About 15.6 percent antenatal women reported that they had been victims to some forms of physical or sexual violence from male intimate partners in the past twelve months; this was revealed by the Ministry of Health and Medical Services latest findings. The findings also revealed about 12.8% have experience being forced to have sexual intercourse…
The Minister for Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology Hon Samuel Manetoali has called for the collective establishment of practical medium and long-term carbon emission pathways to limit temperature increase to well below 1.5 degrees Celsius in the remaining days of the 21st United Nations Framework on Climate Change (UNFCCC) or COP21. Hon Manetoali…
SENIOR journalism lecturer at the University of the South Pacific (USP) Dr Shalendra Singh has acknowledged the performance of Solomon Islands students studying journalism at USP Laucala Campus in Suva, Fiji. Speaking to the Solomon Star, Dr Singh said Solomon Islands students did well over the past years and have received best overall awards in…
LIVE & Learn organisation based in Honiara is set to kick off the RED CADIM VAELENS project in Malaita province by educating rural people there about violence issues. Two officers from the organisation have traveled to the province to carry out assessment on the level of people’s understanding on violence and 16 days of activism…
With the 16 Days of Activism due to end tomorrow World Vision is calling on authorities and development partners to start focusing on solutions, rather than simply talking about the statistics of gender-based violence. “We are well informed that the level of gender-based violence in this country is very high, but now it is time…
SUVA, (THE AUSTRALIAN) — More than 60 per cent of women and girls surveyed in the Pacific Islands have experienced violence by an intimate partner or family member, says a report released Monday night. But 12 extra Pacific Island women every day have received help from crisis support services in the three years since Australia…
FORUM SOLOMON Islands International (FSII) has strongly condemned disposal of rubbish in the central business district of Honiara city describing it as plain public disgrace. Forum Solomon Islands international says it had captured on camera two large rubbish bins being filled both inside and outside damped in the area. It says the picture also confirms…
BALI, (RADIO TUVALU) —–Papua New Guinea, one of the most powerful nations of the PNA, has called on the Pacific Tuna Commission to take urgent action to control fishing on the high seas. Fishing rules for the high seas are set by the commission and are much more lenient than the rules Pacific countries impose…
ABOUT 51 communities around the country under the South Sea Evangelical Church (SSEC) have successfully learnt and practice the method of horticulture this year. One of the latest villages to learn about this fortnight ago was Buiano village in west Kwara’ae, Malaita province. Horticulture is a method of planting flowers around homes and properties. SSEC…
TOWER Insurance has paid ANZ bank its profit share of $211,411. In a brief ceremony the TOWER Insurance country manager, Jeremy Masalo, presented the cheque to ANZ Solomon Islands CEO, Geoffrey Buchanan. TOWER Insurance is the underwriter for ANZ. A statement from the bank said, the payment was the culmination of a profitable partnership within…