The Office of the Prime Minister has denied there is pressure to remove members of the Kandere Party from the Democratic Coalition for Change (DCC) Government. The Office of the Prime Minister was responding to media reports that the Prime Minister, Hon Manasseh Sogavare was under pressure to remove one of the coalition partners from…
IWAKI, (PACNEWS) – Fijian Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama has supported Indonesia’s bid to become an associate member of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG). In an interview with Fiji Journalists in Iwaki, Japan, Bainimarama confirmed that having Indonesia as an associate member made sense given the population in Papua is more than 11 million Melanesian people…
SUVA, (RADIO AUSTRALIA) – High rates of domestic violence, including brutality against pregnant women, in the South Pacific have been documented in a new UNICEF report. The Harmful Connections report said more than one in 10 women reported being beaten while carrying a child. The study — which focused on Fiji, Kiribati, Samoa, Solomon Islands,…
Some fish vendors at the Honiara Central Market continues to use unscrewed scales to weigh fish robbing customers of the little money they have. This was seen last weekend at the market when one of the Honiara City Council officers was alerted about a fish vendor cheating incident of fish scaling, which was later confiscated…
KAKABONA Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) hive Church located in the West side of the city over the weekend successfully organised ‘a praise and give’ to help raise funds to support its Church building. As part of supporting the Church a series of freewill offerings were collected in a number of SDA Churches located in the…
Suva, Fiji – For the past ten months, Pacific Island countries and territories have enjoyed falling petroleum prices but there are indications that the region should prepare for rising fuel prices. Assessments by Economic Development Division of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) show that between July 2014 and May 2015, annual savings for…
Youths that took part in the weekend camp out at the St. Mary Tanagai Catholic Parish have learnt more about the teachings of the Christian life. In his message to the youths in an open Mass service, Fr. Jacob Abba challenges the youths in their Christian faith. “In life the utmost fear is present and…
A week-end camp out that took place at St. Mary Tanagai Parish has ended in style last Sunday. The event that started Friday last week was concluded with a morning procession from the Kovuare area to the Parish grounds, an open Mass service, feasting and outdoor activities. Youth groups from White River right down to…
Welcome to our continuing discussion on this important subject of “Worship.” In the past few weeks we looked at why worship is important and the various aspects we need to know to enrich our worship of God. This week we will look at another important aspect of worship and that is “Service – Its Proper…
Members of the general public of Honiara City are demanding the road repair contractors to reveal their qualifications to carry out road works, and also contractors must explain to the people why their pot holes’ patching job cannot even last for a month. Speaking to this paper, Alfred Leka a commuter who always travels by…