United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Bank of South Pacific (BSP) have signed a pro-bono agreement to kick-start a series of ‘Continuing Marketing Business Education’ trainings. This is part of UN Women’s Markets for Change project. A statement from Market for Change organization said, these workshops will help strengthen financial literacy and business practices…
PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare will not be intimidated by Indonesia or other countries in the Pacific Islands Forum in its push for West Papua. And Mr Sogavare is willing to take it to the next level, to demand global action through its membership of the United Nations in New York. Speaking to journalists in Port…
One of the directors to Skyline Investment Group Company has settled the outstanding bill left behind by Jason Liu Tao at the Heritage Park Hotel. In an exclusive interview one of the directors Pan Yan Bing said, it was a misunderstanding by the landlord, since the bill was normally paid on Liu Tao’s credit card,…
HAPI Isles Health Foundation continues its charity work to improve services for children at the National Referral Hospital (NRH) with the kind donations of taps and toilet equipments on Wednesday. The charity group stepped in with the kind donations after seeing the need to improve the services in the areas of washing and ablutions for…
PORT MORESBY, (AAP) – Pacific island countries are hopeful of wrapping up a trade pact with the European Union by year’s end and one with Australia and New Zealand mid-next year. Fourteen leaders discussed trade agreement negotiation progress and labour mobility on Tuesday in Port Moresby, ahead of the Pacific Island Forum leaders summit and…
MINISTRY of Communication and Aviation (MCA) through the office of the Civil Aviation Authority of Solomon Islands (CAASI) has completed a review survey of Taro airport in Choiseul Province. CASSI Director George Satu told the Solomon Star yesterday the review is to upgrade the runway to cater for the Dash-8 aircraft to land. “The review…
PORT MORESBY, (ISLANDS BUSINESS) – Explore all options is the instructions Pacific leaders have told officials who are negotiating an economic partnership agreement with the European Union. Negotiations for a proposed EPA have been on going for the past eleven years with no agreement in sight, prompting the EU earlier this year to suggest that…
YOUNG students of St Nicholas yesterday paid a visit to the Ranadi dump site i, East of Honiara to learn about waste management. During the visit the students ts have undergone special lectures to learn about waste management at Ranadi disposal dite. This is one of the JICA volunteer’s activities aiming at raising awareness of…
Henry Palusi, of East Wainoni in Makira snatched a gold medal and a trophy during the Our Telekom Banana 8 kilometer road race, Friday. Mr Palusi when interviewed said, despite of his disability, he continues to carry on with his passion in running. “Despite of my hearing problem, I continue to make names in local…
Prime Minister (PM) Manasseh Sogavare has visited the Skyline Company’s office in Suva last week, while in Fiji for the Pacific Islands Development Forum (PIDF). This was revealed to this paper by one of the Director to Skyline Group of Company Pan Yan Bing, who is is currently in the country after arriving from Fiji…