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Vanuatu-kava-business
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:19:39 -0400
NewsPAD-Pacific.info:- 19/03/2010 23:57:49, Les années 90 ont été celles du boom du kava, boom fauché en plein vol pour cause d'effets secondaires indésirables en Europe. Mais ces années 2010 pourraient bien être celles de la renaissance du kava, sous une autre forme. Car l'idée a peut-être pris qu
Police seek public help to find woman
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:19:31 -0400
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- POLICE have requested members of the public to contact the nearest police station or Crime Stoppers if they have any information on the whereabouts of 34-year-old Nafisa Bano.
Fiji is major drug source
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:19:31 -0400
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- FIJI is the source of cannabis to many Pacific Island nations.
Couple denie violations
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:19:31 -0400
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- LAWYER Imrana Jalal and her husband Ratu Sakiusa Tuisolia have pleaded not guilty to seven counts of violations relating to business licences and one count of giving false information to a public officer.
Costly start
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:19:31 -0400
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- WALES whipped Fiji 17-12 in a Pool B clash as the reigning Rugby World Cup Sevens champion started their campaign at the Adelaide 7s on a serious note.
Hospitals receive donated freezers
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:19:31 -0400
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- TWO freezers donated by the Australian Government to store the dead can store at least 18 bodies.
Britain hands over $295K
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:19:31 -0400
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- THE British Government will make a contribution of Fiji $295,000 to the Fiji Red Cross to assist in its relief and rehabilitation efforts.
No data on kava
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:19:31 -0400
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- A STUDY by Australian National Council on Drugs has found no data on the rate of kava consumption in Fiji.
Funds hamper alcohol probe
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:19:31 -0400
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- BUDGET constraints have prevented the National Substance Abuse Advisory Council (NSAAC) from researching alcohol trends in Fiji.
Alcohol abuse rife in Pacific
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:19:31 -0400
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- Alcohol abuse is on the rise in the Pacific, and Australian beer is a large part of the problem, a new report has found.
US gives $191K to Red Cross
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:19:31 -0400
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- THE United States is providing $191,000 to the Fiji Red Cross and will continue to work with government agencies and non-government organisations following the hurricane devastation.
Suspension a barrier
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:19:31 -0400
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- FIJI'S suspension from regional and international bodies is proving to be an overwhelming barrier to addressing illicit drug issues.
Tomas wrecks havoc on schools
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:19:31 -0400
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- TWENTY-ONE schools in the Eastern Division and one in the north were damaged at the height of Hurricane Tomas.
UNICEF monitors effects of crisis
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:19:31 -0400
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- THE United Nations Children's Fund will work with the Ministry of National Planning and Bureau of Statistics on a project to monitor the effects of the global economic crisis on vulnerable groups in Fiji.
Fijian hospitality impresses visiting Japanese journos
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:19:31 -0400
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- THE hospitality of the people of Fiji have been deemed a striking feature by a group of visiting Japanese journalists.
No immunity for Kumar
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:19:31 -0400
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- THE High Court in Suva has quashed an appeal by former magistrate Sunil Kumar that he has judicial immunity after being charged with seven counts of perverting the course of justice.
Missing family safe on island
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:19:30 -0400
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- A FRENCH family reported missing during Hurricane Tomas is safe and well looked after on Vanuabalavu.
Kava farmers count losses
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:19:30 -0400
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- VANUA Levu farmers affected by Hurricane Tomas have been uprooting yaqona plants by the thousands to salvage what they can from destroyed plantations.
Alert on animal diseases
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:19:30 -0400
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- FARMERS are being urged to keep their animals away from flood-affected parts of their property to prevent the spread of leptospirosis.
Damage survey on crops, livestock
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:19:30 -0400
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- ASSESSMENT reports on damage to livestock and crops are being collated by the Agriculture Ministry in the Northern and Eastern divisions.
Former convict weeps
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:19:30 -0400
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- SELF-PROCLAIMED reformed prisoner Saimoni Rokotunidau cried when amended charges against him were read out in the High Court yesterday.
Diesel down by 1c
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:19:30 -0400
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- THE price of diesel and kerosene will decrease by one cent to $1.77 a litre and three cents to $1.43 a litre respectively from today.
Don't expel, Bole tells schools
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:19:30 -0400
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- EDUCATION institutions have been discouraged from expelling students.
Bus firm boss critical
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:19:30 -0400
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- A MAJOR bus company has criticised the manner in which students were sent off home early last Friday after a hurricane warning was issued.
Two men electrocuted
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:19:30 -0400
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- POLICE are investigating the deaths of two men who were electrocuted in separate incidents this week.
Dogotuki counts the cost
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:19:30 -0400
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- FROM village to village Hurricane Tomas left an indelible mark on most houses in Dogotuki district in Macuata.
Court officer off to prison
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:19:30 -0400
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- FORMER assistant court officer Niraj Singh was jailed for eight months by Justice Priyantha Fernando yesterday.
Healthy living stressed
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:19:30 -0400
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- HEALTHY living standards should be adhered to as much as possible in the aftermath of Hurricane Tomas.
Trust works on houses
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:19:30 -0400
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- FIJI-based charitable trust Habitat for Humanity Fiji has begun talks with businesses, overseas donor agencies and soon the State to fund the housing needs of those whose houses were partly or completely damaged by the hurricane.
Student bashed
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:19:30 -0400
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- A FIFTH former of a Tailevu boarding school is nursing injuries after he was allegedly beaten by fellow students at the height of Hurricane Tomas.
Stranded 100 want to go home
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:19:30 -0400
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- STRANDED and being an added burden to the already struggling people of Totoya, about 100 passengers bound for Matuku and Nayau in Lau are pleading for a vessel to take them home.
2000 seed packs for Lau
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:19:30 -0400
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- LAU islanders will today see an influx of seeds and planting materials as part of a major campaign to boost farm recovery.
Vouchers for 84,000 pupils
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:19:30 -0400
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- SOME 84,358 students from 622 schools have qualified for the Transport Assistance Scheme.
Delayed classes
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:19:29 -0400
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- SCHOOLS up the Dogotuki and Namuka coast in Macuata took a heavy beating from Hurricane Tomas and it may be some time before children are back in school.
Fiji Cyclone appeal update
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:19:29 -0400
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- THE Fiji Cyclone Appeal tally stood at $68,543.03 committed towards the work of the Fiji Red Cross Society yesterday.
Students sent home
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:19:29 -0400
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- STUDENTS of Duavata secondary and primary schools in Udu Point have been sent home after their school suffered major damage.
Sailors save yachtie in distress
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:19:29 -0400
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- CREW members of a local cruise ship battled 125 knot winds and raging seas to save the owner of a capsized yacht trapped below deck.
ANZ gives $50,000
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:19:29 -0400
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- ANZ Bank announced a donation of $50,000 to the ANZ, Fiji Times Fiji Cyclone Appeal.
Flight from refuge
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:19:29 -0400
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- HAUNTED by the tragedy of Vabea villagers on Kadavu more than two decades ago, Lakeba villagers of Namuka distract in Macuata ran to caves on hills behind their village to shelter from Hurricane Tomas.
Fidji-cyclone-situation
Posted:Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:22:58 -0400
NewsPAD-Pacific.info:- 19/03/2010 13:41:20, Sinistrés du cyclone Tomas : la solidarité s'organise
Australie-Pacifique-Forum-diplomatie
Posted:Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:21:13 -0400
NewsPAD-Pacific.info:- 19/03/2010 09:37:19, Canberra réaffirme son engagement envers le Pacifique
FPolynesia-health-leptospirosis
Posted:Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:21:13 -0400
NewsPAD-Pacific.info:- 19/03/2010 08:20:49, Leptospirosis looms in French Polynesia
Wallis-Futuna-cyclone-Tomas-damage-France-NCaledonia-aid
Posted:Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:21:13 -0400
NewsPAD-Pacific.info:- 19/03/2010 07:09:08, French aid flowing to cyclone-ravaged Wallis and Futuna
FPolynesia-France-cyclone-Oli-aid
Posted:Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:21:13 -0400
NewsPAD-Pacific.info:- 19/03/2010 07:34:58, French Polynesia's cyclone-ravaged islands gets 13 million US dollars from Paris
NZélande-séisme
Posted:Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:21:13 -0400
NewsPAD-Pacific.info:- 19/03/2010 10:04:28, Séisme au large de la pointe Sud de la Nouvelle-Zélande
Assessors find driver not guilty
Posted:Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:19:03 -0400
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- A VAN driver who was cleared last week for attempting to murder his defacto wife was given a three-month suspended sentence for assault by the High Court in Suva.
Help arrives by air and sea
Posted:Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:19:03 -0400
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- NAVY ships are at or near islands in the Lau Group and Cikobia today.