Archive for March, 2010
Tourism as usual in cyclone-hit Fiji
MOST Fiji resorts on the main island of Viti Levu and offshore island were untouched by Cyclone Tomas, Tourism Fiji CEO Josefa Tuamoto says. International air services are back on full schedule although domestic flights had been suspended pending a check of local airfields, he said in a statement. All communications and power had been [...]
Cyclone Tomas claims another victim
A MAN has been found dead in a river on Fiji’s second-largest island, becoming the second victim of Cyclone Tomas. The man was attempting to cross a river outside Labasa, on Vanua Levu, when he was pulled under by rapid currents on Saturday, March 13, according to police reports. His body was recovered yesterday. The [...]
US President cancels Australia trip
US President Barack Obama has postponed his trip to Australia and Indonesia until a later date as he attempts to push his health care reform Bill through Congress. “We greatly regret the delay of the trip,” White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said, but he added the “passage of health insurance reform is of paramount importance [...]
Villages blown away by cyclone
SUVA: International relief supplies have begun arriving in cyclone-ravaged Fiji as reports emerged of widespread destruction in isolated parts of the Pacific nation. Officials said up to half the buildings in the eastern Lau group of islands had been destroyed or badly damaged by Cyclone Tomas. Two villages were believed to have been wiped out. [...]
NZ to help Fiji
The Government says it will provide assistance to cyclone-struck Fiji for as long as necessary. “We will do whatever we have to do,” Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully said late this afternoon. Cyclone Tomas, which has now been downgraded to a storm, has killed at least one person, left more than 18,000 homeless, damaged hospitals [...]
Australia $1m aid to Fiji after Cyclone Tomas
THE Federal Government is sending up to $1 million in emergency assistance to Fiji after Cyclone Tomas cut a path of destruction through the island. Fiji has declared a state of emergency after the category four cyclone hit yesterday, with lives lost and up to 17,000 evacuated from their homes. Australia will send a C130 [...]
Seventeen Aussies missing after Cyclone batters Fiji
THE Australian Government is trying to contact 17 of its citizens missing in Fiji’s north after a devastating Cyclone Tomas ravaged the Pacific Island nation. A Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade spokesman said the High Commission in Suva had managed to contact 35 Australians registered in Fiji’s northern district, but had been unable to [...]
Fiji storm grounds Aussie flights
AUSTRALIANS bound for Fiji have had their holiday plans disrupted as a severe cyclone menaces the Pacific nation. Airlines have delayed or cancelled flights between Australia and Fiji due to category four Cyclone Tomas. Tomas battered the Lau and Lomaiviti island groups off Fiji’s northern coast today, causing flooding and pounding seas. But officials say [...]
State of disaster as Cyclone Tomas hits Fiji
Fiji has declared a State of Disaster in the north and eastern regions, and Cyclone Tomas isn’t finished yet – in fact it’s strengthening.Emergency services still don’t know how badly the outer islands have been hit, because communications with them are still out. In the main centres, like Suva, it was a rough and scary [...]
Aussies take cover as Fiji cyclone hits
AUSTRALIANS holidaying in Fiji are bunkering down as a massive cyclone descends on the tropical getaway. Fiji’s northern islands have copped the brunt of Cyclone Tomas, with hurricane force wind of 175km/h lashing the smaller islands. The category four cyclone – the second-most destructive on a five-point scale – is now about 375km northeast of [...]
Tuqiri’s 1st try help Tigers down Manly
LOTE Tuqiri’s return was less than four minutes old when fate – and the football – came calling. It looked simple enough for the Wests Tigers’ star recruit. All he had to do was catch the ball and fall over the line – bread and butter, really. But let’s put this in perspective. Before last [...]
No Crisis at lender to the poor
How about this!! A banker who only lends money to people with no job, no assets, no income and no education- oh, and only women too. He is not one of those Loan Sharks that preys on the poor that tries to get a decent loan to help their lives. He is Nobel Peace Prize winner [...]
The Story of St. Jude Thaddeus
Who is St Jude? The tradition of devotion to St. Jude goes beyond a simple Bible story; in fact, it is a reflection of the ability of ordinary people to call upon their powerful faith to triumph over seemingly impossible odds in their daily lives. Legend has it that St. Jude was born into a [...]
Brumbies wins again against Sharks
Brumbies coach Andy Friend praised his front row after they outmuscled the Springboks trio to set up victory over the Sharks in Canberra last night. The Sharks remain winless this season, having lost nine out of their past 10 Super 14 matches, while the Brumbies have now notched three wins in a row. The home side [...]
Same product, different label – twice the price
HOUSEHOLDS are paying twice the price for branded groceries that are no different to generic-label rivals, new Federal Government research shows. Consumer Affairs Minister Craig Emerson said a family which switched to identical generic products would save as much as $450 a year, Treasury analysis of consumer spending patterns shows. With Australians facing the fastest-rising [...]
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