After the $40billion dollar joint venture fanfare, some hard truths: Now, "Inventor" Douglas Stewart says the $40billion cited are based on success of apps owned by other companies and he is unable to estimate revenue for the joint venture. "We have a brilliant young man, we call Mr G...Patel. He owns GSix Holdings and has opened up doors for us in the South Pacific... The Prime Minister and his wife, maam, have been very appreciative, allowing us to launch our product here in Fiji..."
Fijileaks: Did Patel inform Stewart that GSix had gone into liquidation?

His co-signatory to the joint venture - Gaurangbhai Mukundbhai Patel - ran a New Zealand company GSix Holdings Ltd which went into liquidation in October 2014, with no assets to distribute to creditors. Patel turned up in Fiji as chairman of Fiji Cricketers Association, "securing" $200,000 for the sport.

Last week, at Grand Pacific Hotel, he and Stewart got Bainimarama to launch their new venture, in the presence of Who is Who of Fiji and scores of international dignitaries - not to mention local and overseas media and dancers. What was omitted from the choreography and script was Patel's GSix Holdings Ltd which was placed into liquidation in New Zealand in October 2014. GSix Holdings was formed on 2 July 2013

FIJI G6: Jeeping around Fiji in a personalized number plate bearing the same name of his company G6 which was liquidated in New Zealand

Read FULL REPORT later on in the story

Fijileaks: Gaurangbhai Mukundbhai PATEL, former Fijian cricketer and the man behind the "$40billion joint venture" is refusing to dismount from his "high horse" and tell us about his past business history; we don't blame him at all: Fijians, Fiji government, and the Fiji Media have history of falling for "businessman" promising to bring millions - billions!

TRAVELLING BUSINESS CLASS and boasting in "style" on his Facebook

Again, on Facebook:Singing Praise to FFP Establishing the Future of Fiji Empowering the youth of Fiji Party of Every Common Fijian We Vote For Fiji First

Fijileaks: We like to extend our appreciation to the anonymous person who has nominated our founding Editor-in-Chief VICTOR LAL
for the 2017 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Award:
"This message is to let you know you have been nominated by a member of the public for the Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards 2017 - in the campaigning category."

DEFYING THE DICTATORS IN FIJI AND MALAYSIA: Victor Lal and Zulkiflee Anwar Haque, aka Zunar in London, April 2016

VICTOR LAL: We salute a fellow 2016 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Award nominee and Malaysian cartoonist Zulkiflee Anwar Haque, aka Zunar, who won't be able to be with me at the 2017 Award (pictured with me at last year's award ceremony). Malaysia has imposed a travel ban on Zunar, who is facing sedition charges and a possible 43 year prison sentence: “How Can I Be Neutral, Even My Pen Has a Stand”

“Talent is not a gift, but a responsibility. It is a duty for me as a cartoonist to use the art as a weapon to fight unjust rulers. Fear and intimidation are the potent tools being used by the regime to scare the people. I also strongly believe that, when faced with a moral crisis, there is no room to grumble in silence. We have to stand up and cry our voice out loud and clear. Neutrality is escapism for those who live in a comfort zone.” - Zunar, on winning the 2016 Cartooning for Peace Prize, Geneva; Zunar has spent two periods in Malaysian jails, firstly in September 2010 and again from 10 February 2015. Several of his books have been banned while bookstores carrying his works have been raided and three of his assistants were arrested in October 2014 for selling his books. The webmaster, who manages his website and online bookstore, has been interrogated by Malaysian police.

Zulkiflee Anwar Haque, aka “Zunar”, upper right, is saluted by the audience in April 2016 at the Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Award. Sitted next to him is Victor Lal (circled)

REPORTING FIJI COURT OF APPEAL JUDGMENT: One wonders if Fiji Sun is singing from same "judicial musical sheet" - no mention of Bala?:

The Fiji Times:

According to the Fiji Court of Appeal judges, the Electoral Commission discharged its functions when it sent its letter dated August 22, 2014 to Saneem. "Once the commission did that, the Supervisor was mandatorily required to carry out the decision contained in that communication in terms of Section 76 (3) read with Section 8 (a) of the Electoral Decree and it was not open to him to question the legality and/or constitutionality of it, particularly in view of the provisions of Section 30 (7) of the said Decree which decrees that the commission's decision is final, not permitting any appeal or review against the same."

Parveen Bala sworn in as FFP MP and later appointed Cabinet Minister

One of the objectors to Bala's candidacy was PDP general secretary and lawyer Aman Ravindra Singh:

Extract from The Fijian Electoral Commission Annual Report 2014:

BLIND TO LEGALITY: Saneem overseas the draws for numbers assigned to candidates contesting the September 17 election. Fiji Labour Party leader Mahendra Chaudhry objected to the draws being held while People’s Democratic Party President Lynda Tabuya protested against the inclusion of FijiFirst candidate Parveen Kumar’s name in the list for the draw. The Fiji Electoral Commission upheld an appeal by PDP against Kumar’s nomination saying he was a public office holder at the time of his nomination. Kumar, who also goes by the name Praveen Bala, was the special administrator for Lautoka, Ba and Tavua. Chaudhry objected to his name as well as his colleague Steven Singh’s name not being included in the draw.

Fijileaks to Supervisor of Elections Mohammed Saneem:
RESIGN!

TWEET BLACKOUT: After a series of controversial tweets and assertions that he will tweet whatever he likes, Saneem has blocked his tweet account - only confirmed followers of his can have access to his thoughts

*The Fiji Appeals Court judges (the president of the Court of Appeal, Justice William Calanchini, Justice Almeida Guneratne and Justice David Alfred) also conclude saying the time limits of 3 days after objections to proceed with the candidate draw ends at midnight on the 3rd day and NOT at 4pm as argued by Mohammed Saneem who had proceeded to conduct the draw for the 2014 General Election, without hearing the result of the Commissions deliberations

* That decision of Saneem with legal advice from the SG’s Office, allowed the entry of Fiji First Minister Parveen Bala to be a candidate for  Bainimarama-Khaiyum's party; the Electoral Commission had ruled that Bala was not eligible to stand for election

OBEY ORDERS: The Fiji Court of Appeal also rules that Saneem must comply with all decisions and directions given to him concerning the performance of his functions by the Electoral Commission, meaning he must not take instructions and directions from Aiyaz Sayed Khaiyum

Fiji Court of Appeal overturns Justice Kumar who had ruled as follows:

Saneem had aborted the Commission's ruling which had ruled that FijiFirst candidate Parveen Kumar Bala was ineligible to stand as an election candidate...Saneem had ruled in Bala's FAVOUR:

"TOPPI WALLAH" had got involved in the dispute between Election Supervisor and Election Commission criticizing the Commission for getting independent legal advice other than his Solicitor-General. He had also welcomed the High Court judgment in favour of Saneem, attracting mild rebuke from  Professor Crosbie Walsh in his pro-regime blogsite

From Fiji Sun, 25 August 2014:

http://www.fijileaks.com/home/legally-exposed-electoral-commission-chairman-chen-young-was-introduced-by-khaiyum-as-best-legal-man-for-the-job-now-the-poor-chap-has-become-a-laughing-stock-in-legal-circles-et-tu-young

From Fijileaks Archive, 6 May; 31 May 2014:

Bainimarama visiting remote Wainiyavu Village in the remote interior of Namosi

If a cruise liner is in town, the locals will be shut out of the park so tourists could have it all to themselves because 'local Fijians are thieves'

If a cruise liner is in town, the locals will be shut out of the park so tourists could have it all to themselves because 'local Fijians are thieves'

Safety & Comfort Tips:
Valuables can be kept at your Hotel or at the Forestry Office for safekeeping.
You may collect them before 4.00pm

Story source: Fiji Sun, 29 November 2016

Bainimarama when granting exclusive license to One Hundred Sands Ltd to build a casino in Fiji: "We are not trying to imitate Las Vegas in Pacific'

In November 2000 he [Peter Foster] headed to ‘Bula Fiji’ where he was renting a $475 a night, two-bedroom villa at the Sheraton in Nadi. While the legal wrangle continued, the Australian taxpayers were paying $125 a day to keep Foster in prison and the cost of court proceedings continued to mount, running into millions. His cavalier statement sums up his impressibility: ‘You give me a bucket of mud and I’d sell it.’ Ironically, when he dived into the muddy Navua River wearing only his underpants, the Fiji police were no longer buying his story. -
Victor Lal on Australian conman Peter Foster

Fijileaks founding Editor-in-Chief Victor Lal had long warned about Peter Foster but no one had taken it seriously....until after 2006 coup

Now, another "INVESTOR" with a promise of MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR investment in Fiji has appeared on the scene - DOUGLAS STEWART - who lists among his previous experiences as former Casino Marketing Executive at Las Vegas Hilton Hotel. He has teamed up with Gaurangbhai Patel, the former Operations Manager and Development Manager West Fiji at International Cricket Council (ICC). Let us hope it is not going to be another false "dice" rolled at Bainimarama. HELLO, Welcome to FIJI!

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-25/scepticism-about-multi-billion-dollar-business/8059392

Multi-billion dollar joint venture...REALLY!

App developer Douglas Stewart (left) with Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama at the launch of his new InstaCharge Mobile Android App at the Grand Pacific Hotel on Friday 25 November 2016

Police Commissioner Brigadier General Sitiveni Qiliho (left) with Fiji Sports Council chief executive officer Litiana Loabuka at the launching.

"It is absolutely necessary to establish whether people have land to plant the seeds and this is why we have put in place certain requirements. There there have been cases in the past where farmers have taken the seeds and have sold it as they do not have land to plant it. The five tonnes of vegetable seeds that the Indian Government has donated will be distributed to farmers around the country as soon as possible..." 
Permanent Secretary for Agriculture Jitendra Singh

"The stringent requirements required by the Ministry of Agriculture in order for agricultural and subsistence farmers to qualify for vegetable seeds donated by the Government of India is yet another painful reminder of this Government’s bureaucratic and dictatorial policy. It is adding insult to injury of victims of Severe Tropical Cyclone Winston who are struggling to feed their families and in places like Koro Island are forced to rely on wild food suitable for animal consumption, as recently highlighted by  the Fiji Times newspaper. Last month the Government of India sent to Fiji five tonnes of vegetable seeds to help in cyclone rehabilitation efforts after the devastating effects of Cyclone Winston. Cyclone-affected farmers suffered heavy losses. You would think that with five tonnes of seeds, it would not be a difficult thing for the Government to hand these out. Instead, farmers – even subsistence farmers, who need only a few grams of seeds to re-establish their gardens – are being made to fill out a two-page form prepared by the
Ministry of Agriculture...."

KORO Islanders foraging for wild food to survive while NFP and Agriculture Ministry lock horns over donated Indian government vegetable seeds

'A most prominent challenge perceived by all stakeholders at this level is the rapid pace of educational reform, repeated shifts relating to policy, curriculum and assessment, and associated changes in regulations and procedures.Talanga sessions thus reveal significant teacher stress and frustration with what are perceived to be overwhelming and uncoordinated curriculum changes being rolled out. Teachers and trainees reported a sense of what was described as reform lethargy in the face of the frequency of Ministerial circulars requiring rapid change. As one secondary school teacher reported, ‘We are like machines. We don’t get to think anymore’. Teachers expressed general disappointment at lack of teacher consultation in the numerous changes being implemented and concern at the pace
and number of new initiatives. They said they were confused about whether to follow the NCF principles when implementing the new initiatives particularly in regard to assessment and examinations. There was overwhelming frustration at the new teach-3-terms worth of work/content in two terms and revise for the entire Term 3. Teachers spent a lot of time emphasising their disappointment at the swift return to external examinations, saying that they and their students had just become familiarised with and confident in the internal assessment processes...A related challenge concerns the emergence of a perceived mismatch between the educational philosophy articulated in the NCF and the MOE’s new assessment policy." - Quality Teachers and Teacher Education in Fiji, Final report 2016

http://www.bristol.ac.uk/media-library/sites/education/documents/final-report.pdf

Bainimarama with Fiji National University students during the FNU 2017 Enrolment Drive launch at Albert Park in Suva, Saturday 26 November 2016

FRA has no POWER to stop the MARCH, especially on Human Rights Day

COUPS cause disruptions, inconvenience, and violate citizens human rights, leading to corruption, brutality, nepotism and DICTATORSHIP

Fiji wants to be a member of the Human Rights Council for the 2018-2020 term. Fiji's permanent representative to the UN in Geneva Nazhat Khan revealed this during her report to the Human Rights Commissioner at the 33rd Session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland

IF LONDON, one of the most busiest CITIES in the world, allows us to MARCH, who is FRA to tell Fijians they can't march through the streets of Fiji. What about those road closures when Heads of State visit Fiji?