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Fiji

Type: Country

Name: Fiji

population: 851,820

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated 41 mins ago - 4 reports

Vodafone Group Plc

Shoppers enjoy Fiji Showcase bargains

Great shopping and Entertainment is already starting at Fiji Showcase 2013.The gates opened at midday and people poured in with hundreds more expected this evening.Fijivillage caught up with some shoppers at the different booths already enjoying the bargains. ... [Published Fijivillage.com - 41 mins ago]

Entities: Fiji, Vodafone Group Plc

First reported 6 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 3 reports

Frank Bainimarama

Senior cane farmers get pension

Report by: Christopher ChandThe sugar industry has been injected with a new lease of life with the introduction of a pension scheme for senior farmers in Ba.Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama handed out the first pension payment of $100 to some of the ... [Published Fiji Broadcasting Corporation - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Frank Bainimarama, Sugarcane, Fiji

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated 2 hours ago - 4 reports

INTERPOL International Criminal Police Organization

Dirty money circulating in Fiji: Fiji Revenue and Customs Authority

An estimated $200 million ( US$108 million) to $300million (US$163 million) in dirty money has been circulating in the country for the past three years, the Fiji Revenue and Customs Authority revealed.This, the authority says is dirty money generated ... [Published Pacific Islands News Association - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Fiji, INTERPOL International Criminal Police Organiza..., Decree, Police, Joketani Cokanasiga

First reported 7 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 2 reports

Ahmed Ali

Child labour a big concern in western Fiji: charity

A charity in Fiji says it has identified 200 children from squatter settlements in Suva and Lami who are being used for child labour.The People's Community Network (PCN) says the investigation found most of the children are working in garages, washing ... [Published ABC Online - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Child Labour, Fiji, Ahmed Ali

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated 4 hours ago - 3 reports

Funding has no political attachment:Australia

AUSAID Minister Counselor – Pacific John Davidson says the increase aid assistance to Fiji was based on independent reports and statistics from the University of the South Pacific, the Fiji Bureau of Statistics and the World Bank.Davidson clarified the ... [Published Fiji Broadcasting Corporation - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Fiji, Australia, John Davidson

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated 6 hours ago - 4 reports

Rugby

No Fiji team at Marist 7s

There will be no shadow National sides taking part in the Fiji Bitter Marist 7s-The Road To Moscow.This has been confirmed in the last hour to Fijivillage by Fiji Rugby Unions General Manager High Performance Unit Mike Ryan. login to listen. Ryan added ... [Published Fijivillage.com - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Fiji, Mike Ryan, Rugby

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated 6 hours ago - 8 reports

Air Pacific

Namuka-i-Lau arrives in Nadi

Bula! ... (Picture 1 ) Second Fiji Airways Airbus A330 was greeted with a water salute at the Air Pacific hangar (Picture 2 ) Air Pacific programme director Mike Moore (left), Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama, Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum and ... [Published Fiji Sun - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Air Pacific, Nadi (Fiji Islands), Airbus A330, Fiji

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated 6 hours ago - 3 reports

New owners of Pacific Island Air reveal plans

Helicopters Fiji staff. From left: Cameron Craig, helicopter engineer, John Ambler, general manager Pacific Island Air and Tim Gibson, operations manager and pilot. They are pictured with the twin engine Squirrel helicopter DQ-HFJ.Nadi-based Pacific Island ... [Published Fiji Sun - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Pacific Island Seaplanes, Fiji, Helicopter

First reported 9 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 3 reports

Police keeping the peace in paramount chief selection in Fiji

In Fiji's northern division of Macuata police were called in to monitor the appointment of the new Tui Macuata.A dispute arose when a divison emerged between two candidates for paramount chief.It became vacant after the death of the former Tui Macuata ... [Published ABC Radio Australia - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Fiji, TUI AG, Police, Aisea Katonivere, Geraldine Coutts

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated 8 hours ago - 5 reports

Views from the Frontline finds lack of engagement with local communities in disaster risk reduction

GENEVA, Switzerland ---- Lack of engagement and co-ordination between local authorities and communities in the Pacific on disaster risk reduction, is among a number of findings from a survey conducted by the Foundation of the Peoples of the South Pacific ... [Published Islands Business - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Fiji, Disaster, Digicel, Hugo Swire, Disaster Management

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 5 reports

Fiji soon to have deep sea mining tests

Deep sea test drilling in Fiji’s exclusive economic zone for Seafloor Massive Sulphides (SMS) is likely to begin in the next few years to see the level of minerals in Fiji's waters.Mineral Resources director, Malakai Finau said Fiji has the potential ... [Published Pacific Islands News Association - May 23 2013]

Entities: Fiji, Mining, Exclusive Economic Zone, Mineral

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 4 reports

International sugar hybrid workshop in Fiji

Fiji is committed to advancing the global sugar industry and the millions of ordinary people who depend on it for their livelihoods says Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama.He made the comments while opening an international workshop designed to provide ... [Published Fiji Broadcasting Corporation - May 23 2013]

Entities: Fiji, Sugar, Frank Bainimarama

Quotes

"One of the most significant hurdles faced by international lawlaw enforcement officials in the fight against international crimes is the lack of speed and ease with which assistance can be provided to the requesting countries."

Dirty money circulating in Fiji: Fiji Revenue and Customs Authority [Published Pacific Islands News Association - 2 hours ago]

..."It just sort of happened," he says. "It looks like I've gone for a book on flavours of the world but it's just how we eat these days. When I look at my own family, my sister married a guy from Fiji, I've married (about to) a girl from America who's half Korean and my brother's married an Aussie girl from WA. That mix of culture and race is the new normal and it makes for really interesting eating."

Quick cuisine is set in Stone (The West Australian) [Published West Australian - 4 hours ago]

"We've done training such as weaving, and sewing skills, so that the mothers and fathers can replace the income that their children were earning."

Child labour a big concern in western Fiji: charity [Published ABC Online - 4 hours ago]

"It's very important. First of all, it's a cup in itself. We want to lift the trophy at the end of the day. It's important to get our team playing well together and winning these matches" said Rees

RugbyU: Samoa out, USA, Canada in for new-look Pacific cup [Published GlobalPost - 5 hours ago]

More Content

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Shoppers enjoy Fiji Showcase bargains [Published Fijivillage.com - 41 mins ago]
Senior officers trained on humanitarian laws [Published Fiji Broadcasting Corporation - 1 hour ago]
Senior cane farmers get pension [Published Fiji Broadcasting Corporation - 1 hour ago]
Naduri village monitored [Published Fiji Broadcasting Corporation - 1 hour ago]
Private sector sluggish: Hazelman [Published Fiji Broadcasting Corporation - 1 hour ago]
Make VRC a national ID: Umaria [Published Fiji Broadcasting Corporation - 1 hour ago]
FSM water utility rated best in Pacific [Published Spasifik Magazine - 1 hour ago]
Fiji cane farmers get record payout [Published Spasifik Magazine - 1 hour ago]
Fiji's political parties urged to comply with d... [Published Xinhua News Agency - 1 hour ago]
State-owned disarray [Published PNGIndustryNews.net - 1 hour ago]
JUST MARRIED: Here comes the bride [Published Albury Border Mail - 2 hours ago]
SPARCK: Sharing Perceptions of Adaptation, Resi... [Published Pacific Islands News Association - 2 hours ago]
Mistakes made with the relocation of the Banaba... [Published Pacific Islands News Association - 2 hours ago]
Dirty money circulating in Fiji: Fiji Revenue a... [Published Pacific Islands News Association - 2 hours ago]
French yachtie makes port [Published Sun Live - 2 hours ago]
Japanese govt donates 4 desalination plants wor... [Published Fijivillage.com - 3 hours ago]
Quick cuisine is set in Stone (The West Austral... [Published West Australian - 4 hours ago]
Child labour a big concern in western Fiji: cha... [Published ABC Online - 4 hours ago]
ubalert: 5.0 - south of the Fiji Islands- http:... [Published Twitter - ubalert - 4 hours ago]
Achieving economic growth with Green GDP [Published Fiji Sun - 4 hours ago]
Making money from honey [Published Fiji Sun - 4 hours ago]
Disappear to Paradise on Fiji?s Taveuni Island [Published e-Travel Blackboard - 4 hours ago]
Captain Cook re-discovers Fiji [Published e-Travel Blackboard - 4 hours ago]
Fiji records increase in investment registrations [Published Fiji Broadcasting Corporation - 4 hours ago]
Funding has no political attachment:Australia [Published Fiji Broadcasting Corporation - 4 hours ago]
More consultations on Rotuma Act [Published Fiji Broadcasting Corporation - 4 hours ago]
PM opens new home for Nadi family [Published Fiji Broadcasting Corporation - 4 hours ago]
1,461 jobs proposed to be created [Published Fijivillage.com - 5 hours ago]
Fiji Fact fixtures out [Published Fijivillage.com - 5 hours ago]
RugbyU: Samoa out, USA, Canada in for new-look ... [Published GlobalPost - 5 hours ago]

Blogs

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ubalert: 5.0 - south of the Fiji Islands- http:... [Published Twitter - ubalert - 4 hours ago] ubalert: 5.0 - south of the Fiji Islands- http://t.co/1cPOU8ooTa #earthquake #fb ...
ubalert: 7.4 - south of the Fiji Islands- http:... [Published Twitter - ubalert - 13 hours ago] ubalert: 7.4 - south of the Fiji Islands- http://t.co/y7g0rMdRaQ #earthquake #fb ...
ubalert: Tsunami Information (Hawaiian Islands)... [Published Twitter - ubalert - 13 hours ago] ubalert: Tsunami Information (Hawaiian Islands) - South Of The Fiji Islands - 7.4- http://t.co/HYezQOWSuh #tsunami #fb ...
ubalert: 7.4 - south of the Fiji Islands- http:... [Published Twitter - ubalert - 13 hours ago] ubalert: 7.4 - south of the Fiji Islands- http://t.co/g6PYwcld7P #earthquake #fb ...
Full Pundit: Who are you and what have you done... [Published National Post \| Full Comment » Full Comment - May 22 2013] The death rattle of Conservative accountability The National Post ‘s John Ivison thinks the Prime Minister “blew” his “chance to be accountable” to Canadians for the astonishing fracas resulting from his former chief of staff, Nigel Wright, ...

Audio/Video

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Over-fishing seen as culprit in Fiji coral coll... [Published Reuters Video: Business - Apr 16 2013]
Over-fishing seen as culprit in Fiji coral coll... [Published Reuters Video: Technology - Apr 16 2013]
Fijians seek new ways of travel [Published Al Jazeera - YouTube - Apr 08 2013]
Fiji debates new constitutional draft [Published Al Jazeera - YouTube - Apr 05 2013]
VIDEO: Clean up begins in Fiji after cyclone [Published BBC News Video - World - Dec 18 2012]

Press Releases

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Ole Smoky Tennessee Moonshine Appoints John Coc... [Published Business Wire - May 22 2013]
Pacific Islands Society making waves in interna... [Published PR inside - May 21 2013]
Inaugural class of Pacific Young Leaders on Dis... [Published PR inside - May 19 2013]
Lion One Reports 6.43 m at 12.74 g/t Au and 13.... [Published Marketwire - Breaking News Releases - May 15 2013]
Mobile Technologies to Fast Track Financial Tra... [Published PR.com Press Releases - May 12 2013]