Fiji Village.com Publish date/time: 17/11/2009 [14:55]
The 48 year old Secondary School Principal who has been charged with seven counts of indecent assault and annoying female is not to set foot on Rabi Island.
He appeared in Labasa Court yesterday and part of his bail condition was that he is not to be on the island until his case is over.
The principal was taken into custody on Saturday after reports were lodged with the police that he allegedly indecently…
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FIJI DAILY POST - 25-Sep-2009
IT takes days to recover from an open heart surgery but the bravehearted patients proved - ‘if there is a will there is a way’.
The open heart surgery patients in recovery at Lautoka Hospital were all smiles when Miss Sugar City contestants came for a visit.
Despite having undergone major surgery only days before, the patients were in fine…
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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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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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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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FiJi Broadcasting Corp - Thursday, July 30, 2009
The Ministry Of Works And Public Utilities will be begin construction on the Kadavu Jetty next week. Works spokesperson Sainiana Waqainabete would like to assure the people of Kadavu that works on this particular jetty will commence next week and they are hoping that the work will proceed as planned. Waqainabete says that if they are unable to complete it…
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ANDREW BARTLETT Crikey Blog - July 29, 2009 – 11:59 am, by Andrew Bartlett **
On Tuesday night, July 28, around 300 people filled the Brisbane Room in Brisbane’s City Hall to hear speakers from the front line of climate change – residents of the Torres Strait and Pacific Island nations Tuvalu, Micronesia and Kiribati. It’s very rare for me to attend a…
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International Journal of Socialist Renewal
Kiribati will be devastated by rising sea levels.
Pacific islanders struggle for survival against global warming -- `Rich countries must slash emissions now'
July 29, 2009 -- For Pacific islanders, climate change is not a threat looming somewhere in the future. Rising sea levels and unpredictable weather are having…
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Call for Pacific Islands Forum to act on climate change ABC RADIO AUSTRALIA Updated Fri Jul 24, 2009 8:29am AEST
**Great to have Pele here in Australia at the moment and we spent yesterday (Sunday) with her and Royden, Moi, Fatiaki and Tera - we will be there to hear her speak in Brisbane on Tuesday night at the Brisbane City Hall. This is one of the many radio interviews and… Continue
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Congratulations to Biritesa Enoka in Kiribati for being our 500th Banaban Voice member.
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FIJI DAILY POST NEWS - 17-Jul-2009 12:33 PM
A KIRIBATI lad has high hopes that what he learns from the Pacific Youth Festival will make him become a better leader in the future. Teraoi Euta, 23 from Kiribati looks to share his spiritual life experiences with his fellow pacific neighbours. The Kiribati delegation consists of 21 members. What he learned from his fellow youths attending the…
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FijiVillage.com Publish date/time: 11/07/2009 [10:11]
It was a colorful start to the Pacific Youth Festival as youths from around the region gathered at Albert Park for the official opening ceremony this morning. The day officially started with a march from the Suva Flea Market to Albert Park where the full Fijian welcoming ceremony was…
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Scoop.co.nz Friday, 10 July 2009, 2:59 pm
Press Release: New Zealand Government Hon Murray McCully Minister of Foreign Affairs
Foreign Minister Murray McCully leaves for the Pacific tonight for a week-long trip that will see him meet Ministers, political leaders and senior officials in Tonga, Kiribati, Tuvalu, and Samoa. The trip continues Mr McCully's close engagement with governments throughout the Pacific, and follows earlier visits to Fiji, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Solomon…
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ABC RADIO AUSTRALIA - Updated 4 hours 41 minutes ago
Australia's Parliamentary Secretary for Pacific Island Affairs is continuing to hold discussions throughout the Pacific about the Pacific Islands Forum agenda in August, climate change, and negotiations on the trade agreement for the region. On a whistle-stop tour, Duncan Kerr is visiting Palau, Marshall Islands, and Federated States…
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FijiVillage.com - Publish date/time: 09/07/2009 [14:50]
The first delegation of youths for the Pacific Youth Festival has arrived this morning in Suva. Festival Media Liaison Offer William Naisara confirmed the delegation from Tuvalu and the Kiribati arrived and there are a total of 21 youths from Kiribati and 29 from…
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NAVY COMPASS Written by U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class (SW/AW) Joshua Valcarce Monday, 06 July 2009 11:51
U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class (SW/AW) Joshua Valcarcel
UPOLU, Samoa– (July 02, 2009) Capt. Andrew Cully, Pacific Partnership 2009 mission commander, gives…
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FIJI TIMES ONLINE - Tuesday, July 07, 2009
Fiji delegates waiting for the bus in Tahiti during the last festival.
Three more days to go? I can't believe it. The Pacific Youth Festival begins at Suva's Albert Park in just three days time. We have certainly come a long way and encountered challenges all the way but I'm glad to see that the organisers have stuck to their guns and continued to push on with their preparations.…
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RADIO NEW ZEALAND INTERNATIONAL Posted at 02:44 on 06 July, 2009 UTC
A 50 million US dollar European Union-funded health project in Kiribati is nearing completion with the opening of a health center and seven smaller clinics. The clinics have opened at different villages on Butaritari, an isolated atoll made famous by Robert Louis Stevenson in his book ’In the South Seas.’ Kiribati EU Project Coordinator,…
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FIJI TIMES ONLINE Sunday, July 05, 2009
Aaron Tekenatang with the catch his brother speared.
EVERY afternoon when the bell rings at Banaban Primary School Bakaua Mateo rushes home as fast as his feet can carry him. After a hastily gulped down afternoon tea the energetic teenager spear, googles and snorkeling pipe in hand makes a dash for the jetty at Nuku…
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FIJI TIMES ONLINE By Theresa Ralogaivau Sunday, July 05, 2009
Rabi Islanders
NOTHING beats an island 'tonic' when it comes to de-stressing tired minds. The 'tonic' here is the music, the sights and the sounds of the island. And this can be found on a 17,000 acre volcanic island off the north east coast of Vanua Levu. Rabi Island is home to about…
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