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Investigative journalism: Discovering the HIGHlands
Commended: The Fiji Times team of reporter Ilaitia Turagabeci and photographer Asaeli Lave were commended for their report uncovering a drug farm in the Rakiraki highlands where cash-starved villagers thrive on income from 'grass'.
Asaeli Lave, Ilaitia Turagabeci
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Waiting for the wave, but missing the tide: Case studies of climate-related (im)mobility and health
Climate change amplifies health risks, including through the health impacts of climate-related displacement. Yet diverse mobility responses in a warming world can also provide a pathway for climate change adaptation. This article examines the connections
Celia McMichael +2 more
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Measuring Good Governance Using Time Series Data: Fiji Islands [PDF]
This paper reports on the construction of a governance index for Fiji Islands for the period 1985 to 2003. The governance index has three core dimensions, each a composite of several indicators. Time series for each of the three dimensions of governance, as well as for the overall governance index, are presented in a range from zero (poorest ...
Gani, Azmat, Duncan, Ronald
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Estimating the duration of antibody positivity and likely time of Leptospira infection using data from a cross-sectional serological study in Fiji [PDF]
BackgroundLeptospirosis is a zoonotic disease prevalent throughout the world, but with particularly high burden in Oceania (including the Pacific Island Countries and Territories). Leptospirosis is endemic in Fiji, with outbreaks often occurring following heavy rainfall and flooding.
Eleanor M. Rees +5 more
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A controversy over a sexual liaison between Fiji prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka and a Fiji Times journalist led to threats to deregister The Review -- the news magazine that broke the story. In Fiji, during March and April 1994, there was mixed reception
The Review
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Abstract “Fiji time” is a well-known concept in Fiji, similar to notions of “Island time”, “Pacific time”, and other conceptualisations that represent Pacific islanders as people who are skilled in the arts of chilling out and being late.
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EDITORIAL: Free media rhetoric
At this time of the year, there are the usual platitudes and rhetoric about "media freedom" in the Pacific. The Fiji Times, for example, complained in an editorial about politicians with a "misguided theory" that Fiji was not ready for a critical and ...
David Robie
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The media and the coup leader: Sitiveni Rabuka
Brigadier-General Sitiveni Rabuka, the former prime minister of Fiji who gained notoriety for staging twin coups in 1987, has enjoyed a love-hate relationship with the Fiji and Pacific media for almost two decades.
Anthony Mason
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Health-related quality of life is low in secondary school children in Fiji [PDF]
The health and wellbeing of children in lower-income countries is the focus of much international effort, yet there has been very little direct measurement of this. Objective.
Goundar, Ramneek +5 more
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FIJI Macro 3D ART VeSElecT: 3D Automated Reconstruction Tool for Vesicle Structures of Electron Tomograms. [PDF]
Automatic image reconstruction is critical to cope with steadily increasing data from advanced microscopy. We describe here the Fiji macro 3D ART VeSElecT which we developed to study synaptic vesicles in electron tomograms. We apply this tool to quantify
Kristin Verena Kaltdorf +5 more
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