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Stacey King's Blog – April 2009 Archive (26)

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