ASIA Travel Tips.com Latest Travel News Monday, 7 September 2009
Blue Lagoon Cruises is offering ‘early bird’ rates on the last remaining ‘Historical & Cultural Dateline Cruises’ it has scheduled for 2009.
Departing the iconic Fijian cruise company’s home port of Lautoka on 9 November, the cruise offers a unique opportunity to see the largely uncharted and seldom visited…
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ABC RADIO - PACIFIC BEAT
Fiji's government is continuing with its rural electrification program by encouraging more homes and schools to install solar energy systems. Fiji's Department of Energy says a new financing project will assist families and schools to purchase solar energy systems which will bring much needed light to remote rural areas.
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NZ Herald 4:00AM Monday Aug 24, 2009 By Eloise Gibson
The Kiribati Government wants people to eat healthy, traditional food, but their gardens are being ruined by salt water, says a local proponent.
Pelenise Alofa Pilitati holds public cooking demonstrations to teach people how to cook using beans, nuts and lentils.
She said the lessons were part of her…
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Congratultion Teeira on becoming our 600TH Member to join Banaban Voice.
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Do not respond to any emails from this person. They have now had their membership blocked on Banaban Voice. They are an internet scammer.
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The ‘essence’ of Tadra-Kahani is a reflection of how music, song and dance have always been a part of our cultures and how young people can use these age old forms of expression to communicate strong positive lifestyle messages about what affects their lives in today’s modern world.
Tadra-Kahani is the final culmination of two months of preparation by over…
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ABC RADIO AUSTRALIA Updated Thu Aug 13, 2009 3:33pm AEST
The New Zealand navy has released the first images of the sunken ferry off the coast of Tonga. They were captured by the Navy's sonar equipment, and reveal that the Princess Ashika is largely intact and is sitting upright on the ocean floor. The bodies of the 93 people listed as missing are believed to be still trapped inside the…
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FIJI TIMES ONLINE - Friday, August 14, 2009
THE Rabi Island Council has been handed a final notice to cough up $59,000 in employee contributions to the Fiji National Provident Fund or face court action. The unpaid contributions, accumulated over three years, has been an issue of intense discussions by the eight member council. Council chairman Bauro Vanualailai said the contributions are owed for more than 40…
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ISLAND BUSINESS - Nic Maclellan
Driving north along the coast of New Caledonia’s main island, the profile of the surrounding hills suddenly changes when you pass the town of Kone.
Silhouetted against the sky is a forest of wind turbines, twirling in the afternoon sun. The islands of New…
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FIJI TIMES ONLINE By ELENOA BASELALA Wednesday, August 12, 2009
THE Unit Trust of Fiji says it is business as usual and people still can buy shares. This comes as the Capital Markets Development Authority (CMDA) issued a directive for the company to be under formal controllership with G. Lal & Company as controllers. Unit Trust general manager Vilash Chand, who denied this two weeks ago, said yesterday "it's business as usual" but could not provide more details because he was…
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ABC RADIO AUSTRALIA Updated 6 hours 29 minutes ago
Navy divers from New Zealand and Australia have finally located the Princess Ashika ferry that sank in Tonga a week ago today. Only two bodies have so far been found but the other 93 people still unaccounted for are now believed to have died. Captain Zac Trendergast from the New Zealand Defence Force Operations, says dive teams found…
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ABC RADIO AUSTRALIA Updated 6 hours 33 minutes ago
News that no-one survived the light plane crash in Papua New Guinea was broken to Australians by the Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.
Presenter: Linda Mottram
Speakers: Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, Australian opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull…
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NZ Herald.co.nz New 4:59PM Tuesday Aug 11, 2009
Three men on a fishing boat which had been missing from the Pacific island group of Kiribati since Saturday have been found safe and well.
A New Zealand Air Force Orion found the boat about 3pm today, 12.5 nautical miles east of Tarawa Atoll, NZ Rescue Coordination Centre spokesman Ross Henderson said.
"The…
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FIJI TIMES ONLINE By ELENOA BASELALA Tuesday, August 11, 2009
THE Unit Trust of Fiji (UTOF) has been placed under formal controllership by its regulator, the Capital Development Markets Authority (CMDA) following concerns on its operations.
The trust will in the next six months be under the scrutiny of local accountancy firm, G.Lal & Co who were appointed on July 27.
CMDA chief…
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FIJI TIMES ONLINE Tuesday, August 11, 2009
MARTA and Tom Tooma have been travelling to Fiji for more than 10 years after they instantly fell in love with the place. Doctors by profession, the couple would constantly visit Vanua Levu. The couple decided to build a clinic at Natuva Creek after Dr Marta was invited by former diver Stephen Arrington.
Mr Arrington said while he was in Vanua Levu, he…
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RADIO AUSTRALIA NEWS Wed, 5 Aug 2009 15:44:00 +1000
Kiribati has signalled it's keen to start taking part on Australia's seasonal worker scheme.
The leaders of the Pacific's Smaller Island States, meeting in Cairns, have indicated they are keen to see the scheme in place and also an expansion in the number of jobs on offer.
The Special Envoy to the President of…
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ABC RADION AUSTRALIA Updated 6 hours 22 minutes ago
Meanwhile, Maritime New Zealand's Rescue Co-ordination Centre says the search for those still missing will continue overnight. Matangi Tonga online has quoted one of the survivors, Siaosi Lavaka as saying that only the men had reached the lifeboats after the MV Princess Ashika was overturned by heavy seas at around midnight last night.…
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ABC RADIO AUSTRALIA Updated 6 hours 20 minutes ago
Tongan police have confirmed the body of one person has been recovered so far. Tonga's Police Commander, Chris Kelley says 53 people have survived and 25 were still missing.
Presenter: Sam Seke.
Speaker: Tonga's Police Commander, Chris Kelley.…
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ABC RADIO AUSTRALIA Updated Thu Aug 6, 2009 9:34am AEST
Twelve Pacific Islanders who were the crew of a German cargo ship have been released by Somali pirates....reportedly after the payment of a large ranson. The 11 sailors from Tuvalu and one from Fiji are said to be safe and well and making their way to Kenya.
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FIJI TIMES ONLINE
By SERAFINA SILAITOGA Friday, July 31, 2009
Life on the island of Rabi
TO help improve financial resources on the island, the Rabi Island Council has set up farming and fishing programs for youths. Council administration officer Boukanawa Teaoti said with the financial dilemma, some youths on the island have not taken the initiative…
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