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FIJI TIMES ONLINE Salaseini Vosamana Thursday, December 15, 2011
THE Banaban people of Rabi Island in Vanua Levu will host a three-day carnival his week to honour the lives of their loved ones who have passed on.
The annual event, aimed at strengthening ties among the people, will feature the sale of handicraft items and food and the performance of traditional dances by Banaban children.
Banaban Women's Organisation president Terikano Takesau said…
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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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FIJI TIMES ONLINE Salseini Vosamana Sunday, October 02, 2011
On Wednesday, September 7, I left home in Labasa at 4am for Karoko Village in the district of Tunuloa, Cakaudrove, where a fiberglass boat from Rabi was supposed to transport me to the island before 10am. This was my first trip to Rabi and Kioa and I was very excited. Along the way, on the early morning bumpy car ride, I noticed the upgrading roadworks carried out by the China Railway…
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A NEW ice plant is expected to be constructed on Rabi island at the end of the year.
The ice plant will result in fishermen on the island saving travelling costs to Savusavu to buy ice.
The Department of Fisheries revealed plans to construct the plant during the Prime Minister's visit to the island last week.
Senior North fisheries officer Gerald Billings said…
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A new jetty is expected to be built in Rabi next month.
Speaking…
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PIA Press Release Tuesday, August 16, 2011 by Franklin P. Gumapon
DIPOLOG, Aug. 16 (PIA) -- As the coconut remains number one agricultural export of the country, the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) is now intensifying its efforts to perk up the coconut industry.
PCA Administrator Euclides G. Forbes told the local press in a news conference here yesterday that the country has around 3 million coconut farmers, contributing significantly to the country’s…
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PARENTS who are able to recognise their child's handwriting indicates their support of their child's school work, says Minister for Women Dr Jiko Luveni.
Dr Jiko visited Rabi last week.
During her visit to Rabi island last week, she said it was important for parents to support their children's education by allowing them ample time to complete…
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THE Rabi Council of Leaders has raised concerns about the need to rehabilitate houses destroyed by landslides and soil erosion.
Council vice-chair Bineati Sigrah told The Fiji Times four homes have been destroyed since Cyclone Tomas hit Fiji last year.
The need to carry out rehabilitation was conveyed by the council to Commissioner Northern Lieutenant Colonel Ilai Moceica during his visit to Rabi last…
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Pacific Island Trade & Investment Commission, Australia
A capacity building programme for officials of Pacific Island governments to help them tap funds for renewable energy and other ecologically friendly programmes for their respective countries that was under way in the Cook Islands this week concludes today.
Planned and coordinated by the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat and the Apia, Samoa headquartered South Pacific Regional Environment…
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June 24, 2011 Pacific Periscope - Pqacific Island Trade Investment Commission
With a surge in worldwide demand for sandalwood products, particularly from the premium perfumery industry, Fiji farmers are training to help revive the country’s sandalwood farming, which has languished over the years.
Some 30 men and women attended a training programme on sandalwood forestry organised by…
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“Fijian girls are lucky when they marry Banaban men because they don’t have to do any work outside in the hot sun. They only do housework. But when a Banaban girl marries a Fijian man she has to fish, plant crops and gather firewood as well as attending to the housework.” Lucien, a Banaban woman went on to explain, to the surprise of the visiting Fijian teenagers, that in the Banaban culture a man, once married, leaves…
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FIJI TIMES ONLINE Anne Moorhead Tuesday, January 11, 2011
KNOWN for centuries as the tree of life because it has many useful products, it seems unlikely that the coconut tree could have any new ones still to offer.
But it does, and what's more, it is almost as if the tree has been saving them for the 21st century.
Because these new products may be able to help us fight some of today's biggest health…
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ABC RADIO ONLINE Pacific Beat Updated December 20, 2010 09:06:12
Bollywood is coming to Fiji, bringing with it the promise of millions of dollars and three big budget movies.
Movies company representatives are already in Fiji scouting for locations, with production slated to begin early next year.
Presenter: Jasvin Lala
Speakers: Prem Raj, film director; Mohammed Jalal, executive producer; Florence Swamy, chief executive, Fiji Audio Visual Commission.…
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