GOSPEL music plays a major role and is an avenue for change of attitude, behaviour and development not only in a person’s spiritual life but entire being. Member of Parliament (MP) for East Honiara, Douglas Ete highlighted this during the 1st anniversary celebration of the Niuleni Community Musical Ministry (NCMM) at the national museum auditorium…
Fiji absorbed about 40 per cent of the 1.5 million inbound tourists in the Pacific in the recent years, a report has revealed. ANZ’s Pacific Quarterly report released Monday highlighted this. It noted that whilst majority of arrivals were still from Australia, Chinese tourists are now the quickest growing source of visitor arrivals. “Fiji is…
Tourism in Pacific Island countries is expected to receive a boost with the completion and soon to be launched regional tourism strategy. The South Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO) is into the final lap of country consultations through workshops and stakeholder discussions at a regional level to seek valuable feedback on the first draft of a…
Despite improvements in the business environment over the last decade, law and order and corruption remain the most severe constraints to doing business in Papua New Guinea (PNG), new analysis from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) reveals. Drawn from responses from 130 firms surveyed by the PNG Institute of National Affairs (INA), the findings confirm …
Four (4) Micronesian islands of Palau, Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands and Christmas Island will benefit from a series of Pacific Port preparedness workshops over the next two weeks. This will be conducted by the South Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO) under the European Union funded Pacific Regional Tourism Capacity Building Programme (PRTCBP). SPTO CEO…
A new lecturer is expected to start next Tuesday as the University of the South Pacific’s journalism programme coordinator following the sudden resignation of Dr Ian Weber. The dean of the Faculty of Arts, Law and Education, Dr Akanisi Kedrayate, held a meeting with journalism students yesterday. A former coordinator of the journalism programme, Patrick…
As we continue with our discussion on the topic of ‘Leadership,’ the third aspect of understanding the characteristics of leadership, “A leader is a risk-taker.” Risk taking is an indispensable part of leadership. A French writer Andre Gide said, “You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.”…
Martyrs in China – Bishop Louis Versiglia. Luigi Versiglia was born at Oliva Gessi (Pavia) on 5th June 1873. He came to Don Bosco’s Oratory when he was twelve years old and went on to become a Salesian Priest. After his ordination in 1895 he spent ten years as novice master at Genzano di Roma.…
A new president of the Methodist Church in Fiji and Rotuma will be elected in August during the annual church conference (Bose Ko Viti) in Suva. This was confirmed to the Fiji Sun over the weekend by the church general secretary, Reverend Tevita Banivanua. “We will be electing a new president in August during the…
THE ongoing micro finance expansion project (MEP) will give Papua New Guineans knowledge on how to deal with financial matters and banking institutions. MEP training specialist Andy Philip said a weeklong training for trainers (TOT) recently involved 14 church leaders and members who took up courses on savings and budgeting. The participants included seven women.…