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Rabi: Peace and quiet on an island

Fiji Time Online Sunday, November 01, 2009

IN an area behind Rabi island, sits four houses - typically Banaban styled homes - occupied by families who depend on the limited land in the area for food.

Albert Cove which sits in the northern end of Rabi island is mostly surrounded by its beautiful white sandy beaches and mountainous area behind the homes.

The four families that live on the island plant a variety of root… Continue

Added by Stacey King on November 1, 2009 at 10:17am — No Comments

Rabi - A picture of beauty

FIJI TIME ONLINE - Serafina Silaitoga Sunday, November 01, 2009

IT can almost blind you. If you're not careful about screening the beauty of Albert Cove and Ringgold Atolls with your naked eyes, then you'd certainly go blind.

It sits behind Taveuni and Rabi islands in the northern division.

The blending colours of the blue skies, crystal clear shallow waters, white sandy beach with a backdrop of green is breathtaking.

That's just how stunning and… Continue

Added by Stacey King on November 1, 2009 at 10:14am — No Comments

Earhart's Final Resting Place Believed Found -Nikumaroro (Kiribati)

Rossella Lorenzi, Discovery News

Oct. 23, 2009 -- Legendary aviatrix Amelia Earhart mostly likely died on an uninhabited tropical island in the southwestern Pacific republic of Kiribati, according to researchers at The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR).

Tall, slender, blonde and brave, Earhart disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean on July 2, 1937 in a record attempt to fly around the world at the equator. Her final resting place has long been… Continue

Added by Stacey King on October 26, 2009 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Mystery of US Vessel Awaiting Destruction In India (was re-registered in Kiribati)

Toxic or Not, Which Ship are You ? Handy Shipping Guide 19 Oct 2009

Picture: Top SS Independence in San Francisco Bottom Platinum II

INDIA – Confusion reigns supreme over the identity of the vessel moored in the waters off Alang awaiting destruction. Or does it? As you can see by… Continue

Added by Stacey King on October 26, 2009 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Pacific women face among highest rates of violence in world, says researcher

9:32 October 23, 2009 Pacific.Scoop By Kara Segedin

Women in the Pacific face some of the highest rates of physical and sexual violence in the world, but regional organisations are working hard to improve the situation.

Pacific researcher Apolosi Bose was in Auckland for the release of the Amnesty International Fiji Report last month.

Also high on his agenda was highlighting the serious violence against women in the… Continue

Added by Stacey King on October 26, 2009 at 2:12pm — No Comments

Vodafone Tower finished on Rabi

From Biara Touakin 23 Oct 2009

Vodafone has completed its work on Rabi and at about 8.00pm last night we could talk on vodafone mobile phones.

Another leap for Rabi Island

call your families on Rabi Island on vodafone mobile phone

cheers Biara

Added by Stacey King on October 23, 2009 at 5:19pm — No Comments

FUNERAL NOTICE - Rabi - Nei Bereti Konono

Tia kaotia ma te nanokawaaki ba ea tiba weteaki naba man te maiu aei Nei Bereti Konono about an hour ago. Te funeral gathering ae karaoaki ngkai ni mwengaia i Tabwewa Meang. A bane n roko aia utu, kaain te Wetire ao aia friends ma aia neighbours

Message from Biara Touakin - Rabi 10.47am 19.10.09

Added by Stacey King on October 19, 2009 at 6:06pm — 1 Comment

French marines fire at alleged Somali pirates in Indian Ocean

Written by ECOTERRA - SMCM Australia.to

French marines providing protection on board French fishing vessels in the Indian Ocean early on Saturday fired on alleged pirates to repel a dawn attack, first reports said.

"Three small launches... (which were) nearly… Continue

Added by Stacey King on October 15, 2009 at 1:37pm — No Comments

Kiribati fines ship $1M for illegal fishing

Thursday, October 01, 2009

Saipan Tribune

BETIO, Kiribati-The High Court of Kiribati fined yesterday the owner and master of a foreign fishing vessel a total of $1 million for fishing in Kiribati waters without a license.

The fine came as the High Court handed down its judgment on the prosecution by Kiribati Attorney General of Chung Ching Fu and Sung Hui Ocean Company… Continue

Added by Stacey King on October 15, 2009 at 1:28pm — No Comments

Fiji to trial siren tsunami warning system

ABC RADIO AUSTRALIA Updated Wed Oct 14, 2009 6:40pm AEST

Fiji is preparing to test a tsunami alert system that will use sirens to warn locals of an incoming wave. The sirens can be activated by a mobile phone text message sent by Fiji's Disaster Management Office and a number of other officials. The sirens will ensure that anyone who is not tuned in to the radio or near a

phone can… Continue

Added by Stacey King on October 15, 2009 at 10:05am — No Comments

Tsunami Iaon Rambi

Arara Aron Email: arara.library@yahoo.com Rabi Community Librarian

*This email was sent out by Arara and refers to Banaban men fishing just off Nuku when suddenly people noticed their tewas (canoes) sitting on the reef as all the water receded. Then all the water came back up again and went over the top of Nuku jetty. This is as high as the water came but can image the shock the fishermen experienced as they found their boats sitting on a dry reef with no water around them. As we… Continue

Added by Stacey King on October 1, 2009 at 10:14am — 2 Comments

Banabans on Rabi - Flight to safety - Tsunami News Briefs

FIJI TIMES ONLINE

MORE then 1000 villagers of Rabi island assembled at various high points of the island yesterday to save themselves from the tsunami. The warning, which, was later cancelled, didn't deter the islanders from carrying their families to safety on high grounds in the four villages of Uma, Tabewa, Tapiang and Buakonikai.

Rabi Island Council administrator Boukanawa Teaoti said they… Continue

Added by Stacey King on October 1, 2009 at 9:47am — No Comments

Death toll from South Pacific tsunami expected to rise

ABC RADIO AUSTRALIA Last Updated: 1 hour 7 minutes ago

A boat that was washed inside a building in Pago Pago, American Samoa, after a tsunami struck the region on September 30, 2009. [AFP]

Water floods a street in American Samoa in the wake of an 8.3 earthquake off the coast of the island.… Continue

Added by Stacey King on September 30, 2009 at 11:57pm — 1 Comment

Waves wash across Pago Pago airport

ABC RADIO AUSTRALIA Updated Wed Sep 30, 2009 8:55am AEST

Dave Fiumaono, an airport supervisor at Pago Pago airport in American Samoa, experienced the earthquake while at home, and has arrived at work to find waves have swept across the runways at the airport.

Presenter: Geraldine Coutts

Speaker: Dave Fiumaono, airport supervisor at Pago Pago airport in American… Continue

Added by Stacey King on September 30, 2009 at 11:47pm — No Comments

Australia and New Zealand asked to assist Samoan disaster victims

ABC RADIO AUSTRALIA Updated 5 hours 22 minutes ago

Medical supplies, personnel and other emergency relief equipment is what Samoa appears to need immediately following the earthquake and tsunami. The Samoa National Disaster Committee has met -- and has approached Australia and New Zealand for help. Australia's Parliamentary Secretary for International Assistance Bob McMullan told Radio… Continue

Added by Stacey King on September 30, 2009 at 11:43pm — No Comments

Oxfam Australia ready to help with Samoan Disaster relief

ABC RADIO AUSTRALIA Updated 5 hours 20 minutes ago

International aid agency Oxfam says it is ready to respond to the tsunami disaster in Samoa if help is needed. Acting Executive Director of Oxfam Australia, Chris Roche, spoke with Kate McPherson about how aid agencies on the ground can respond.

Presenter: Kate McPherson

Speaker: Acting Executive Director of Oxfam… Continue

Added by Stacey King on September 30, 2009 at 11:40pm — No Comments

Samoans in New Zealand worry about loved ones

ABC RADIO AUSTRALIA Updated 5 hours 18 minutes ago

When disasters like the earthquake and tsunami strike the Pacific, family members around the world immediately get on the phone to find out what's happened to their loved ones. More Samoans live overseas than in Samoa and American Samoa combined, so news of today's tsunami disaster has caused concern in the large Samoan communities in… Continue

Added by Stacey King on September 30, 2009 at 11:39pm — No Comments

Apia a "ghost town" as tsunami shock sets in

ABC RADIO AUSTRALIA Updated 5 hours 15 minutes ago

The mood in Samoa is still one of shock, according to Russell Hunter, the editor of the Samoa Observer. He says damage reports are still coming in, but the capital, Apia, resembled a ghost town this morning, as residents evacuated to higher ground. Businesses and government offices were closed today, as people concentrated on taking… Continue

Added by Stacey King on September 30, 2009 at 11:36pm — No Comments

Waves "as high as coconut trees"

News Talk ZB Auckland 30/09/2009 12:40:02

The death toll from the Samoan earthquake and tsunami is growing fast with the devastation at its worse on the southeast coast of the Western Samoan island Upolu.

A New Zealand man who has had been in touch with his family in Lalomanu has learned 40 people there have been killed by waves of up to six metres which struck the coast. In American… Continue

Added by Stacey King on September 30, 2009 at 6:28pm — 1 Comment

Powerful earthquake, tsunami in Pacific: Samoa, American Samoa hit

Brisbane Courier Mail By staff writers and wires

September 30, 2009 06:44am

The No.1 on a map on the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre website shows the tsunami threat. / News Limited picture A POWERFUL 8.3 magnitude earthquake has struck in the Pacific, with reports of deaths after a tsunami hit Samoa and American Samoa.

The… Continue

Added by Stacey King on September 30, 2009 at 9:25am — No Comments