Published: 11:24AM Sunday January 02, 2011 Source: NZPA
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ABC RADIO AUSTRALIA PACIFIC BEAT Updated October 6, 2011 18:01:27
In two weeks time the island nation of Kiribati will start voting on its new parliament.
Over the past four weeks standing MP's and hopeful candidates have been working their way round their constituencies, trying to convince voters they are worthy of their support.
In recent years Kiribati has been at the frontline of campaigns…
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NGOs in Kiribati say more water tanks are needed in the outer islandes. [ABC]
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AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Sept.7 (Xinhua) -- United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Wednesday gave his ringing support to Pacific leaders, calling for urgent global action on climate change.
Ban said his visit to the…
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‘The Pacific Islands region has notched up consistently significant achievements in the renewable energy space in the past few years. It is on these that the region needs to build on. So far, it has been fairly successful in attracting funding for small…
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The Micronesian island nation of Nauru has hooked almost the entire complement of street lighting around its main urban area on to solar power.
Thanks to an assistance programme funded and technically managed by the government of the republic of China (Taiwan), which has a diplomatic mission on the island, some 155 new solar lights now light up Nauru’s streets.
Nauru, however, is not new to solar lighting. A previous programme successfully installed…
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If a Pacific island becomes uninhabitable because it's flooded through climate change induced sea level rise does it still retain its…
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The search team looking for a group of six children missing in their outrigger canoe off Kiribati say they're still quietly confident of finding them.
The children are thought to have drifted out of a lagoon while gathering palms for roof thatching four days ago.
But the NZ Rescue Coordination Centre says weather conditions are favourable and such missions…
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Publish date/time: 06/03/2011 [16:49 FIJIVILLIAGE.COM
The change in weather patterns and flooding has seen the demand for crude coconut oil increase and this will mean more money for local copra farmers.
Copra Millers of Fiji Board chairman, Ilisoni Taoba said at the moment the price for one tonne of copra is at all time high as the major coconut oil producing countries like the Philippines and Indonesia are being affected by adverse weather conditions.
He added…
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FijiVillage.com - Publish date/time: 18/01/2011 [07:19]
Fiji citizens can now apply for seasonal work in the United States after Fiji was included in a newly revised list of eligible nations by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services.
AFP news agency reports that in total, 53 countries are eligible this year for the temporary guest worker visas, called H 2A and H 2B.
Most of the other newcomer countries on the list were in Oceania which includes Fiji, Kiribati,…
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Kiribati currently has about 10-15,000 residents of Tuvalu nationality or descent, including the descendants of people from Kiribati and Tuvalu who married during colonial times, those who moved to be with relatives after the two regions each gained independence, and people with special skills-mainly sailors.
Those from Tuvalu have an active migrant community organization, Kirivalu. The following first-person report is the result of an interview recorded in…
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Millions of dollars is to be spent to improve the safety and sustainability of key roads on Kiribati’s main island.
The Asian Development Bank along with the World Bank and the Pacific Regional Infrastructure Facility is providing the funding for the improvements.
They will see 27 point five kilometres of main road and 6 kilometres of feeder roads on South Tarawa rehabilitated, with the ADB providing 12 million US dollars…
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The Asian Development Bank (ADB), the World Bank Group and the Pacific Regional Infrastructure Facility (PRIF) are to help Kiribati rehabilitate and upgrade its road network in South Tarawa.
The ADB Board of Directors approved loan funds equivalent to $12 million for the Road Rehabilitation Project, which will improve the safety and sustainability of South Tarawa’s roads.
According to ADB, the project will rehabilitate 27.5 kilometers…
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HAVANA, Cuba, Dec 13 (acn)
The president of the Republic of Kiribati, Anote Tong, is in Cuba for an official visit at the invitation of the Cuban government. During his stay in the island, the visitor will hold official talks with his counterpart Raul Castro.
Tong was welcomed at Havana’s Jose Marti International Airport by Deputy Foreign Minister Dagoberto Rodriguez Barrera. Speaking to journalists, the head of state of Kiribati said he was very pleased to be in Cuba for the…
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A bone fragment found on the deserted island of Nikumaroro could belong to Amelia Earhart.
Kamil Zawadzki
Researchers say a tiny bone fragment found on the uninhabited Kiribati island of Nikumaroro is likely to belong to either a turtle or legendary pilot Amelia Earhart, according to Discovery News.
Earhart made history - and mystery - when she…
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