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Actual Election count figures supplied by Biara Touakin, Rabi Fiji

Kam na mauri

Aio ngkanne mwiin te rinerine irouiia kauntira n te ririki aio

Tabwewa

Elders Seat

Bauro 398; Katauea 165; Namatan 109

General Seat

Bureni 159; Manate275; Baeba 185; Terikano 53

Uma

Elder's Seat

Burentau 26; Ioane 92; Tebaia 254; Tuateira 114

General Seat

Butau 50; Kaiea125; Kato 44; Teatu 267

Tabiang

Elders Seat

David 115; Tiare 155

General Seat

Iekerua 108;… Continue

Added by Stacey King on April 25, 2009 at 1:21pm — 4 Comments

Commemorating ANZAC Day – 25 April 2009

Australian War Memorial - Canberra

ANZAC DAY is probably Australia's most important national occasion. It marks the anniversary of the first major military action fought by Australian and New Zealand forces during the First World War. ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. The soldiers in those forces quickly became known as ANZACs, and the pride they soon took in that name endures to this… Continue

Added by Stacey King on April 25, 2009 at 7:30am — No Comments

Vote Counting on Rabi happening now - Live broadcast on Skype by Biara and Ken's Skype link

They are counting the first round of voting on Rabi now - 6.50pm Rabi time. Biara has a live broadcast of the counting now on Skype. Type in Ken.Sigrah on Skype and Ken can invite you into the group Skype phone call so you can hear results as they come through.

Added by Stacey King on April 24, 2009 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Rabi islanders go to the polls

FIJI TIMES ONLINE By THERESA RALOGAIVAU Thursday, April 23, 2009

MORE than 2000 Rabi islanders are expected to take to the polls starting today to elect a new island council. The term of the old council expired yesterday in accordance with provisions of the Banaban Settlement Act which dictates the demise of the old council on the eve of election. Altogether 22 candidates from the four villages on the island -- Tabiang,… Continue

Added by Stacey King on April 23, 2009 at 11:23am — 3 Comments

Banabans go to the polls

21-Apr-2009 09:41 AM - Fiji Daily Post

THE Banaban Community in Rabi Island go to the polls this week to elect their council of Leaders. Elections for the nine members Rabi Council of Leaders is scheduled for Thursday and Friday. This election was supposed to be held in January 2009, but was deferred because of the floods in the Northern Division. There are altogether a total of 2971 registered voters… Continue

Added by Stacey King on April 22, 2009 at 9:32am — 1 Comment

Fiji government gives 30k for Rabi elections

Fiji Broadcasting Corporation LTD

Monday, April 20, 2009

Government has provided $30,000 to meet election costs for Rabi Island. The Banaban Community goes to the polls this week to elect their council of Leaders. There are altogether a total of 2,971 registered voters from the four main villages - that is Tabwewa, Uma, Tabiang and Buakonikai - as well as those Banabans living in Vanua Levu and Viti… Continue

Added by Stacey King on April 21, 2009 at 10:56am — 1 Comment

Now is the best time to send money back home to Fiji as dollar falls by 20%

With the drop in the Fiji dollar by another 20% now is the best time to send money home to family in Fiji. We also need to become EXCHANGE RATE SAVVY!!!

For families in Australia and New Zealand - the ANZ bank and Westpac banks are your direct bank links with Fiji. You can get your daily Fiji exchange rates online via your ANZ or Westpac banks in your country. The most economical way to send money to families is to have a bank account set up in Australia at ANZ or WESTPAC to take… Continue

Added by Stacey King on April 19, 2009 at 10:15am — No Comments

Great Opportunity for Banaban Musicians - Enter Pacific Break Music Competition

This competition is sponsored by Radio Australia especially for Pacific Island Music. Full details of this year's competition are at:

http://banabanvoice.ning.com/forum/topics/enter-the-pacific-break-2009

The competition began on 1 March and entries must be in before 1 September 2009

So come on all our talented Banaban musicians... get your entries in… Continue

Added by Stacey King on April 19, 2009 at 9:00am — No Comments

Obama promises united effort against piracy

By Andrea Stone, USA TODAY

Crewmembers of the Maersk Alabama celebrate the rescue of their captain, Richard Phillips.

***Eventhough this story is not about the ship relating to our Tuvaluan and Banaban captives, it is good to see the US Navy now starting to act. Let's hope it helps the captives and this story will explain the threat our… Continue

Added by Stacey King on April 17, 2009 at 7:00am — No Comments

Recovery of loan unclear - FNPF, Fiji Development Bank, Banaban Trust Fund investment invoved

Thursday, April 09, 2009

Fiji Broadcasting Corporation- Fiji Boadcasting Corp. Ltd

It’s not very clear at this stage on how and when the Fiji National Provident Fund will recover a substantial amount of loan, which had been given out to the Momi Bay Resort project few years ago for hotel development. A member of the FNPF Board and national president of the FTUC Daniel Urai says the Momi Bay Resort project has been abandoned by the contractors, and the project is lying… Continue

Added by Stacey King on April 9, 2009 at 9:00am — No Comments

Remittances start to dry up as global economic crisis bites

ABC RADIO AUSTRALIA

Updated Tue Apr 7, 2009 3:39pm AEST

The sending of remittances plays a major part in providing much needed foreign currency to many of the Pacific Island states, but as the economic crisis bites deep into developed economies, the knock on is also starting to be felt in the Pacific. There is anecdotal evidence that some Pacific Islands workers overseas are turning to loan sharks… Continue

Added by Stacey King on April 8, 2009 at 8:34am — No Comments

Historical and Original Banaban Photographs and documents for Exclusive Banaban Student Use Only

Ken and I have been contacted by various Banaban students who are keen to do papers on their own island and history.

We want to encourage our younger Banaban generation to learn all they can about their own history and unique Banaban identity. We have released some important historical photos for the exclusive use by Banaban Students and if you would like more information or photos covering a particular topic please contact either Ken or Stacey… Continue

Added by Stacey King on April 2, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Australia has been suffering extreme heatwaves this summer

The southern states of Australia have experienced some of the hotest days in recorded history.

It has been so extreme that even this poor ice-cream truck went into melt down.

Children in Adelaide, South Australia could not believe their eyes when they ran outside to try and buy an ice cream from the Mr Whippy Man and this is all that was left of the truck.

Sorry- Couldn't let the 1 April go bye with out an April Fool's… Continue

Added by Stacey King on April 1, 2009 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Australia-NZ website helps Pacific people send remittances

ABC RADIO AUSTRALIA

Updated 31 March 2009

A new internet site has been set up by the Australian and New Zealand Governments to help Pacific Islands people send remittance money back to their home islands more efficiently after complaints from some Pacific communities in both countries over the high costs involved in transferring money overseas. The Send-Money-Pacific site is a joint project of OzAid and… Continue

Added by Stacey King on March 31, 2009 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Fiji Employers welcome Australian skilled migrant cuts

ABC RADIO AUSTRALIA

Updated Mon Mar 30, 2009 4:15pm AEST

Fiji's Employers Federation says the cuts announced to Australia's skilled migration intake earlier this month, are good news for Fiji as it will slow the country's "brain drain". With the international financial crisis biting, Australia's skilled migration intake for the year to the end of June has been cut by 14%, with building and manufacturing… Continue

Added by Stacey King on March 31, 2009 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Messages from SAYRE HOLMES have now been deleted...

You may have recently recieved a message via BANABAN VOICE from a new member called - SAYRE HOLMES. This person joined our site and then sent emails to a lot of us to try and sell ringtones for our phones. I have already BANNED their membership so that is why you cannot retrieve any email as once a member is banned - all their messages left on Banaban Voice get wiped as well.

So please disregard her email as it is typical of a lot of the scams and junk mails that are out there in… Continue

Added by Stacey King on March 30, 2009 at 8:30am — 2 Comments

DX Ham Radio Link between Banaba and Kiribati

Welcome to 320DA011 Karl

DX Adventurer Radio Club

March 29, 2009 by darren

The Dx Adventure Radio Club (DA-RC) is pleased to introduce its latest member in the Pacific Ocean area…320DA011 Karl. Based on the secluded Micronesian isle of Banaba, Karl is a well known and respected Freeband DXer in the Oceania region who commutes between his homeland in Western Kiribati… Continue

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

Public warned over plastic trash as major threat to Largest Sea Turtle

As reported by Marine Pollution Bulletin -Rongorongo Man AMI Tautaeka Issue dated: 20 March 2009

The Ministry of Environment, Lands and Agricultural Development is warning the public from throwing plastic trash out in the open sea for fear of ingestion by the endangered sea turtles. Deputy Director of the… Continue

Added by Stacey King on March 27, 2009 at 12:48pm — 1 Comment

National Fire Authority Training in Rural Schools - Rabi

FIJI TIMES ONLINE

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

ABOUT 7000 Cakaudrove children are undergoing training as the National Fire Authority attempts to reduce fatalities associated with fires. NFA spokesperson Mileta Ting said although the authority had not finalised statistics, there was a high incidence of fatal fires last year.

"We are targeting children because we find that they are the most effective medium," she… Continue

Added by Stacey King on March 25, 2009 at 11:30am — No Comments

Eruptions continue in Tonga but not linked to earthquake

ABC RADIO AUSTRALIA

20 March 2009

Vulcanologists are dismissing any connection between an undersea earthquake near Tonga and the volcanic eruptions off the coast of the island nation's capital Nuku'alofa. On Friday morning an earthquake of magnitude 7.6 on the Richter scale triggered a tsunami warning for all nations in the region. The warning was later lifted, but schools and Government offices… Continue

Added by Stacey King on March 20, 2009 at 7:30pm — No Comments