A big Vinaka Tonga, from the bottom of our hearts!!!

We picked up this article from Fiji Today:

Tonga with a population of 219,000 has given assistance of US$60,000 (FJ$ 108,570).

Our nearest neighbors have excelled and deserve to be recognized for this offer.

This equates to 50 cents from every man woman and child.

To match this Australia would have to give $10.4 million dollars and New Zealand give $2.06 million and China $400 million.

Everyone seems to have missed the staggering size of this offer

This donation needs to be recognized.

The govt. recognizes and thanks the people of Tonga for their contribution. No doubt, the PM will be personally called the Tongan PM to convey his heartfelt thanks and best wishes for the extremely generous contribution. We realize that this is the true Pacific way of selfless giving from countries such as Tonga which reinforce our commitment and relationships with the country and its people. NZ and Australia would do well to remember that every gesture whether it is kind or unkind will be returned in kind. This govt. did not ask Tonga to make a contribution of such a magnitude but the people there obviously care a lot for our people so much so that a heavy contribution was made to help the people of Fiji.

A big Vinaka Vakalevu from the people of Fiji and those who are in dire need of such assistance.

To the RFN and SV bloggers: take note that while you go up against the people of your own country, our brothers and sisters from a foreign land recognize our commitment and have shown their support for us - isn't it time you also stopped crying and joined hands to take the nation forward?

Tea for the Needy

Just this morning, we were praising the RFN site for its ability to see through the muck and see the right things. We find it rather distasteful now to have to say we were mistaken about the site. In no less then three articles, the site shows its true colors by discrediting the PM's Tea which was held to get much needed funds for the flood victims. Instead of focusing on the good that the tea session had produced the site does itself a great injustice by accusing the PM of having tea - can you not see beyond this and see how much money was generated in less then thirty minutes? Are you so blind that you cannot see that every possible means is being used to ensure that money is available for the poor and needy of the flood?

We know that sometimes such things may seem a little out of the ordinary but obviously the fools at SV and RFN have not heard that extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures! How much have the sods at RFN and SV contributed? Not one saqamoli and they have the gall to criticise the hard work being done by the PM and the Disaster Teams.

It is outrageous that the RFN bloggers can be so naive at a time when their fellow men need their help that they choose to bicker and chant about the methods used for collecting donations. It boggles us that people are generally supposed to have the common sense to see the right things - obviously the RFN and SV bloggers have become so cross-eyed that they cannot see whats right and wrong. Instead they choose to behave like children - perhaps if a few of their families members were drowned or if they had all their belongings taken away from them will they then realize how stupid they look when they stand on the banks and ridicule the hard efforts being made by other people. For once the RFN and SV bloggers need to get off their high horse and also get something going. If they had any common sense, they would have held a soli of some kind to get money flowing in for the needy.

Because we now have to get back to tending to the needy, we end our blog here and say a prayer for those badly affected and those who have lost their lives - we will remember you in our hearts and prayers. To the RFN and SV bloggers, may God smite you for worshiping the devil who seems to have led you astray and throw your families and you into the deepest and darkest recesses of hell.

A Silver Lining in the Clouds

We would like to thank this opportunity to thank the RFN bloggers for acknowledging the work being done by the PM and his presence at various grief stricken areas of Fiji. We missed blogging yesterday as plans were being made on how to transport some much needed relief for people this weekend. The PM is right in saying that

we should not rush to start rebuilding just yet because another two depressions are on their way and they will simply bring us back to square one.

At this moment, our efforts should be concentrated on getting villagers to higher ground and providing some relief for those unable to move.

At a time of such crisis, the RFN blog site has produced a few interesting articles and we thank them for their efforts in supporting us in that manner. We also thank our readers for their comments and support shown during this time of strife - this is indeed how Fiji should be and how the world should be; coming together at a time of crisis to work as one. The FNPF will be advised accordingly soon to ensure that members seeking to withdraw funds for rebuilding their shattered lives are able to do so. However, this will very likely be set to a cases by case basis to ensure there is no possibility on a run on the organization and members do not simply withdraw money and use it for trifling things. We are of the understanding that members will possibly need the funds for their school children, food and stock to replenish their broken homes and support for such ventures will be provided soon.

Comments have been forthcoming on other blogs as well and we understand that a few blogs have put up pictures of flooded areas. We thank these blogs for their articles as this helps tourists understand the extent of damage in Fiji and why it is important they do not travel unnecessarily around Fiji during this crisis.

Tourists who chose to ignore local warnings and still come to Fiji need to understand that the govt. will not be in a position to provide them as much support as they expect because the citizens of this country will be given the first priority.

Tourists need to contact their local commissions and determine a way out as warnings had been issued locally and in other countries about the dangers of travelling to Fiji during this weather cycle. So, tourists who are currently critical of the lack of support given by the govt. to them should be mindful that they put themselves in a position of danger - we did not ask them to.

The SV site has not stopped their ridiculous charade, even during such a time to come down from their pearch and help as the RFN bloggers have done. They continue to sit and crow like toothless tigers being washed out to sea on a fast melting bed of ice. We eagerly await the ice to fully melt and drown the beasts. For once, we had wished that they would be understanding and it seems that only RFN are willing to work for change instead of griping like SV has been doing. We wonder if the SV bloggers have a conscience or families for that matter? We think they have neither as they have nary a thought for the victims of the recent disasters and instead have remained in their warped little world to continue to be critical of a govt. which is doing all it can in such a calamity despite all odds. This stance taken by SV shows their true colors - a group of people who have no care for the victims of the flood and instead choose to harp on about the govts. failures instead of seeing the hard work being done by the military, police and other govt. members. It is unfortunate that SV chooses to see the cup from the perspective of it being half empty - we see it as half full and will continue to be positive in our efforts.

We will end this blog by saying that we ask those in a position to help to do so instead of merely sitting around with deviants such as Tui Savu who have concocted a new scheme to scam money out of other bloggers. We know that none of the money collected will ever reach the victims and instead it will be used to fund Tui Savu's personal wealth and his binge drinking sprees.