Fiji and Australia
Ashneel J Prasad, Auckland, NZ
Tsk tsk, Aussie media can learn a lot from the game between Fiji and Australia. Too much talking should only be done on the field.
Always believe
Wise Muavono, Lautoka
After the loss to England, I taki myself one bowl, but never felt discouraged or in the slightest, doubt our 7s warriors.
At times, we all want to believe in impossible things, I suppose, to persuade ourselves that miracles can happen. But winning the next two games wasn’t impossible. I believed that they would and they did. Only to be told in the morning that I was smiling in my sleep. Au le! Vinaka vakalevu to my tau Ben Ryan and the boys for retaining the series title. Areh, Go Fiji go.
Belated congratulations
Lemba AhabiYA Halofaki , Lami
Over a month ago, you published the appointment of four new Permanent Secretaries in the Fijian Government.
I was happy to see three ladies and especially overjoyed to see two of them being our very own local women graduates. Congratulations to all four of them, Mr. Robin Nair and the three ladies.
To the new Permanent Secretary, Finance, Mrs Makereta Alifereti Konrote and to the new Permanent Secretary, Employment, Industrial Relations and Productivity, Mrs Salanieta Seruilagilagi Daunabuna, thank you for being such positive role models to all the young girls and women not only in Fiji but beyond. Indeed the sky is the limit.
Thank you also to the Public Service Commission for your merit-based selection and appointment, and to the families of the new appointees, for the support and nurturing that has allowed them to serve Fiji in these critical positions.
Irrelevant, wild
accusations
Tukai Lagonilakeba, Namaka, Nadi
Isireli Vesikula’s witch hunting, wild accusations, baseless and mere speculations are unrealistic cheap political propaganda specifically if coming from someone with an MBA and a Masters of Law.
The iTaukei are not fools to again fall prey to your ill conceived claims and the and politics must not be allowed to rear its ugly head into our society.
It will cause racial disharmony and hatred. It was a famous swan song of his SODELPA party’s pre and post 2014 election agendas, and it still is.
Perhaps Vesikula might want to go further and explain the land grab situation from the Nakauvadra Range in the Ra province and have it reported to the Minister for iTaukei Affairs or to the general manager iTLTB to verify if the land has been illegally converted.
His article in the Fiji Times’ Nai Lalakai May 11 edition also claimed of gold being found under the Nakauvadra ranges, but not backed up by a special geologist report.
It will just make those natives of Ra to sit back and dream aimlessly for the gold bullions to arrive similar to what those Kelekeletabua followers had experienced in the past awaiting the arrival of their container loads of the billions that never eventuated.
Is this another false alarm enough to brainwash those naive Ra landowners that are being used as SODELPA’s political pawns?
All right thinking Fijians must counter Isireli’s wild accusations and his land allegations because it holds no place in society and our modern Fiji.
Maybe, the learned Vesikula might want to be reminded that the iTaukei still owns 91 per cent of the total land area in our Republic, but we are the losers in that 80 per cent of the land have been lying idle since time immemorial and unproductive.
But he can involve himself in with our various landowning units to manage their resources better instead of a useless wild goose chase.
Please come out with solutions that are progressive, beneficial and positive to our marginalised indigenous Fijians.
Split advocacy group
Savenaca Vakaliwaliwa, Canada
From an iTaukei perspective, irrespective of our political differences, what happened to the Leader of the Opposition and Gone Marama Bale na Roko Tui Dreketi in Los Angeles is unacceptable.
Even though Honourable Niko Nawaikula has accepted to take the blame as second in command of the advocacy group responsible, no high ranking iTaukei chief should be treated like this.
It just paints a bad picture on us iTaukei Fijians, known to be friendly, loving, hospitable, respectful and would go the second mile for one who is in need.
On a serious note, we have heard that SODELPA intends to win the next General Election and it would be good to know what they will achieve through this split advocacy groups in the United States.
We are told that the Fiji Native Tribal Congress (FNTC) and the Fiji Indigenous People’s Foundation (FIPF) are fighting on two different fronts for the same cause at the United Nations agencies and forums.
Would the above move to resolve all the issues they are presenting and if resolved, would it be grounds to alter the will of the people in Fiji and change what is already accepted by the majority in the Fiji Constitution?
SODELPA has already tried bringing up the GCC issue in Parliament, so why can’t they present in Parliament all the issues they want the United Nations to resolve?
We all know what happens when a house is divided.
Shifty immigrants
Simon Hazelman, Savusavu
The food distribution up North has seen several new immigrants lining up to receive food rations.
One particular lady kicked up a commotion on why she was receiving less than others. When told it depended on the number of people in the family she still continued to say it was unfair.
It brings me to question what kind of people are we allowing into the country?
Are we supposed to have conditions for permanent entry? Or are the conditions so slack that we now see many shifty ones coming through?
Immigrants ought to be a credit to Fiji and nothing less.
Obviously something ain’t right at Immigration Department?