Dreaming big is one of the many ideas that women entrepreneurs from around the Pacific region meeting in Nadi this week have been talking about during the conference. A business woman that has taken this idea to a different level is Ruth Undi from Papua New Guinea’s resource rich area of Ialibu in the Southern…
A Planning Forum for Children was held from the 25th -26th November 2014 in Choiseul provincial capital, Taro. It was co-facilitated and funded by the Provincial Women’s Development Division and the Ministry of Women, Youth, Children and Family Affairs’ Children’s Division with funding support from Save the Children. Stakeholders from the Provincial Government, Non-Governmental Organisations,…
A total of 1.7 million European last week viewed a film of a project done in Solomon Islands last year. A project called ‘lost in the swells’ is carried out by three Frenchmen in parts of Solomon Islands for three months. The Frenchmen from Brittany, Aurélien Jacob (prominent surfer) Ronan Gladu (cameraman) and Ewen Le…
Malaitans are urged to come out and vote in next month’s provincial election. Caretaker premier Edwin Suibaea made the call as the province prepares to go to the polls on December 10. “Malaita Province needs quality leaders,” Suibaea said. “Please come out and choose wisely so that our province could have the right leaders,” he…
Three female candidates will contest the Malaita Provincial elections on December 10. They are Mary Fa’alimae and Martha Ruai for ward one Auki, and Rose Komina for ward 10 in Lau Mbaelelea. A four female candidate, Susan Foukona, was disqualified after she failed to resign from her public service job. Returning Officer Thomas Puahakeni confirmed…
Australia West Papua Association (AWPA) calls on the Australian Government to hold an inquiry into how our military aid and training is being used by the Indonesian security forces Recently, the Indonesian counter terrorism unit Detachment 88 was accused of the torture of activists in Maluku and now footage has shown the torture of Papuans…
Kastom Garden Association (KGA) is continuing its efforts to reduce the negative effects of climate change of farming in the country. The non-government organisation was part of a delegation that visited Temotu Province recently under the Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change (PACC) programme. KGA centre supervisor Severino Lausao said PACC had helped Kastom Garden to…
Newly elected MPs are urged to support the nation’s agriculture sector. The call comes from two organic farmers Johnson Ladota and George Kwaifii. Ladota is a promoter of organic farming with Kastom garden and Zae Na Tina organic farm in east Honiara. “Agriculture is the backbone of the economy of any nation,” he said. “It…
The Officer-in-Charge of the Melanesian Spearhead Group Secretariat in Port Vila, Jean Pierre Nirua thanked the Acting Vanuatu Police Commissioner, Major Aru Maralau and his senior ranking officers and the Government and People of Vanuatu for spearheading consultations on key outcomes of the MSG Police Commissioner’s Conference. The one-day consultation by Vanuatu is being held…
A NEW government has been formed. Four political parties have agreed last night to form a coalition to run the next government. Leaders of the Solomon Islands Party for Rural Advancement (SIPRA), Democratic Alliance Party (DAP), Solomon Islands People First Party (SIPFP) and the Peoples’ Alliance Party (PAP) also approved a Coalition Agreement. The agreement…