New Caledonia News

"Every morning here at breakfast people comment about New Zealand. Almost all, including Americans, say what a beautiful country this is, 'But the towns - what they are doing?', they ask.

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It includes the island of New Caledonia , where the capital, Nouma , is located; the Loyalty Islands ; the Blep Islands ; and the le des Pins .

THE CONSTELLATION OF ISLANDS AND ATOLLS scattered across a vast swath of the Pacific Ocean micro-states are among those most exposed to the consequences of global warming: ocean acidification, multiplication of natural disasters, coral reef degradation, rising sea-levels. These little islands, which account for a total of about 10 million ... (more)

More than 40 million people globally take an SSRI antidepressant, among them many writers and musicians.

HE represented his district on the soccer field as a youngster and is proud to be still associated with the team.

EIGHT junior table tennis players have been selected to represent Fiji during the Oceania events in New Caledonia in August.

Mosquitoes, malaria, dengue fever and swarms of tropical "heebee-jeebee creatures" are among the memories of life in the Pacific for World War II veterans.

Shell New Zealand has announced it will start preliminary exploration for oil and gas in deep ocean between New Zealand and New Caledonia, in a 50:50 joint venture with the Chinese state-owned oil company.

Prince George's two Liberal candidates responded Monday with a flurry of facts and figures to the NDP's claim that the government has fallen short on trades training.

Fish supplies in the Pacific will be particularly affected by global warming ... a fishing boat at Sorong fishing port, in Indonesia's Papua region.

At their meeting with the Executive team at Secretariat of the Pacific Community headquarters in Noumea last week, the Pacific Plan Review team heard about the wide range of initiatives that SPC has been undertaking to support the Plan's implementation across the Region.

Word origin: The word nickel is a shortened translation of the German word kupfernickel .

The College of New Caledonia Faculty Association has a new two-year contract in place, guaranteeing labour peace for the next year.

A team of six young Tongan performers are travelling to New Caledonia today to showcase their creation, a full-length theatre production titled "Kuonga". The team is part of a Nuku'alofa based non-profit arts association, On the Spot, who were invited to perform at the Tjibaou Cultural Centre in New Caledonia's capital Noumea.

BC NDP Leader Adrian Dix attends the BC Mayors Caucus in Prince George, B.C., on April 30, 2013.

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The play at the Porirua museum yesterday featured alongside dances, songs, exhibitions and crafts from most of the islands which make up the Melanesian region; Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia and West Papua.

For students at the College of New Caledonia, the two per cent rise in tuition costs approved for next school year to help balance the books is becoming an annual right of passage after years of stagnant funding for B.C. post-secondary schools.

A dengue fever outbreak in the Pacific islands of New Caledonia has killed three people, officials said Friday, after the World Health Organization raised alarm over the spread of the virus.