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FPolynesia-economics-standards-poverty
Posted:Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:22:27 -0500
NewsPAD-Pacific.info:- 12/03/2010 13:06:58, One in four living under poverty line in French Polynesia: study
Vanuatu-Samoa-Fidji-cyclones
Posted:Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:22:27 -0500
NewsPAD-Pacific.info:- 12/03/2010 13:53:52, L'un des deux cyclones de la région baptisé Tomas
Pacifique-Hawaii-Chili-séismes-tsunami-alerte
Posted:Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:22:27 -0500
NewsPAD-Pacific.info:- 12/03/2010 15:54:34, Fortes répliques au Chili, brève alerte au tsunami dans le Pacifique
Fidji-Vanuatu-cyclones-
Posted:Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:22:26 -0500
NewsPAD-Pacific.info:- 12/03/2010 17:42:01, Encore un cyclone dans la région, en fait ils sont deux, deux jumeaux dont l'un menace sérieusement Fidji.
Vanuatu-Samoa-Fidji-cyclones
Posted:Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:23:11 -0500
NewsPAD-Pacific.info:- 12/03/2010 10:50:06, Menace des cyclones jumeaux dans la région : Fidji applique le principe de précaution
Ali warns of traps
Posted:Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:00:00 -0500
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- WRITTEN relationship agreements under which parties declare spousal commitment to each other are being criticised by the Fiji Women's Crisis Centre as a trap for women in violent relationships.
Stench is unbearable for residents
Posted:Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:00:00 -0500
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- MORE than 10 residents in Vatuwaqa have had to put up with a stench emanating from a drain running through their backyards.
Town ends mission on dogs
Posted:Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:00:00 -0500
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- NASINU Town Council rounded off its five-week stray dog campaign last night.
Teachers tackle truancy
Posted:Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:00:00 -0500
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- LACK of awareness on the important role parents play in the promotion of educational values to children is one of the major reasons for absenteeism in schools.
Power to the people
Posted:Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:00:00 -0500
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- ABOUT 300 families in the Western Division will have their world lit up when electricity comes to their homes no later than November this year.
Weighing systems to target heavy vehicles
Posted:Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:00:00 -0500
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- OVERLOADED vehicles that damage roads will be caught out once the $170,000 weighing systems designed for four areas around the country are commissioned this year.
Flu vaccine priority set
Posted:Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:00:00 -0500
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- DOSES of the H1N1 vaccine -- 88,000 of which were provided through AusAID and the World Health Organisation -- will go first to medical workers, followed by all pregnant women.
$2.5m to upgrade supply system
Posted:Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:00:00 -0500
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- MORE than $2million has been set aside to upgrade the water system in Labasa to help meet demand.
Bringing the whales back
Posted:Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:00:00 -0500
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- WWF South Pacific has embarked on a whale saving mission with the Fiji Islands Voyaging Society.
Gassed and robbed
Posted:Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:00:00 -0500
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- THE police are investigating robberies in which homeowners were robbed and their houses trashed as they slept, apparently under the influence of chemicals.
Bio-fuel plant opens
Posted:Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:00:00 -0500
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- FIJI'S inaugural bio-diesel plant was launched on Koro Island mid-week at a cost of $392,000 initially employing seven villagers, which will later increase to 12.
Society grateful for visit
Posted:Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:00:00 -0500
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- FIJI Society for the Blind has thanked the Fiji Museum for providing free entry to its students.
Man electrocuted, family mourns
Posted:Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:00:00 -0500
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- SHELVIN Shonal Prakash would have been 21 in June this year but instead, his family is mourning his death today.
Pastor faces sex charge
Posted:Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:00:00 -0500
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- A CHURCH pastor charged with eight counts of indecent assault on a female and two counts of sexual assault appeared before the Labasa Magistrates Court mid-week.
Supermarkets ration sugar
Posted:Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:00:00 -0500
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- SUPERMARKETS in Suva, Tailevu and Ovalau have started rationing sugar as a result of a shortage.
Butter production plunges
Posted:Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:00:00 -0500
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- REWA Dairy has admitted its butter production level has dropped.
SPCA: Seek approval
Posted:Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:00:00 -0500
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- PEOPLE involved in poisoning exercises of pests should consult and obtain proper approvals before embarking on the exercise.
Councils embark on recycling projects
Posted:Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:00:00 -0500
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- Lautoka and Nadi municipalities are working on recycling and waste management projects in conjunction with Ministry of Environment and JICA.
Bail for rob suspect
Posted:Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:00:00 -0500
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- ONE of the four men accused of the Dee Cees Buses robbery has been granted bail by the magistrates court in Suva following claims of police brutality.
Violation notices for drivers
Posted:Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:00:00 -0500
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- THIRTY Traffic Infringement Notices were issued to drivers on the third day of operations to seize illegal vehicles operating as taxis.
Health ministry pushes outreach
Posted:Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:00:00 -0500
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- There is a need for outreach services to the community and Ministry of Health is moving that way.
Dengue carriers on the increase
Posted:Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:00:00 -0500
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- PEOPLE living in squatter settlements are calling on the authorities to address what appears to be an increase in mosquitoes.
20 students live village life
Posted:Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:00:00 -0500
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- A GROUP of students from the Hong Kong International School is at Rukurukulevu Village in Cuvu, Nadroga for a week to experience the Fijian way of living.
Villagers await gravel payment
Posted:Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:00:00 -0500
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- VILLAGERS of Tuatua on Koro Island have renewed calls for a survey of the area where authorities have been collecting gravel used for roadworks around the island.
School needs new facilities
Posted:Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:00:00 -0500
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- THE rising school roll at Koro High School means it needs new facilities to accommodate the numbers, says school principal Arieta Yauvoli.
Cassava factory gives farmers hope
Posted:Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:00:00 -0500
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- THE prayers of a group of Northern Division villagers have been answered with the opening of a cassava factory.
Cyclone loom
Posted:Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:00:00 -0500
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- A TROPICAL cyclone is likely to affect Fiji no later than Sunday if the weather deteriorates further.
Blind syudents enjoy feel trip
Posted:Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:00:00 -0500
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- STUDENTS from the Fiji School for the Blind yesterday had the feel of things associated with culture and heritage at the Fiji Museum.
Destitute granny waits for food vouchers
Posted:Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:00:00 -0500
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- FOR Asinate Vuli, 65, the food vouchers offered by Social Welfare Department will ease her burden.
Lucky to be alive
Posted:Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:00:00 -0500
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- NINE-year-old Kinijoji Ramasima scrambled out a window when the bus he was on hurtled around a junction and landed in a ditch yesterday afternoon.
Market sought for pandanus
Posted:Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:00:00 -0500
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- FINDING a market for voivoi (pandanus) has been and continues to be a dream for the women of Koro who rely on this commodity as one of their major sources of livelihood.
Check on carrier vans
Posted:Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:00:00 -0500
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- AN LTA team is looking into the transportation of Bua children to school in carrier vans.
Transpots hardship
Posted:Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:00:00 -0500
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- A farmer in Wainibuku, Nasinu, has raised concerns regarding the difficulties he faces in transporting his farm produce to the market following the seizure of vehicles involved in illegal public service operations.
Girl, 11 pregnant
Posted:Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:00:00 -0500
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- AN 18-year-old labourer from Vatukoula was granted $400 bail by the Rakiraki Court for allegedly defiling his 11-year-old cousin.
Left on her own
Posted:Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:00:00 -0500
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- SHE was fragile, fast asleep in the arms of the head nurse after being saved from the cold porch she was abandoned on in the early hours of Tuesday.
Old hairstyle back
Posted:Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:00:00 -0500
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- WOMEN of Namosi Province have been told to revert their hairstyle to the buiniga in a cultural revitalisation ordered by their paramount chief, Ratu Suliano Matanitobua.
LTA ups crackdown
Posted:Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:00:00 -0500
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- SIXTEEN private vehicles have been seized over two days and face deregistration for allegedly operating as Public Service Vehicles in the North.
Schools close
Posted:Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:00:00 -0500
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- Update: 11:26AM THE Education Ministry has directed all schools to close as two tropical depressions head for Fiji.
Second depression to the west
Posted:Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:00:00 -0500
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- Update: 12:07PM A SECOND depression to the west of the Fiji Group appears to be moving away from the country.
Saved from dogs
Posted:Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:00:00 -0500
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- BABYSITTER Fulori Tikoicina will never forget the day she discovered a baby abandoned on her front porch.
Depression to build
Posted:Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:00:00 -0500
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- Update: 11:40AM A TROPICAL depression located about 500km to the north-west of Suva is likely to intensify over the next 48 hours.
Expect strong winds
Posted:Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:00:00 -0500
Fiji Times Online - Local News:- Update: 4:59PM CYCLONE Tomas is expected to cause damaging winds over the Fiji Group in about 36 hours.