THERE are many things people love to hate when it comes to gushy romantic couples. Get ready to roll your eyes. Losing them A friend goes into the serious relationship/engagement/marriage zone — never to be seen or heard from again. When I was single I would joke that my friends bought a one-way ticket to…
WHEN I was 23 years old, my husband died of skin cancer. A week after his funeral I got a tattoo on the back of my neck as a tribute — an exact copy of the ‘all-seeing eye’ my late husband had on his forearm. In my mind, it was the ultimate romantic gesture that…
Count kilojoules, always eat breakfast, don’t eat carbs after 6pm. Whether it’s public health advice or conflicting opinions in the media about nutrition, we hear a lot of messages about what and how we should eat. But there’s one message that needs to be louder, says Gabriella Heruc, an Adelaide based Accredited Practising Dietitian –…
The Samoan breadfruit variety ‘maafala’ will be distributed globally in an effort to help food security in vulnerable countries around the world. It is part of a partnership project that has been running for over ten years between the Samoan government and the Hawaii National Botanical Gardens where 120 varieties of breadfruit were tested over…
Opinion by Shane Rosenthal, Resident Representative of the Asian Development Bank’s Timor-Leste Resident Mission Last week government officials, development partners and civil society groups will have met in Dili as part of an annual gathering to review achievements over the last year and consider priorities and plans going forward. Participants will speak about successes and…
The International Monetary Fund has lowered its 2014 global economic growth forecast, warning of “negative surprises” from the United States and China and geopolitical risks in Ukraine and the Middle East. The IMF projected global growth of 3.4 per cent for this year, down from its April estimate of 3.7 per cent. In 2013, the…
The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) this week released new assessments on the status of key regional tuna stocks – skipjack, yellowfin and bigeye tuna – which show that skipjack and yellowfin remain in a reasonably healthy state, but bigeye, the mainstay of the tropical longline fishery, has now been reduced to less than…
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is calling for urgent action to improve the health of the world’s limited soil resources to ensure that future generations have enough supplies of food, water and energy. “Soil is the basis for food, feed, fuel and fibre production,” Maria Helena Semedo, FAO Deputy Director-General, said in…
Reducing vulnerability and strengthening resilience are critical to securing human development progress, the United Nations says in a flagship report released on Friday that examines the risks posed by natural or human-induced disasters and crises and offers ways to tackle them. The 2014 Human Development Report, launched in Tokyo by the UN Development Programme (UNDP),…
The Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Melanesia (ACOM) His Grace Archbishop the Right Reverend David Vunagi has reminded the companions’ ministry of their duties. In his sermon to commemorate the St James feat day yesterday at the Barnabas Cathedral, His Grace highlighted two key components of their work. He said spiritual and practical components…