ISLANDS BUSINESS – More jobs will be made available to Pacific Island workers in the construction and fishing sectors of New Zealand, the delegation from New Zealand attending this week’s PACER Plus trade negotiations in Apia has offered. The new jobs will be in addition to the Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) scheme New Zealand currently…
The uncommon severe weather pattern, unusual high tides, extreme rough seas, strong currents and daily heavy downpour accompanied by gale-force winds that continue to ravage Makira Ulawa Province since late April has shown no sign of subsiding. And this had subsequently threatened food security and imposed greater health risk, a dire situation of extreme consequences…
MINISTER for Culture and Tourism (MCT) and Member of Parliament (MP) for Gela Constituency says Solomon Islands should take pride of its tourism development. Bartholomew Parapolo highlighted this while opening the 2015 Council of Tourism Ministers Meeting on Wednesday. The theme for the two days meeting is; “Embrace Tourism for Sustainable Economy.” In his opening…
RNZI: Forty-one Asian fishermen have been detained in Fiji after they were allegedly involved in a brawl at Kings Wharf in Suva. One man, a 39-year-old, was taken to hospital in a serious condition after he was reportedly stabbed. A police spokesperson told Fiji Village that police are trying to establish what started…
Dear Editor – The problem of short bus routes has been around for a while now and it has been a ‘Thorn in the Flesh’, a ‘Pain in the Neck’ and a ‘Kick in the Guts’ to all of us; while those causing it are enjoying seeing the public suffer. It has affected our economy,…
Dear Editor – Interesting to note the call from the WUSI General Secretary on the government to deport SIPA’s CEO, Mr Yow. It seems to me that Mr Kagovai is good at tearing down rather than building up. His now defunct SINUW has closed down RIPEL and now he is on a mission to do…
Dear Editor – Please publish the following: I have a dreamOne dayThe colors of the natureappear as they areStainless, shinning towards futureAffect imperceptibly –the human soul quieter and purer I have a dreamSomedayThe inner beauty of the human beinglaunches out…Like a powerful seedlingsprouts a new budFair and foul, tryingto grow upwards vigorously, proudly I have…
Dear Editor – As an elderly person and chief to Tokengau tribe of West Rennell I would like to raise my concern on the recent registration of massive hectares of land within our island by Penrose Palmer, APID and the Ministry of Lands. It is obvious that Palmer produce a report, which was totally different…
LIKE anything else in life, success more often than not follows hard work, commitment and persistence. Bee keeping is no magic for spinning money as some were led to believe. It certainly involves hard work, some level of basic understanding of bees and common sense to effectively manage it. Some practical training involving handling of…
A more practicable application of the wedding vow THE crowd waiting for the Naha-Kola route became agitated on Monday when bus operators decided to take the much shorter route of HTC- Talise or HTC-SDA route. I checked the pocket in my pants and found a single $50 note. As a matter of protest against these…