Articles Tagged: islands

A subject I know a lot about. Here's Zltchek's article and my response. I'm awaiting a follow up, or even just an acknowledgment. Pacific Island Nations: Will The Last Person Out Turn Off The Light? From Rarotonga, Cook Islands May, 06 2008By Andre Vltchek Andre Vltchek's ZSpace Page Join ZSpace The sea is blue, beaches consist of golden sand, and palm trees are bent almost to the water surface. Underneath hardly detectable waves, marine life is fascinating and diverse. On hotel terraces, t

Politician and well known nationalist Iliesa Duvuloco was last week denied entry into the Solomon Islands. He was sent back to Fiji after immigration officials there found his constant travel to the country had no major purpose. He was a politician who led the Nationalist Vanua Tako Lavo Party formed in 1999. Later his involvement with the 2000 coup saw him serve a jail term His last public appearance was during the May general elections in 2006 where he again led his Vanua Tako Lavo party t

Fiji's military-appointed foreign minister, Epeli Nailatikau, was allowed to enter New Zealand to brief the meeting. He was not allowed to take part in the deliberations, which ended with the setting up of a ministerial contact group to monitor progress.

Foreign ministers from the Pacific Islands Forum's 16 member states met in New Zealand's largest city of Auckland on Wednesday to discuss Fiji's commitment to holding election in March next year. The Commonwealth Secretariat Special ...

The Comoros, an archipelago in the Indian Ocean halfway between Mozambique and Madagascar, recently squashed a coup attempt on one of its three islands in a rather hilarious manner. Reuters reports that no one was injured in the invasion, and the rebel leader "was believed to have dressed up as a woman and to be trying to escape by boat to the nearby French-run island of Mayotte." They always try to escape to Mayotte! We make light of this because Comoros has had bloodless coups and coup attem

When it comes to the prominent Wallaby player, it's pronounced Lote, not "Lotty", and Tuqiri (pronounced Tunggiri), and not "Tukiri". Pacific communities are some of the fastest growing and visible members of the Australian population, but what do Australians really know about Pacific Islanders beyond the stereotypes of characters such as the

Samoa's deputy prime minister says Fiji should be allowed to attend this year's Pacific Islands Forum even if coup leader Commodore Voreqe (Frank) Bainimarama represents it.

Feel Secure With ADT Security Alarms There you were, sound asleep in your bed. The house is completely dark, and the .... ... make for an idyllic location for a vacation. The volcanic Fiji Islands have all of these elements ... from the United Kingdom in 1970 and the English language is widely spoken. There was a military coup

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NO MAN IS AN ISLAND, EVEN FIJI ISLANDS May 31st, 2007 by whyfijiscrying Psssst???. you got the message now coup coup Frank? ... Ministerial spectacles, aye! It?s not easy Frank. It?s now time for you and your coup clux clan

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