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Communities will re-locate soon because of rising sea-levels

Fiji Broadcasting Corporation LTD - Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Rising sea levels has forced many pacific communities to think about re-locating to higher grounds in-land or abandon their homelands altogether. Pacific youth advocate for climate change Ben Namakin from Kiribati raised the issue at the Pacific Youth Festival symposium on climate change and adaptation. While the rest of the world is still trying to… Continue

Added by Stacey King on July 15, 2009 at 3:51pm — No Comments

We mix with the best, says Serevi

FIJI TIMES ONLINE - Tuesday, July 14, 2009

THE Pacific is not missing out on any international sports competitions, says Waisale Serevi, with Pacific teams fully participating in world-class competitions. He made the comment yesterday while speaking on the theme 'Sports the vehicle for health and identity in Pacific Island Countries' during the Pacific Youth Festival. Mr Serevi said weightlifers of Nauru, the… Continue

Added by Stacey King on July 15, 2009 at 11:41am — No Comments

Colorful start to festival

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… Continue

Added by Stacey King on July 13, 2009 at 2:17pm — No Comments

First youth delegation arrives

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… Continue

Added by Stacey King on July 9, 2009 at 2:14pm — No Comments

Festival draws near

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.… Continue

Added by Stacey King on July 7, 2009 at 8:59am — No Comments

Total Solar Eclipse - July 22, 2009: Best places on Earth to view

Examiner.com Total Solar Eclipse of July 22, 2009

For those who follow Astronomy and Astrology, the Total Solar Eclipse of July 22, 2009 is of extreme importance as it is the longest one the Earth will experience in the 21st century until June 13, 2132. NASA published the… Continue

Added by Stacey King on July 6, 2009 at 3:35pm — No Comments

Getting lunch on Rabi

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… Continue

Added by Stacey King on July 6, 2009 at 1:39pm — No Comments

RABI - Sea, sand, sun, isolation and the people

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… Continue

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A sanctuary for women - Rabi Island Fiji

FIJI TIMES ONLINE - Sunday, July 05, 2009

The Women's Interest Centre at Nuku is a sanctuary for women on Rabi Island. It's a place where they can bring in their handicrafts to sell and contribute to the family income. It's also somewhere they can gather for a lively game of bingo that can become a hilarious affair as they regale each other with jokes and laughs. The interest centre is an initiative of the… Continue

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RABI - A vision from the sea

FIJI TIMES ONLINE Sunday, July 05, 2009

Tepora Teaoti

RABI was a green vision that rose from the sea to the sky according to 84 year old Tepora Teaoti (Pictured), probably the oldest person on the island.

According to the elderly widow leaving behind devastated Ocean Island was painful but with little water and vegetation left due to extensive… Continue

Added by Stacey King on July 6, 2009 at 1:24pm — No Comments

Youth ambassadors prepare to set sail for Pacific

Radio Taiwan International - 26 June 2009

Foreign Minister Francisco Ou on Friday hailed Taiwan's "youth ambassadors" as they prepared to visit Taiwan's six allies in the Pacific region. Six teams made up of students from Taiwan's top universities will travel to Kiribati, Palau, Nauru, Tuvalu, the Solomon Islands and the Marshall Islands in early July. There they will hold summer camps with… Continue

Added by Stacey King on June 30, 2009 at 9:19am — No Comments

Campaign launched to reduced TB levels in Kiribati

Radio New Zealand International - Posted at 19:22 on 14 June, 2009 UTC

A national campaign to reduce tuberculosis levels in Kiribati has been launched with a massive public awareness programme. TB Controller, Ken Reeue, says the awareness programme will be followed by more practical and constructive measures, including treatment, in an effort to curb the increasing number of TB cases in Kiribati. Dr Reeue… Continue

Added by Stacey King on June 15, 2009 at 3:59pm — No Comments

Pacific Islands Bullied by Australian, NZ Trade Officials, Say Experts

By Diane Cordemans - Epoch Times May 30, 2009

AUCKLAND, N.Z.—Tactics employed by Australia and New Zealand to push Pacific Island countries into signing a free trade agreement are a form of “contemporary colonization,” said academic and respected analyst on Pacific Island affairs, Professor Jane Kelsey at a seminar in Auckland last week.

Pacific Island officials involved in the Pacific Agreement on Closer… Continue

Added by Stacey King on June 2, 2009 at 11:27am — 1 Comment

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) fisheries grouping to set up own secretariat in the Marshall Islands

New Zealand Radio International - Posted at 22:38 on 31 May, 2009 UTC

A group of small Pacific islands nations is banding together to force Asian countries to pay more for tuna caught in the region. The Parties to the Nauru Agreement, or PNA, countries are establishing their own secretariat in the Marshall Islands. The PNA countries have also used their muscle to force a change from the past practice of licencing… Continue

Added by Stacey King on June 2, 2009 at 10:57am — No Comments

CONGRATULATIONS 400th MEMBER - Nei Akka

Welcome to our niece Nei Akka Rimon for being our 400th member to join Banaban Voice. Akka is currently living in Sydney while completing her university course and will return to work back in Kiribati when she graduates.

Added by Stacey King on June 2, 2009 at 6:30am — No Comments

Pacific Regional heads stand up against pirate fishing

Fiji Daily Post 13-May-2009 09:03 AM

A MOVE by the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) that include the Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Tuvalu have come down hard on pirate fishing. They now support the closure of all high seas areas to clamp down on pirate fishing and the move has been applauded by Greenpeace. Greenpeace… Continue

Added by Stacey King on May 13, 2009 at 2:43pm — No Comments

The £100m fallout - Court decision due, but 'too little' cash - HBomb testing Christmas Island

THE PEOPLE.CO.UK - Sarah Jellema

Furious H-bomb veterans whose lives have been blighted by nuclear testing are finally set to get answers - after 50 YEARS of waiting. More than 20,000 British servicemen were exposed to terrifying levels of radioactivity during nuke tests between 1952 and 1958 And their… Continue

Added by Stacey King on April 27, 2009 at 3:36pm — No Comments

Wilmington Rotary Club collects WWII books for Kiribati

WORLD NOW - Posted: April 27, 2009 01:56 PM Reported by Max Winitz - Posted by Laura Sinacori

WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) - The Wilmington Rotary Club is asking for your help to bring education and knowledge to an area that's known for a large part of WWII history. Wilbur Jones, a member of the club is asking the public for new and used WWII books and movies. The material will be sent to the Republic of… Continue

Added by Stacey King on April 27, 2009 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Space Probe to Measure How Sloshed Mother Earth Is

MILLER-McCUNE - Science and Environment

A European satellite scheduled to launch today will provide hard data on rising seas

By: Bruce Dorminey | March 15, 2009

What do the fates of the tiny Pacific island nations of Tuvalu, Tonga, Kiribati and the Russian launch of a gleaming new European gravity satellite have in common?

Gravity… Continue

Added by Stacey King on March 16, 2009 at 8:30am — No Comments

Water plan helps sinking Kiribati stay afloat

The West Australian Online

2nd March 2009, 13:15 WST

A group of Australian scientists is helping to save a tiny central Pacific island nation from a dangerous byproduct of rising sea levels.

Kiribati is slowly being swamped by salt water, shrinking the land mass and threatening the islanders' precious supply of fresh water stored in underground reservoirs.

A team of experts… Continue

Added by Stacey King on March 2, 2009 at 3:18pm — 1 Comment