Failed tsunami sirens point to late alert: The late dissemination of the tsunami alert by Fiji's Mineral Resource Department yesterday led to the failure of tsunami sirens being activated, says National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) acting director Sunia Ratulevu: Fiji Times
Dear [Fijileaks] Editor:
"Both Vodafone and Digicel have the capacity to send SMS broadcasts during emergencies. The process to get the message to the masses is a fairly simple one and requires no great mind...Given that it is Fiji, they will probably setup a working committee for a few years before coming to some very inconclusive and irrelevant conclusions"
Fijileaks to Frank Bainimarama: WHY can't you PROTECT Kulukulu in Sigatoka from voracious Chinese who are dredging the marine life and livelihood out of Kulukulu communities? WALK THE CLIMATE TALK!
"As many of you know, Fiji has been given the honour by the global community to be President of COP-23 – the United Nations climate negotiations to reduce carbon emissions and arrest the global warming that is triggering extreme weather events like Winston and causing the seas to rise. As your Prime Minister, I will be guiding the deliberations of almost 200 countries as we gather in Bonn, Germany, in November..Tonight, I want to explain to each and every one of you the importance of this mission and why I will be spending so much of my time this year on COP-23 to make it the success that it must be for the sake of every person on the planet. And to explain why it is also crucial that we make a resounding success of the World Oceans Summit – which Fiji is cohosting with Sweden in New York in June. First of all, I see it as my overriding responsibility as the leader of our nation to secure the future of the Fijian people. To protect our environment, our land and seas, not only for the sake of every Fijian today but for the generations to come. Nothing is more important than this. Because if we can’t defend ourselves against extreme weather events and the rising seas; if we can’t protect our seas and our marine resources, then all our efforts to develop our nation will be jeopardised. Everything depends on our ability to get the world to sit up and take notice of the unprecedented threat we currently face to our way of life." Frank Bainimarama's New Year Message
A Chinese company is accused of DREDGING the life out of Kulukulu
"Heaps of baby fish lay DEAD along the shore line....waiting for the high tide to wash them away.... Dredging is on 24/7...and only pauses for 2 hrs in a day; Sleepless nights from the disturbing noise. It's so sad..nature built us a beautiful beach and it took them just one day to
take it away from us."
