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Updated November 24, 2011 09:47:15
Imagine travelling with over three tonnes of luggage... that's how much equipment a volunteer medical team has taken to Fiji to perform cardiac surgery on patients.
Operation Open Heart has been running since for over two decades... and in Fiji, it's seen over six hundred successful cardiac operations.
Presenter:Campbell Cooney
Speaker:Melanie Windus,…
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The United States Coast Guard is searching for a man and an aluminium skiff that went missing near Betio in Kiribati two days ago.
The Pacific News Centre reports that the 24-year-old remained aboard the two-metre boat while two companions went diving about 180 metres from land.
When they surfaced the boat and its passenger were gone, but the divers were able to swim to shore.
A Hercules aircrew stationed in…
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ABC RADIO PACIFIC BEAT Updated November 9, 2011 09:19:58
With the final seat decided in the Kiribati elections... the fight for President is heating up.
I-Kiribati now face intense lobbying from Presidential candidates.
Presenter:Geraldine Coutts
Speaker:John Anderson, Kiribati Video
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FIJISUN Newspaper Daily ENews writer : CAROLINE RATUCADRA 11/6/2011
The brief stop by tourists on board cruise ships to Rabi Island has ensured aSo…
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IN A bid to combat criminal activities, five officers are working with the Fiji Police Force to solve grievances at communal level on Rabi Island.
As required by the Banaban Settlement Act, the group known as local police officers was formed during the inception of the Rabi Council of Leaders years ago.
Rabi Island Council of leaders executive…
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THE Australian magpie (mekepai gymorthina tibicen), which was first introduced to Fiji in the 1800s, is keeping Cicia's coconut plantation free of stick insects.
There were at least two and probably more separate introductions from Australia, one of which, in 1916, was organised by the Agriculture Department which charged planters $1 a pair.
A statement from the Department of Agriculture…
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RADIO AUSTRALIA - Pacific Beat Updated October 31, 2011 09:46:37
If you want to upset a Banaban call them Fijian.
They are proud of the difference and still miss their homeland they were moved from years ago after their islands were plundered for bird guano by their former colonial masters, Britain.
The Banabans believe their close knit community has valuable skills that would benefit the wider…
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THIRTEEN renowned musicians and a comedian from Kiribati will showcase their talents for the first time here in Suva at the Suva Civic Auditorium today from 12 noon to 4pm.
The team leader and CEO for the Kiribati Broadcasting and Publication Authority, Betarim Rimon, said the tour was a tribute to musicians and composers in Fiji who had influenced the development of the Kiribati's…
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Pacific communities to benefit from coconut processing manual
Suva, Fiji, 28 October 2011 - A new coconut processing manual published by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) will assist community-based producers in the Pacific to improve the quality of their value-added coconut products to meet international market requirements.
The Processing Manual for…
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by Terikano Takesau
Today is the Banaban. Women's Day and is celebrated with Tunuloa and Tukavesi women on Rabi Island.
Programme included:
VCO and craft show entertainment and socializing. Chief guest was Vice chairman RCL other guest included Civil servants, business people and other…
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HELPING youths recognise their potential is what 37-year-old Umesh Chand is advocating on Rabi island in Cakaudrove.
He said most Rabi youths were school dropouts with skills to venture into income-generating projects but did not know how to make use of it.
"Staying on the island for more than 14 years makes me realise the vast potential these youths have but the problem is…
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FIJI TIMES ONLINE Salaseini Vosamana Wednesday, October 26, 2011
BEING victims of climate change for the past years, a group of women from Tukavesi village in Cakaudrove have taken a strong stand to plant coconut trees to safeguard their shores from such disaster.
The initiative organised by the Banaban Women's Organisation in partnership with Vodafone ATH Fiji Foundation was aimed at empowering women to make…
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Attempts to identify bodies thought to possibly be New Zealand coastwatchers beheaded on Tarawa by the Japanese in World War Two may achieve a result by early next year.
The men volunteered during World War II to be coast-watchers, a chain of radio operators stationed on Pacific islands to look out for enemy fleet movements.
Some were postal telegraphists while others were unarmed…
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FIJI TIMES ONLINE:
THE Department of Environment in the Northern Division will visit Rabi and Kioa Island today to educate council leaders on climate change, waste management and the need to protect natural resources on the islands. Environment officer Northern Senimili Nakora said the awareness program was vital for the islanders.
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FIJI TIMES ONLINE Avinesh Gopal Tuesday, October 18, 2011
A SOLDIER who suffered injuries when the truck he was travelling in on an official duty ran over his leg has been awarded about $94,000 in damages by the High Court in Suva.
Sevania Naulumatua Rayawa had filed a civil case against Tabontora Mote, a driver for the Rabi Council of Leaders, the Rabi Council of Leaders and the South Pacific Organising Committee, which was under the Fiji…
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