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Groups want to preserve more plateau land
Cumberland Plateau groups are looking to expand efforts to preserve and connect large tracts of plateau land -- a minimum of 1.7 million acres and perhaps about 2 million acres.
New Book Calls for Revisiting Liberia's 'Historic' Relations With United States
US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right speaks as Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in Washington, DC Since its independence more than 160 years ago, Liberia has often been said to have a special relationship with the United States.
College Grove: Boy Scout troop holds fundraiser
Opening thought: He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: He that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.
1,000 scholarships up for grabs
This has been confirmed Multi-Ethnic Affairs Director Suchil Sudhakar who said that 6,000 scholarship application forms have been distributed and the Department has already received 2,000. He said they hope to receive the rest of the forms this coming week.
a Think outside boxa to cover real stories about so...
Fiji's Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum has called on journalists to think outside the box and cover vital stories facing a nation.
Tahiti university presidenta s Pacific vision targe...
University of French Polynesia's re-elected president Louise Peltzer, a former minister of culture, believes future Pacific regional cooperation could include journalism, language and communication technologies.
Climate change reporter hopes award win will inspi...
A University of the South Pacific journalism alumni says he hopes winning a major award in Asia-Pacific journalism will draw attention to climate change and encourage greater coverage of this issue in the regional media.
Helping Children Exposed to Domestic Violence
On October 26, 2009, at 2 p.m. , in recognition of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the Office for Victims of Crime and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention will present a Web Forum discussion with Miriam Berkman, J.D., M.S.W., and Sherry L. Hamby, Ph.D., on best practices for helping children exposed to domestic ...
Simpson warns power of media can a make or breaka a...
Rachna Nath , Stan Simpson and Kelera Serelini during the Fiji media seminar at USP.
A collection of short stories which confront the stereotype of swinging palm trees, white sandy beaches and the happy lives of the Pacific people was launched yesterday at the Pacific Theological Centre, Suva.
New Solar Wind Hybrid System commissioned
Good news for the 70 plus students majoring in Engineering, Physics at the Faculty of Science at the University of the South Pacific, as yesterday saw the commissioning of the new Solar Wind Hybrid System, the first in a series of several systems planned.
Miss Fiji at South Pacific pageant
This year's Miss Hibiscus, a personal assistant at the Trade Mission of Republic of China-Taiwan, is Fiji's contestant in the South Pacific Pageant next month.
Marshall Islands To Host Pacific Climate Change Conference
Twenty years ago, the Marshall Islands was home to one of the first Pacific islands regional climate change conferences held.
The southern United States, with its rich history and traditions, is full of famous literary places.
Stetson does his part in keeping a legend alive
Before a packed house at the Highlands Playhouse last week, Lee Stetson gave those in attendance the unique opportunity to go back in time with John Muir.
ONE of the beauties vying for the Miss South Pacific crown is 24-year-old Melanie Amanda Gosselin.
Free up media or risk corruption and fund collapse...
Co-editors Shailendra Singh and Professor Biman Prasad at the media book launch.
Bishop Stanton Honored by CDSP
The Rt. Rev. James M. Stanton, Bishop of Dallas since 1993, has received a second doctor of divinity degree, this time from the Church Divinity School of the Pacific , Berkeley, Calif.
New book questions Fiji media standards but defend...
Fiji Islanders have a "palpable dissatisfaction" with media standards but this is overridden by a public desire to have a free press, says a new book about Fiji journalism and democracy.
Censorship hits economies hard, warns Fiji media a...
Censorship of the media comes at a cost to the economy, says a USP academic. Shailendra Singh, divisional head of journalism at the University of the South Pacific, says governments often propose censorship on the pretext of improving media standards.
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