Weather forecast
Julius Kamali, Nadi
So often we constantly hear updates of where the eye of the cyclone is located or moving.
This mode of communication best suits mariners.
Location codes like degrees, west-south-west and the likes are unknown to the majority of rural dwellers and some urban dwellers, like myself, who struggle to figure out where the eye of the cyclone is.
It’s time to modify this to the benefit of all cross sections of Fiji and the Pacific.
By now the names of all the villages and settlements in Fiji are well known to all forms of the media – radio, TV, mobile phones and newspapers.
When the path of the cyclone is known or expected, the names of all the affected villages should be announced so that all those directly impacted will take heed accordingly, especially the young, old and vulnerable.
Cricket Fiji
Mohammed Zubaid Jameel, Lautoka
As a cricketer it is a sorry sight to see that the enhancement of cricket in Fiji is really slow.
Considering the Fijian Under-19 team taking part in the cricket World Cup in Bangladesh at the beginning of the year, I firmly believe that cricket should be taken seriously in Fiji and more initiative should be taken by Fiji Cricket Association to build a better base for cricket in the country.
Secondary school cricket is currently dead in the country and I’d like that the cricket association to do something about it because there must be quite a lot of teenagers willing to take part in the sport.
As a secondary school student I want cricket to be one of the most played sport in the country like the way rugby, soccer and netball is played, but if the Fiji Cricket Association doesn’t take initiative there won’t be a improvement done. Time for improvement!
Telecom service
Conan Hatch, Nadi
I write this rather reluctantly and as a last resort about getting my telephone line fixed.
My telephone had started giving a strange beeping sound about two weeks before the cyclone and I lodged a fault complaint with the Telecom Namaka branch at the same time.
The internet data connection is working but cuts out every two minutes or so.
Since then, it’s been about seven weeks but no one from Telecom has visited to fix the fault.
I have visited the Telecom Namaka branch over four times during the seven weeks and spoke to the staff there about this but it’s been to no avail.
In my profession, I have to use the phone a lot along with emails and internet via the same line so it’s been quite a frustrating experience for me as well as people trying to contact me.
My only other alternative has been to use my mobile phone and pray a lot while using the internet connection.
It is really like living on a deserted island where Telecom has the only boat anchored out at the reef.
You can see it but it’s no use to you or anyone else. I am sending this message in a bottle and I hope you get it.
Maybe Telecom might come closer to land and rescue me before you get this message.
Blocked drains
Neelz Singh, Lami
Every time it rains heavily the blocked drains and sideways emerges of pile of rubbish, bottles, cartons, house-hold and industrial waste.
Don’t blame the drains; it’s the rubbish that people throw everywhere ends up in drains. Litter awareness seems to be neglected.
Police data
Amenatave Yaconisau, Suva
I acknowledge the Fiji Police Force for producing crime statistics in this newspaper (FS 31/3/16).
The Police should tell the public how it attempts to lower it instead of attributing women and child crime to parental negligence and cultural norms.
Whether it improves community policing, recommend stiffer penalties to elected representatives people need to know what is being done to curb crime and protect them. It may be useful to find out why crime happens more in May June, July periods.
Suggestion from women’s movement and Save the Children organisation will give people a more direct influence over crime statistics. It’s part of handling women’s, girls and gender rights in Fiji.
To do nothing would be inviting chaos if peoples’ wishes are not heard. I am sure Police Commissioner Brigadier-General Sitiveni Qiliho will do something about it.
SODELPA
Tukai Lagonilakeba, Nadi
A fellow disappointed letter writer is insisting that it does not make good sense and undemocratic for Ro Teimumu, as Leader of the Opposition, to be disregarded and overlooked by our ruling FijiFirst Government in its quest to boost their ‘kerekere’ coffers to rich nations for our rehab assistance post severe TC Winston.
If one thinks the SODELPA Opposition leader can prove a whole world of difference during our country’s time of need in its rebuilding and reconstruction phase post TC Winston than she is more than welcome to show Fijians her plans on how best she can contribute constructively and more meaningfully.
Our FijiFirst government was overwhelmingly voted in by the majority and mandated to govern, reengineer and manage our economy, clear the backlogs, weed corruption and strictly not to engage with Ro Teimumu’s Opposition for the next four years as it will be politically suicidal.
Please, let us not politicise our current situation but concentrate on the task at hand because it is absolutely nonsense when our fellow dear Fijians affected are still suffering and reeling from the aftermath, destruction, shock, trauma and devastation from the Monster TC Winston.
Just a reminder to those that have forgotten, SODELPA and Ro Teimumu were voted into the Opposition by their supporters but not to govern. That is simply where they belong until the 2018 elections. It is the Fijian peoples’ verdict and so will the FijiFirst government’s political agenda.
In hindsight, all these international donors will synchronise, collaborate as they only recognise the legitimate ruling FijiFirst government of the day but not the Opposition; it has always been like that ever since in any circumstance.
The ultimate cornerstone and demonstration of our Fijian made democracy was when Ro Teimumu’s vote of no confidence against Voreqe Bainimarama’s tested leadership was overwhelmingly defeated during our last Parliament session.
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