of USP
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
National Federation Party leader Dr Biman Prasad has accused the Fiji government of threatening the long-term stability of the Suva-based regional...
USP staff slam Fiji’s freezing of F$28m grant as holding university...
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Staff of the regional University of the South Pacific have condemned the Fiji government’s “dictatorial" action in freezing a $28 million...
Graham Davis: Why Bainimarama has slammed me in the Fiji ‘state’...
COMMENTARY: By Graham Davis
Stung by successive Grubsheet articles revealing how the military wants changes to the Fiji government and also revealing the name of...