Two dead, 22 injured in New Caledonia bus tragedy<\/p>\n
NOUMEA, New Caledonia (PIR) — Two people, including an eleven-year-old girl, and a 32-year-old man died and another 22 passengers were injured Saturday when the bus in which they were riding crashed near Bourail, 72 miles north of Noum\u00e9a.<\/p>\n
All 43 passengers aboard the bus were visitors from Vanuatu.<\/p>\n
Four remain hospitalized in critical condition.<\/p>\n
The crash occurred when the driver of the bus failed to negotiate a sharp turn in the road.<\/p>\n
FBI may open American Samoa office<\/p>\n
PAGO PAGO, American Samoa (PIR) — The Federal Bureau of Investigation is exploring opening an office in American Samoa, according to FBI special agent John Gillies in Honolulu.<\/p>\n
American Samoa is the only U.S. possession without a resident FBI presence, he said.<\/p>\n
“Based on the information we are receiving from American Samoa and investigations we are working on, we feel setting up of an office is warranted at this time.<\/p>\n
Government fraud would be among the primary matters the new FBI office would investigate.<\/p>\n
Over 300 teachers have left Fiji since coup<\/p>\n
SUVA, Fiji (PIR) — More than 300 teachers have emigrated since the political crisis last year in which the government of Mahendra Chaudhry was deposed.<\/p>\n
Fiji Teachers Union General Secretary Agni Deo Singh said qualified teachers now are being replaced by new university graduates.<\/p>\n
“Teachers holding senior positions, especially heads of departments, are the ones who are leaving our shores in large numbers” primarily to New Zealand, Mr. Singh said.<\/p>\n
Fiji has been hit by a continuing “brain drain” since the unrest and violence of last May, he said.<\/p>\n
Mr. Singh added that the only way to bring the mass migration under control is to return the country to constitutional rule.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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