Rural women who attended the transformational leadership and character education for peaceful co-existence enters their fourth day of training at the Mendana Hotel. The five days training which was funded and facilitated by the staffs of UNDP and Lulukim Sustainable Solomon Islands (ISSI) will end tomorrow. The purpose of the training is to equip and…
FIFTY four schools throughout Malaita province will receive agriculture tools and materials funded for by the New Zealand Government. This is part of a education development program of the ministry of education and human resources through the New Zealand government. The aim is to boost schools’ agriculture curriculums and also encourage farming for schools in…
Pacific churches have welcomed Fiji’s support for self-determination of the Kanaky people and called on regional governments to follow this course. The call came after Fiji’s Prime Minister, Rear Admiral Frank Bainimarama reaffirmed his country’s support for the indigenous people of Kanaky (New Caledonia) at a United Nation’s Special Committee on Decolonization (C24) regional seminar…
Songs of the Pacific have been heard at Parliament House as islanders from countries likely to be most at threat from rising sea levels braved the Canberra winter to highlight the issue of climate change. In traditional dress, the group performed a cultural dance and spoke about their concerns. The delegates, from Kiribati, Tuvalu and…
Every year, tobacco kills nearly six million people. It remains the largest preventable cause of death on the planet. With more than half the population in Tokelau, Kiribati, Nauru and Wallis and Futuna and over one third of people in Cook Islands, Samoa and Solomon Islands smoking daily, tobacco use contributes significantly to the nearly…
ABOUT 300,000 women die every year from pregnancy and childbirth-related complications. Around the world, 5 per cent of pregnant women will face an obstructed labour, where the baby is stuck and cannot fit through the pelvic cavity. In Australia when this happens, a caesarean section is performed, and the mother and the baby survive. In…
Profound change is underway in the Papua New Guinean economy — and the fortunes of Australian Securities Exchange-listed companies Oil Search and Santos — following the first shipment from the ExxonMobil-led PNG liquefied natural gas project. First gas from the $US19 billion project is making its way to a utility company in Japan on board…
The benefits, challenges and opportunities for collaboration in the management of large marine protected areas (MPA) in the Pacific are the focus of discussion at a workshop being held in Suva, Fiji, this week. The countries and territories of the Pacific Ocean are custodians for large tracts of the largest ocean in the world, which…
Telikom PNG Limited has announced its acquisition of Datec PNG Limited yesterday, subject to regulatory approvals. Datec is a leading internet service provider and one of PNG’s largest ICT system integrators. Chairman of Telikom Mahesh Patel, when making the announcement, said the acquisition of Datec is very important for Telikom as it embarks on restructuring…
The Bank of Papua New Guinea (PNG), Nationwide Micro Bank and K1 Association have signed partnership agreements confirming a commitment to deliver financial education training to a further 61,000 people in Papua New Guinea (PNG). Benny Popoitai, Deputy Governor of the Bank of PNG and Chairman of the Steering Committee of the Microfinance Expansion Project…