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Rabi islanders are proud of their traditional canoes which they still use today as a mean of their livelihood.

They continue to use canoes for fishing in a bid to keep their culture alive.

More than 50 Rabi islanders who are Banaban descendants spent the Diwali long weekend in Savusavu.

They were part of the three-day Consort Outrigger Regatta.

It was a weekend full of fun, paddling and sailing competitions at the infamous Savusavu Harbour.

Savusavu Town…

FIJI TIMES ONLINE Maneesha Karan Sunday, November 07, 2010

Mere Simoteo with the handicraft which the Banaban women created

WOMEN should be encouraged to help support their family by getting involved in an income generating activity.

This is a task encouraged by Rabi Island's candidate in the World of Difference program conducted by Vodafone ATH Foundation ù Terikano…

FIJITIMES ONLINE - MANEESHA KARAN

Saturday, November 06, 2010

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Traditional canoes from Rabi Island took part in the regatta

RABI Island brought two of its traditional canoes across to Savusavu in the bid to keep their culture alive.

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Published: 7:33PM Thursday November 04, 2010 Source: ONE News New Zealand

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The remains of 22 men executed in World War II by the Japanese have been found on Kiribati Island in the Pacific.

The remains…

FIJI SUN 11/3/2010

A day set aside for Banaban women to promote their handicraft work, exchange and share their skills was a success.

More than 200 people gathered on Rabi Island on Friday, October 29, to witness a huge amount of art work during the Banaban Women’s Day celebration.

Banaban Women’s Organisation president Terikano Takesau said it was a success because the women managed to sell their handicraft to civil servants and islanders.

The celebration, based on…

FIJI TIMES ONLINE Serafina Silaitoga Monday, November 01, 2010

MARKETING handicraft work on the island of Rabi in the Northern Division is a challenge for the Banaban Women's Association.

Association spokeswoman Terekano Takesau said women had struggled to sell their products such as mats, tapa, jewellery made out of shells and other Banaban traditional clothing to markets in Viti Levu.

"Even to get it across to Savusavu or Labasa has been difficult because we have very…

PACIFIC BEAT ABC RADIO Updated November 1, 2010 17:43:41

Fiji has called on other Pacific countries to fast track the ratification of a new Maritime Labour Convention.

Supporters of the convention say it will improve working conditions and safety.

They say had it come into effect earlier, it could have even helped prevent the tragic Princess Ashika disaster in Tonga.

Presenter: Jemima Garrett

Speakers: Mark Davis, from the…

In a bid to meet the changing global demands, the East-West Centre in Hawaii is inviting applications from Fiji nationals to apply for undergraduate, masters, doctoral, and graduate-level certificate scholarships.

Scholarships, fields of study and respective due dates to the East West Centre in Hawaii are as follows:

Scholarship Type of study Application deadline Field of…

Attached is a copy of the advertisement that appeared in the Saturday issue of the Fiji Sun. Click on the following links to access the application package. Reminder, all application packages are to be in Hawaii by the due dates.…

Dear Fellow Banabans,

Greetings to you all, yes I guess things are moving at a very fast pace that I need to update all of you in regard our meeting with the Kiribati Government.

From the onset, RCL in 2009 clearly defined its April Meeting a resolution to rehabilitate Ocean Island. The resolution passed seeks the majority mandate of the Banaban people from all of the four…

Samantha Rina Fiji Times: Friday, October 15, 2010

H1N1 is now widely circulating in the community with health authorities expecting the virus to affect all divisions.

Health media officer Peni Namotu confirmed 28 H1N1 cases were recorded from August to this month.

"It is also the accumulative number of H1N1 cases so far as of January to October 2010," he said. "Patients presented influenza-like illnesses."

The age group most affected - 20-29yrs - accounts…

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press Writer Posted: Saturday, Oct. 09, 2010

HONOLULU Forensic anthropologist Gregory Fox and his team sifted dirt on the remote Pacific atoll of Tarawa at what they thought might be graves of U.S. Marines and sailors killed in one of World War II's most savage battles. They unearthed instead a mass grave of Japanese soldiers killed in the 1943 battle, along with a forgotten local cemetery. The Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command team searched four other sites…

PACIFIC BEAT - ABC RADIO AUSTRALIA Updated October 8, 2010 17:56:53

Nearly one third of Fiji citizens will be living in poverty by next year. That's the assessment of University of the South Pacific economist Professor Waden Narsey.

He's been analysing the Fiji Islands Bureau of Statistics Household Income and Expenditure Survey for 2008 - 2009, which was launched at the end of last week. He says the figures send a very stark message.

Presenter: Bruce…

PACIFIC BEAT - ABC RADIO AUSTRALIA Updated October 8, 2010 17:56:53

A professional body representing migration agents has called on the Australian Government to crack down on unregistered people offering migration advice. The call follows revelations that the family of a Fijian man who jumped to his death at a Sydney immigration detention centre two weeks ago, was swindled by an unscrupulous operator.

Presenter: Timothy McDonald

Speakers: Tevita Rauluni; Fijian,…

PACIFIC BEAT - ABC RADIO AUSTRALIA Updated October 6, 2010 10:44:46

Tuvalu's new prime minister, Maatia Toafa, faces a number of distinct challenges - ruling a country that has become the face of climate change, but also keeping on the right foot with the 11,000 people he shares just 26 square kilometres with.

His new government has also had a very busy initiation with his election, that of the speaker, and the celebration of 32 years of independence on October 1st - all within…

PACIFIC BEAT - ABC RADIO AUSTRALIA Updated October 6, 2010 10:44:46

A major microfinance organisation in Fiji is finding that slow and defaulting loan repayments are driving its finances to the brink, just as other schemes worldwide - especially in Africa and its birthplace, India - flourish.

It has been revealed the Pacific has one of the highest rates of people defaulting on their microfinance loans. The loans are designed to provide people who would not normally be able to…