Narayan leaves FTIB

Seems that the government backed the CEO Annie Rodgers,  as Viliame Naupoto has been made Chairman of FTIB.

Bye bye Frances!

As reported on Coup 1/4

The Chairman of Fiji Islands Trade & Invesment Bureau, New Zealand citizen Francis Naayan, is understood to have returned to Auckland.

Narayan is believed to have flown out of Nadi on Wednesday after writing to his friend, interim prime minister and army commander, Frank Bainimarama, setting out conditions that will see him either continue his role as FTIB chairman or quit.

Sources have confirmed to us that in the letter to Bainimarama, Narayan stated that he was returning to New Zealand for two weeks, where he would await the regime’s response.

We reported last week that Narayan had lost his $160,000 annual salary as investment cosultant for Fiji National Provident Fund and was having problems with FTIB chief executive, Annie Rodgers.

Narayan has told Bainimarama he can no loger work with Rodgers, saying that if the regme wants him to continue as FTIB Chairman, then it has to get rid of Rodgers.

Comments from Fiji Live.   Former commander of the Fijian Navy, Commander Viliame Naupoto, is now at the helm of the Fiji Trade and Investment Board.

Naupoto confirmed to FijiLive that he took over responsibilities of the chairman of the FTIB, the Government body tasked with promoting investment in the country, last week after the departure of chairman Francis Narayan.

New FNPF board members

Never has there been so much speculation over board appointments.  The list of front runnes for FNFP are as follows:

Robin Yarrow

Radrodro Tabualevu

Div Damodar

Humpy Dumpty

Ajay Punja

Francis Narayan

Barack Obama

So your guess is as good as ours.  But we are hoping for either Humpty Dumpty or Barack Obama. Submit your top  names for the job under this blog please.

Raw Military Lies

Editors comments in blue.

Sources  from within QEB say last Friday was another embarrasing day for the green goons. Nothing embarrasing about having a few drinks at the Officers Mess.

They reported that the officers mess turned into a brawling ground with main boy, Pita Driti, knocking out one of his own Captain to the ground. A brawl would mean more than two people.

They say it looked like the Captain decided to fake his own defeat after he told Driti they will soon be history.  What really happened was this… the Captain was drunk and fell, Driti helped him up and sat him in a chair…. OR this could have happened.. A guy walks up to Driti and says ‘Hi mate, I work for Raw Fiji News’ and then Driti wacks him.. or………( you fill in the blanks)

Big mistake by Driti? BIG LIES BY RAW??

It’s is not about democracy

The position of the military government gets stronger with every passing day, as the bleatings of our neighbours become tiresome and faint.

Time is the greatest weapon in the present scenario.

Bainimarama needs to do nothing, say nothing. Just keep the peace and plod along. Every day that passes until 2014 will be a thorn in the side of those who want to impose their will but have failed miserably.

The focus should be on the current economic recession, “political equilibrium” will come in time.

The bullying tactics adopted by the righteous neighbours only is having the opposite effect – instead of earning the respect of the Fiji community, it is galvanising support for Bainimarama. It is the classic case of people supporting the underdog against a common foe.

From Topasi

Digicel spreads Swine Flu

As reported on blog site  Coup 1/4  we wonder if there is any truth to the story??? Comments from Digicel!!

Fiji has now got 10 cases of the swine flu virus.

Six of them are employees of mobile company Digicel.

The workers contracted the virus via a PNG national who can’t be traced.

Two weeks ago the interim regime said their contingency plans for the virus was foolproof.

Editors note: nothing is foolproof and the governement never made those comments.