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Banaban Landowners said To Support Rehabilitation Of Banaba Island

 Pacific Islands Development Program, East-West Center With Support From Center for Pacific Islands Studies, University of Hawai‘i…

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Added by Stacey King on June 15, 2012 at 6:30am — 1 Comment

Radio Interview with Marlie Rota EO RCL, Fiji - Stage 2 complete Banaba Island rehabilitation plan

PACIFIC BEAT ABC RADIO AUSTRALIA Updated 14 June 2012, 11:10 AEST

The Rabi Council of Leaders has denied there are plans to re-open phosphate mining on Banaba Island in Kiribati.

 

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Added by Stacey King on June 14, 2012 at 5:30pm — 3 Comments

Researchers find new earthquake risks in Fiji waters

ABC RADIO PACIFIC BEAT Updated 13 June 2012, 17:28 AEST

The seafloor to the north of Fiji, where the Australian and Pacific tectonic plates crash together, is becoming a hotspot of scientific interest with implications for earthqake and tsunami activity across the Pacific.

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Added by Stacey King on June 14, 2012 at 8:30am — 1 Comment

Amelia Earhart Distress Call Details Emerge

Dozens of radio signals heard after her plane crashed add to evidence that the legendary aviator didn't just vanish.



Rossella Lorenzi Fri Jun 1, 2012 06:00 PM ET

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  • Signals from Amelia Earhart 's plane suggest that…
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Added by Stacey King on June 4, 2012 at 9:06am — No Comments

Asia–Pacific Analysis: Support for adaptation is a must - Kiribati

By: Crispin Maslog

Source: SciDev.Net

Forecast to be underwater by 2050, the Pacific island…

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Added by Stacey King on June 4, 2012 at 9:00am — No Comments

Kiribati: Amelia Earhart’s death: Anti-freckle cream jar may be a clue in 1937 mystery

Researchers say the famed aviator hated her spots

By / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS  Published: Thursday, May 31, 2012, 8:06 PM…

Researchers have found a broken jar that they believe belonged to Amelia Earhart on Nikumaroro Island.
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Added by Stacey King on June 1, 2012 at 1:22pm — No Comments

Tekiata from Buakonikai Rabi Island ready for Fiji

FIJI TIMES ONLINE Emoni Narawa Wednesday, May 30, 2012

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Added by Stacey King on May 31, 2012 at 8:36am — No Comments

Tonga's first solar electricity farm on track for July completion

ABC RADIO AUSTRALIA Updated 28 May 2012, 17:27 AEST

Tonga's first major renewable electricity generation plant, a solar farm on the main island of Tongatapu, will be ready for commissioning in late July.…

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Added by Stacey King on May 29, 2012 at 8:30am — No Comments

Kiribati independent newspaper ceased for second time

NZ Radio International Posted at 23:12 on 21 May, 2012 UTC

The publisher and editor of the Kiribati Independent newspaper believes the government’s move to stop its publications is politically motivated.

Taberannang Korauaba says the Kiribati Independent received instructions from the Ministry of Communications on Friday to cease publications until it has been registered.

Mr Korauaba says the paper received a similar instruction in March, and after filing…

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Added by Stacey King on May 22, 2012 at 4:23pm — No Comments

Research looking below surface of the Easter Island statues

ABC RADIO AUSTRALIA Updated 21 May 2012, 10:36 AEST

A project aimed at preserving the Easter Island statues has begun looking below the ground.…

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Added by Stacey King on May 22, 2012 at 9:43am — No Comments

Japanese company raises funds for Fiji flood relief

 

Updated 21 May 2012, 17:13 AEST

A Japanese company is raising money to help out with flood relief in Fiji.…

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Added by Stacey King on May 22, 2012 at 9:30am — No Comments

Rabi women learn to intergrate skills




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Added by Stacey King on May 21, 2012 at 10:27am — No Comments

New jetty brings prospects to Banabans on Rabi Fiji



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Added by Stacey King on May 18, 2012 at 6:15pm — No Comments

Rabi Island Jetty nears completion

Fiji Times Online Salaseini Vosamana Saturday, May 12, 2012



THE people of Rabi will soon have better access to goods and services now that construction work for a proposed jetty is expected to be completed next month.

Fiji Roads Authority spokesman Iliesa Sokia said Pacific Building Solutions was in the final stages of completing the jetty.

"Ninety per cent of the work has been completed and we expect to finish up everything next month," Mr Sokia…

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Added by Stacey King on May 13, 2012 at 9:00pm — 2 Comments

Pictures from Banaban on May 15

Hi All,

I work for the non-profit EOH Foundation, and www.aday.org, the largest collaborative photography documentation of humanity taking place May 15, 2012 in a single global day.

The result will be exhibitions travelling round the world, an online gallery and a book, A Day In the World. Today we have people from over 100 countries signed up. In our Global Advisory Council we have

 Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Sir Richard Branson among…

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Added by Oskar Kihlborg on May 2, 2012 at 9:04pm — No Comments

New centre a dream come true for Banaban women - Banaba House, Suva Fiji

Serelisoni Moceica Friday, April 27, 2012

Minister for Social Welfare, Women Dr Jiko Luveni, second from right, looks at some of the displayed items at the Banaban Elders and Landowners Handicraft and marketing centre opened in Suva yesterday. Picture: SUPPLIED + Enlarge this image

Minister for Social Welfare, Women Dr Jiko Luveni, second from right, looks at some of the displayed…

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Added by Stacey King on April 27, 2012 at 10:05am — 1 Comment

Happy Easter!!

Banaban Happy…

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Added by Mahina on April 8, 2012 at 6:24am — No Comments

PM’s team visits Rabi Island

March 26, 2012 | By LOSIRENE CHAND

Officials from the Prime Minister’s Office visited Rabi Island last week…

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Added by Stacey King on March 27, 2012 at 8:43am — No Comments

School help for 103 Banaban Children

Fiji Times Online Salaseini Vosamana Tuesday, March 20, 2012

IT'S a blessing for 103 disadvantaged children on Rabi Island who received educational assistance from the Banaban Child Welfare early this year.

The organisation has in the past assisted orphans, children whose parents are paralysed or handicapped, and victims of violence and abuse. Welfare secretary Terikano Takesau said the help was in the form of stationery, school fees and…

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Added by Stacey King on March 20, 2012 at 11:35am — No Comments

New ice plant for Rabi Island fishermen



Fiji Times Online Salaseini Vosamana Thursday, March 15, 2012

TRAVELLING to Savusavu to buy ice will be a thing of the past for fishermen on Rabi Island in Vanua Levu after the Fisheries Department started work on a new ice plant in the area.

The plant is expected to be opened next month.

Principal fisheries officer northern Gerald Billings said the plant would greatly assist fishermen because they would not…

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Added by Stacey King on March 16, 2012 at 2:59pm — No Comments

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