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Kiribati

Type: Country

Name: Kiribati

population: 91,017

First reported 22 hours ago - Updated 10 hours ago - 2 reports

Fiji to supply drugs and medical equipment to other Pacific countries.

Fiji has signed an agreement to supply pharmaceuticals and medical equipment to eight other Pacific countries.FBC News reports the Fiji Pharmaceutical service has made the deal with countries including Nauru, Tuvalu and Kiribati.Nauru’s High Commissioner ... [Published Radio New Zealand International - 10 hours ago]

Entities: Fiji, Medical Equipment, Nauru, Drugs

First reported 17 hours ago - Updated 17 hours ago - 1 reports

US Navy

US Navy fleet on Humanitarian mission

HAWAII, (GANT DAILY) - A U.S. Navy Fleet will be sailing to six Pacific island nations to conduct humanitarian assistance.The USS Pearl Harbor, an amphibious dock landing ship, is scheduled to depart Hawaii on May 24.The mission will last four months. ... [Published Solomon Star - 17 hours ago]

Entities: US Navy, Kiribati, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, USS Pearl Harbor (LSD-52)

First reported 19 hours ago - Updated 19 hours ago - 1 reports

PACIFIC ISLAND COUNTRIES SHOW INTEREST IN PURCHASING BULK MEDICAL SUPPLIES FROM FIJI

Officials representing Pacific island countries have expressed interest in purchasing bulk quantities of pharmaceutical medical items from Fiji.Government officials from Kiribati, Nauru and Tuvalu visited the Fiji Pharmaceutical Services and Biomedical ... [Published Fiji Government - 19 hours ago]

Entities: Fiji, Tuvalu, Kiribati

First reported 22 hours ago - Updated 22 hours ago - 1 reports

British Army

Council reveals earnings

FIJI earns between $7million to $8million annually through kava exports.But the kava being exported to some countries is only for drinking purposes and not for pharmaceutical needs.This was revealed by the Fiji Kava Council chairman Rupeni Koroi yest ... [Published Fiji Times - 22 hours ago]

Entities: Fiji, Kiribati, British Army

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 2 reports

Three-quarters of Asia-Pacific nations ‘lack water security’

About 75 per cent of emerging economies in the Asia-Pacific region suffer from low levels of water security, with millions still living without safe water supplies and sanitation facilities, according to a study published this week (13 March).The Asian ... [Published Thomson Reuters - May 21 2013]

Entities: Sanitation, Security, Integrated Planning, Singapore

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Kiribati wetlands protected under Ramsar convention

Kiribati has been granted accession to the Ramsar convention on wetlands. for the 1,000 hectare No'oto wetlands at North Tarawa. To find out more about the site, and its importance, Campbell Cooney spoke to Vainuupo Jungblut, he is the Ramsar Oceania ... [Published ABC Radio Australia - May 20 2013]

Entities: Ramsar Convention, Kiribati, Hugo Swire

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Seaweed stakeholders discuss export options

Update: 2:08PM SEAWEED producers, government officers and aquaculture stakeholders in Fiji, Kiribati, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands are part of the International Seaweed Symposium in Bali, Indonesia.The Secretariat of the Pacific Community, through ... [Published Fiji Times - May 20 2013]

Entities: Aquaculture, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Kiribati, Solomon Islands

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Kiribati carries out major survey of Phoenix Islands

The Kiribati Government is sending a second team to survey the Phoenix Islands, the world's largest marine protected area.Twelve experts will join a group that set out last week to the Phoenix Islands Protected Area (PIPA) to study the effects of climate ... [Published ABC Online - May 20 2013]

Entities: Kiribati, Phoenix (Arizona, United States), Species, Patrol Vessel, Cook Islands

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

US Navy ship to sail the Pacific on a humanitarian mission

The US Pacific Fleet said May 9 that it will send an amphibious dock landing ship to six Pacific island nations over the next several months to provide humanitarian assistance and help people better prepare for disasters. The USS Pearl Harbor will leave ... [Published Zunia.org RSS - May 17 2013]

Entities: US Navy, Hugo Swire, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, USS Pearl Harbor (LSD-52)

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Lagan’s last excuse for saying Kiribati was drowning: some land isn’t nice to stand on

The Global Mail’s Bernard Lagan said global warming was drowning Kiribati:The waves are slowly… ... [Published Andrew Bolt - May 17 2013]

Entities: Kiribati, Global Warming/Climate Change

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

Bolt In The Blue: UPDATED

So Andrew Bolt has again been furiously Googling to have a second attempt at knocking down The Global Mail’s feature on the dire situation facing the tiny Pacific nation of Kiribati because of climate change.Having discerned that Kiribati is indeed a ... [Published The Global Mail - May 17 2013]

Entities: Andrew Bolt, Kiribati, Christmas Island, Global Warming/Climate Change

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 2 reports

Heading home Aussie sailor rescued at sea

"Ready my sailboat out of California to Kiribati, are about 5,000 kms and me it takes 4 to 6 weeks, without connection to the internet, but connected to the stars... I reach Australia for September (sic) ... well, I hope you continue doing the same thing! ... [Published The Sydney News - May 15 2013]

Entities: Kiribati, Australia, Colombia

Quotes

"This reminds us the importance of the work of the Typhoon Committee - to minimise the loss of lives and material damages caused by typhoons in Asia through planning and implementation of required measures" Ms Jiao said

Sub-seasonal to seasonal prediction office set up [Published World Meteorological Organization - 15 hours ago]

"British Army soldiers who return after their visit to Fiji also take kava with them."

Council reveals earnings [Published Fiji Times - 22 hours ago]

About the Lowy Institute for International Policy: According to its website, "The Lowy Institute is an independent, nonpartisan international policy think tank located in Sydney, Australia. Ranked as Australia’s top think tank, the Institute provides high-quality research and distinctive perspectives on the trends shaping Australia and the world and fresh policy options on these questions."

Pacific Islands Society making waves in international policy community [Published PR inside - May 21 2013]

"Dr Reed is an accomplished scientist with extensive, proven scientific expertise and specialist knowledge of the commercial aquaculture sector. She will complement and enhance our existing research, while bringing a fresh approach, new energy and drive to this important role." A Maltese tuna rancher can continue legal action against marine conservation group Sea Shepherd in the UK, a high court has ruled

IN BRIEF - Willingness to improve offer terms [Published Fish Information & Services - May 21 2013]

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Dialogue on Conflict, Peace and Security Issues [Published Scoop - May 18 2013]
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Lagan’s last excuse for saying Kiribati w... [Published Andrew Bolt - May 17 2013]
Bolt In The Blue: UPDATED [Published The Global Mail - May 17 2013]
Climate refugees? Where's the dignity in that? [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 17 2013]

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US Navy ship to sail the Pacific on a humanitar... [Published Zunia.org RSS - May 17 2013] The US Pacific Fleet said May 9 that it will send an amphibious dock landing ship to six Pacific island nations over the next several months to provide humanitarian assistance and help people better prepare for disasters. The USS Pearl Harbor will leave ...
Lagan’s last excuse for saying Kiribati w... [Published Andrew Bolt - May 17 2013] The Global Mail’s Bernard Lagan said global warming was drowning Kiribati:The waves are slowly… ...
World Maritime Brief, 17 May 2013 [Published MaritimeSecurity.Asia - May 17 2013] Arctic: “Six Nations Win Seats on Arctic Council” Wall Street Journal, 15 May 2013 At a ministerial summit on Wednesday, members of the Arctic Council agreed to grant permanent observer status to six nations: China, India, Singapore, Italy, Japan ...
Are the satellites lying about poor, drowning K... [Published Andrew Bolt - May 16 2013] The Global Mail wails about the vanishing island of Kiribati: ...
Annular eclipse of sun on May 10, 2013 [Published EarthSky - May 06 2013] Those in the Australian outback and parts of the Pacific Ocean will be able to view an annular eclipse of the sun – in which a ring of the sun’s surface appears around the body of the moon’s silhouette – on the morning of May 10, 2013 at shortly after ...

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