FIJI TIMES ONLINE
By Sharila Lazarus Sunday, March 01, 2009
Morika Young
It is all in the determination one has. Sometimes, it is puzzling that we have sky-high ambitions. But the normal argument is that ambitions need not be related to success. Morika Young had ambitions of becoming a vet but destiny had bigger and better plans in store for…
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ABC Radio Australia
Thu Feb 26, 2009 5:24pm AEDT
Students at the University of the South Pacific have just returned for the start of the academic year. Pacific Correspondent Campbell Cooney speaks to some of them about their courses, which Pacific countries they are from, and what they hope to do with their qualifications once they finish their tertiary education.
presenter: Campbell…
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WAtoday.com
Michael Hartshorn February 20, 2009
LOCAL National Party MPs had lauded their arrival and church, social services, unions and government officials had lined up to ensure their smooth transition.
Alf Fangaloka (orange shirt) leads the Tongan arrivals down Robinvale's main street this… Continue
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ABC RADIO AUSTRALIA
Thu Feb 12, 2009
The regional cyclone warning centre in Fiji is predicting more bad weather for most of the South Pacific later this week. Flooding from torrential rains due to tropical depressions have already claimed more than 30 lives in Fiji and Solomon Islands. The Director of the Centre, Rajendra Prasad says apart from the Cook Islands, the region has been relatively…
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RADIO AUSTRALIA NEWS
Pacific correspondent Campbell Cooney
30 Jan 2009
Fiji's military-backed interim government has given its clearest indication yet that it will reject a Pacific Islands Forum ulitmatum to hold elections this year.
"Fiji's position is not going to change," said Fiji's interim Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama.
Commadore Bainimarama has also…
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Stuff.co.nz
Thursday, 29 January 2009
Fiji’s military leader Frank Bainimarama has continued his attack on John Key, accusing New Zealand of using chequebook diplomacy and bullying the Pacific Island Forum’s smaller members.
Bainimarama has also said that the Pacific Forum has over stepped its boundaries by issuing an ultimatum to hold elections by May 1, and reiterated Fiji would hold elections in its own…
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FIJI TIMES ONLINE
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is met at the airport by PNG Deputy PM Dr Puka Temu.
Picture: POST COURIER
FIJI stands to lose out on technical and financial regional assistance if it fails to come up with an election date by May 1.
The special summit of Pacific Island Forum Countries in…
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SYDNEY (Reuters)
By Michael Perry
Sun Jan 25, 2009
A Polynesian voyaging canoe will set sail from Hawaii in March and head into the South Pacific, aiming to reach tiny
Palmyra Atoll near Kiribati using only an ancient seafaring skill known as "wayfinding."
The double hulled canoe, similar to the canoes that sailed across the Pacific thousands of years before European…
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Connecting the Pacific NEWSROOM
07 January 2009
In keeping with Islands Business tradition, our senior writers Samisoni Pareti in Suva and Dev Nadkarni in Auckland give a quick overview of how 2009 may turn out for the islands in the Pacific.
Fiji Islands
Ever the rebel in the Pacific family of nations, Fiji might or might not be able to have a general election in…
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NOW on PBS
Week of 12.12.08
Video: Washed Up?
The remote country of Niue is the world's smallest democracy, but it faces enormous environmental and economic challenges. See how this island nation is relying on new techniques—and some old ones—to save…
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NOW on PBS
Week of 12.12.08
Video: Paradise Lost
Just this week, a top UN official predicted that by the middle of this century, the world should expect six million people a year to be displaced by increasingly severe storms and floods caused by climate change. But for many island nations in…
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January 19 2009
Country News Australia
The proposed Federal Government Pacific Islander seasonal worker scheme has been delayed but it is not expected to affect Goulburn Valley horticulture.
The scheme proposes to bring Pacific Islanders to Australia on a guest worker basis to help with seasonal crops.
It will involve up to 2500 seasonal workers from Kiribati, Papua New Guinea,…
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Last Updated: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 21:55:00 +1100
ABC Radio News
The island nation of Kiribati is trying to increase the number of international flights which service it.
Pacific correspondent, Campbell Cooney, reports the government of Kiribati has asked for expressions of interest from airlines across the Pacific for the provision of both international services to Tarawa, and the other major population…
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ABC RADIO AUSTRALIA
Updated Tue Jan 13, 2009 5:17pm AEDT
There are no signs of improvement in the heavy weather which has hit Fiji over the past fortnight. Since the last weekend flooding has left around nine thousand living in emergency accommodation. It's left international tourists stranded, and communities cut off from the rest of the country. So far the damage bill has been estimated at well over 10 million Fijian dollars, and as Pacific Correspondent Campbell…
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ABC RADIO AUSTRALIA
Updated Fri Jan 9, 2009 2:09pm AEDT
The future of Fiji's kava industry looks bright now that the European Union lifted its bans and reopened the European market. Ratu Josateki Nawalowalo, Chairman of Fiji's Kava Council, regards kava as the only hope for the country's economy as the sugar industry declines further. Ratu Josateki sees kava as one day becoming a multimillion dollar industry but says it is essential that the fledgling industry…
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Friday, December 26, 2008
Spokesperson Sainiana Waqainabete says road works are continuing and they are hopeful tohave the bridge open by the end of January.
She says other projects in Ba, Labasa, Rotuma and other parts of Fiji are also nearing completion with a bridge in
Rabi to be completed in 2010.
The Bailey bridge in Laucala beach will be completed by the end of February. Waqainabete says more capital projects will resume next…
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