"Assignment Earth" fills a gap in the news (Richard Bangs Adventures)

22.10.2006 09:05 - source: Yahoo travel

Richard Bangs Adventures - Gary Strieker is an agitated guy, with good reason. With "Assignment Earth" he's found an outlet for his environmental concerns. Read more…


Bali Forum Thread for the week of October 16, 2006

22.10.2006 10:35 - source: baliblog

Check out this topic currently being discussed on the Bali Forum at BootsnAll: Rainbowserenity was planning to spend her honeymoon in Thailand… Until she realized it would be monsoon season there! Now she’s looking at options, including Bali. Does Bali have what she’s looking for in September? Chime in with your input! And if you’re not [...] Read more…


Beyond First Class: Going Private (Barbara Correa)

22.10.2006 14:15 - source: Yahoo travel

Barbara Correa - Threats to security and carry-on freedom, highlighted by the recently-foiled plot to blow up British airliners headed to the U.S., are prompting business travelers with deep pockets to consider private travel. Read more…


Slumming the Golden Arches (Rolf Potts)

22.10.2006 19:25 - source: Yahoo travel

Rolf Potts - Fashionable or not, McDonald's is a perennial refuge for travelers. Read more…


Cheap adventures on the high seas (Rolf Potts)

22.10.2006 19:25 - source: Yahoo travel

Rolf Potts - Catch a ride on a cargo ship for an unusual, and surprisingly comfortable, travel experience. Read more…


Drinking spot goes up in flames

22.10.2006 23:00 - source: fijitimes

ONE of the owners of a vacant office destroyed by fire at the weekend is thinking of selling the property on which it sits because of lawlessness in the area. Read more…


State set to close scam case

22.10.2006 23:00 - source: fijitimes

THE State has one more witness to call to the stand before it closes its case against former Agriculture Ministry permanent secretary Peniasi Kunatuba today. Read more…


Chiefs to discuss native register

22.10.2006 23:00 - source: fijitimes

DISCUSSION on the issue of registering of mataqali and yavusa title holders will be part of the papers submitted to be tabled as agenda for the Great Council of Chiefs meeting in December, says Fijian Affairs chief executive Adi Litia Qionibaravi. Read more…


Roadblock will stay, landowners vow

22.10.2006 23:00 - source: fijitimes

MEMBERS of a landowning unit will not remove the roadblock erected last week until their 38-acre (15.37 hectares) piece of land is returned to them by the Fiji Hardwood Corporation. Read more…


Police nab 49 wanted men

22.10.2006 23:00 - source: fijitimes

Police have arrested 49 wanted men in the Nasinu area since launching Operation Hakwa three weeks ago. Read more…


Muslims will break month of fast tomorrow

22.10.2006 23:00 - source: fijitimes

MUSLIMS celebrate Eid, tomorrow, marking the end of the month-long Ramadan period of fasting. Read more…


More of the same in Budget

22.10.2006 23:00 - source: fijitimes

THE national budget will be presented to the House of Representatives on November 3, says finance ministry chief executive officer Paula Uluinaceva. Read more…


Declaration will target dragnets

22.10.2006 23:00 - source: fijitimes

PACIFIC Island leaders are expected to endorse a declaration during the week-long Pacific Leaders Forum to monitor and protect the biodiversity of the region's marine resources. Read more…


President is weak: Lawyer

22.10.2006 23:00 - source: fijitimes

THE President, Ratu Josefa Iloilo, is too weak to head the nation, Suva lawyer Tevita Fa says. Read more…


Fiji to benefit from meet, says Tavola

22.10.2006 23:00 - source: fijitimes

FIJI stands to benefit immensely from the Pacific Leaders Forum which starts in Nadi today, says Foreign Affairs Minister, Kaliopate Tavola. Read more…


Clark boosts cloak of security for 37th Forum

22.10.2006 23:00 - source: fijitimes

NEW Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark arrives in Fiji at 2pm today with a stronger security cloak around her. Read more…


Military backs President

22.10.2006 23:20 - source: fijilive

The military is backing Fiji President Ratu Josefa Iloilo although he has been labeled too weak to head the nation Read more…


Security tops Pacific meet

22.10.2006 23:20 - source: fijilive

Sixteen heads of state gather in Nadi today for the 37th Pacific Island Leaders Forum with governance and failing states top of the agenda Read more…


Supreme Court will end it: Army

22.10.2006 23:20 - source: fijilive

The Fiji military says it will continue to oppose "contentious" government policies until the Supreme Court rules it can not do so Read more…


Steamy weather in Seminyak Bali

23.10.2006 02:20 - source: baliblog

If you hadn’t already noticed, its damn hot here in Bali! For people who are planning to visit in the near future, you’ll get a surprise when you step off the plane, steamy temperatures. As yet, the wet season has failed to appear, hot, blazing sunny days, every day. How could life be better? A few [...] Read more…


Finance not aware of overspending: Court

23.10.2006 05:15 - source: fijilive

Fiji's Finance ministry was not aware of overspending by the Agriculture ministry in the farming scheme, the High Court heard today Read more…


MSG condemns Aust raid

23.10.2006 05:15 - source: fijilive

The Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) has strongly condemned the raid on the Solomon Prime Minister's office by Australian police officers in the regional assistance mission (RAMSI) last Friday Read more…


Australia no threat to Fiji: Tavola

23.10.2006 05:15 - source: fijilive

Fiji's Foreign Affairs Minister Kaliopate Tavola says Fiji does not need to worry about the threat by Australian Prime Minister John Howard Read more…


Ex-mayor acquitted of tax fraud

23.10.2006 05:15 - source: fijilive

Former Suva mayor Dhansukh Lal Bhika is a free man after he was acquitted by the Magistrates Court today on tax evasion charges amounting to about $400, 000 Read more…


Food in Candi Dasa

23.10.2006 07:35 - source: baliblog

Staying at Flamboyant guest house in Senkidu, just outside Candi Dasa, I had an agreement with the staff, ocean front room, with no breakfast, for 50,000rp. I wanted to try new places to eat, and wanted a low price for the room, so it seemed a good idea. Breakfast took place at one of the [...] Read more…