IFAW Responds to Fiji Floods

SYDNEY, Australia, Jan. 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following the worst flooding in decades in Fiji this week, the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW - www.ifaw.org ) is working with the Fijian Government to assess the rescue needs of animals in the devastated region. "The floods...

Apollo Group Planning to Set up a Hospital in Fiji

India's Apollo group of hospitals is planning to set up a large hospital in the Pacific island nation of Fiji. The Fiji Chamber of Commerce (FCC) has supported Apollo's proposal, according to the website of Radio New Zealand International.// "The Apollo group (has) already secured a sit...

Generous Donation by US Helps to Curb the Outbreak of Measles in Fiji

Recently there is an outbreak of measles in Fiji but so far there have not been any human fatalities. The US has extended its helping hands in an effort// to assist the Ministry of Health. The American Embassy has donated $US120, 000 ($F215, 439) worth of measles vaccines. The World Health Organiz...

LA Eye Surgeon Performs 8 Corneal Transplants in Syria

... training and complex surgical tools. This is just the latest mission of compassion for Dr. Song, who has also visited Ecuador, Nicaragua and the fiji Islands in recent years to perform eye surgery for children. About the Vision Center The Vision Center at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles is an ...

Photos: Tommy & Thalia Mottola Honored at 7th Annual FedEx/St. Jude Angels & Stars Gala

..., Univision Radio, Stephen James Associates, Office of the Mayor of Miami-Dade County, AT&T, Leon Medical Center, Inktel Direct, DDB, MillerCoors, fiji Water, Car Factory Outlet, cocktails courtesy of Grey Goose Vodka, Carnival, Social Affairs Magazine, AirTran, Miami Parking Authority and Noiseworks ...

Scientology Volunteer Ministers Target Drug and Alcohol Abuse in the South Pacific

...logy that addresses the mental and spiritual aspects of a person's physical difficulties. Having already provided similar guidance and training in fiji and Samoa, the Scientology Volunteer Ministers South Pacific Goodwill Tours will be in Tonga for three months before continuing on to Papua New Guin...

H2O = Big Business in a Bottle

...or imported products, as is demonstrated by the success of cafe- focused European brands such as Perrier and San Pellegrino, and the recent success of fiji water in the U.S." "In the U.S., the supply market is largely geared toward the production of purified water, to be sold in bulk - often through sup...

Reese Witherspoon Helps Celebrate Avon Walk for Breast Cancer Washington, D.C. - Weekend-Long Event Raises $8.1 Million

...h two-person tents, hot showers, prepared meals, entertainment, and recreational activities such as the Reebok sneaker personalization station and the fiji water pink carpet photo program. On Sunday, May 4, walkers completed their journey together with another 13.1 miles, ending back at City Center Events...

Host Jennifer Love Hewitt Joins SBE, The Abbey and Los Angeles Magazine for 'The Envelope Please,' Benefiting AIDS Project Los Angeles

...esenting sponsors of the event. Additional sponsors include ClearChannel, Merck, Showtime, Wells Fargo, Effen Vodka, United Airlines, Couture Baskets, fiji Water, InSync, MetroSource, and the City of West Hollywood. Individual tickets for "The Envelope Please" begin at $300 and space is limited. For mor...

UCSD research team identifies novel anticancer drug from the sea

...rs without toxic side effects. The ScA compound was found in the cyanobacteria L. Majuscula, also known as mermaids hair, gathered off the coast of fiji in the South Pacific by the laboratory of William Gerwick at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. A diverse team of researchers from UCSDs Cancer Cen...

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Fiji in Biological News

Diversity of plant-eating fishes may be key to recovery of coral reefs

...repeat the studies in different areas, such as the fiji Islands, where residents are concerned about susta...ndent on local fish for their protein, he said the fiji Islanders may be able to change their fishing habi...d to help the reefs. "The data we are seeing in fiji suggests that diversity may be even more important...

Scientists discover a new Pacific iguana

... least one distinct iguana genetic line that was not seen elsewhere. The fiji crested iguana, Brachylophus vitiensis , is gone from many islands it once...anberra, Australia, and lead author of the study. The highest islands of fiji have been continuously above sea level for at least the last 16 million yea...

FIJI Water announces sustainable growth initiative with commitment to help mitigate climate change

... LOS ANGELES (November 7, 2007) fiji Water, one of the fastest growing, leading premium...rbon negative beginning in 2008. To achieve this, fiji Water will account for the carbon footprint throug...rojects, the production and sale of each bottle of fiji Water will actually result in a net reduction of c...

Seaweed yields new compounds with pharmaceutical potential

... of red seaweed that lives in the shallow coral reef along the coastline of fiji in the south Pacific Ocean. Some of these natural compounds showed the po.... Because of the long timeframe in getting a drug to market, the project in fiji provides other immediate conservation and economic development benefits to ...