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Arnold Chanel

I am a final year Psychology/journalism major at the University of the South pacific. I enjoy most types of sport, video games such as World of Warcraft and League of Legends, reading and writing.
  • Fiji Votes for Economic Growth?

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    Fiji has a very high poverty rate. In 2010 45% of Fijians lived under the poverty line and this figure has certainly risen since then due to the economic crisis and chronic lack of employment. With only one year left to the much anticipated 2014 Fijian elections, the big question […]

  • Empowering Fijian women through education

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    Fiji is a developing island nation and the majority of the population live in rural areas of the two main islands. According to a Fiji Bureau of Statistics report in 2009, 31% of the population lived in poverty, most of whom reside in rural Fiji. The situation is worse, with the current recession […]