Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo has described failure after vigorous attempts to get Solomon Islands Jimmy Rodgers for the top Pacific Islands Forum job ‘unfortunate’. Speaking to journalists after his arrival from his recent leg of visits overseas, Mr Lilo said the country pushed really hard for a Solomon Islander to hold the top post.…
The sentencing of a man who raped a student at Western Province in 2010 has been deferred to next week. This was because the accused was not brought over to Honiara from Gizo. The court heard on Thursday from the defence that there was delay in the funding to bring the accused to Honiara. As…
A father who admitted he had sexual intercourse with his eldest daughter and attempted to rape his other daughter will be sentenced in the High Court. Principal Magistrate Jim Seuika has committed the 41-year-old father from Isabel, to the High Court on Friday. The father of six who cannot be named to protect his daughters’…
Parliament is scheduled to begin its final meeting on the August 13, before the House dissolves on September 8, 2014. The “Family Protection Bill 2014” is before the House and the Bills and Legislation Committee (BLC) will conduct its inquiry into it starting Monday. The Bill aims to provide for the protection of families from…
RNZI: A survey of voters in Fiji suggests most people polled would choose Rear Admiral Frank Bainimarama as Prime Minister, and would vote for his FijiFirst party. Fiji Times Online reports the results come from the latest Tebbutt-Times survey, which was conducted earlier week, showing 56 percent of respondents would vote for FijiFirst and Frank…
RNZI: Three missing Tongan fisherman are believed to have been found alive in Fiji’s Lau group. Matangi Tonga reports that the Tonga police were contacted by Fiji police yesterday, saying that divers had found three men, believed to be Tongan, swimming in the sea near Oneata. The police understand that the men were on a…
RNZI: A grocery store in American Samoa, K.S Mart, has agreed to pay over 85 thousand US dollars to 87 employees for violations of the minimum wage and overtime laws. A grocery store in American Samoa, K.S Mart, has agreed to pay over 85 thousand US dollars to 87 employees for violations of the minimum…
IUCN: Overfishing, population growth, rapid urbanization, habitat degradation and climate change are all leading to a ‘perfect storm’ for coastal fisheries in the Pacific Islands region, which means that many Pacific Island countries and territories will need to find alternative sources of protein for their population within the next two decades. This sombre reality was…
RADIO AUSTRALIA: Pacific leaders have launched a global campaign to improve weather forecasting and climate services for small island nations. Traditional Pacific weather forecasting techniques are no match for extreme weather events, a new advocacy campaign warns. The ‘Small Islands, Weather Together’ initiative forms part of a campaign by Pacific leaders to attract greater assistance…
A shelter strategy has been developed to address the housing needs of those affected by last year’s earthquake and tsunami disaster. “The strategy looks at rebuilding and repairing eligible houses that were completely or partially destroyed during last year’s disaster,” said Ministry of Infrastructure and Development Director of Architecture and Building Division Patterson Fakavai. “It…