The global number of children in child labour has declined by one third since 2000, from 246 million to 168 million children and more than half of them, 85 million, are in hazardous work. Asia and the Pacific still has the largest numbers (almost 78 million or 9.3% of child population) involved in child labour…
AS the celebration to mark the marathon programs leading up to commemorating Don Bosco’s 200 birthdays raged at Henderson’s Don Bosco centre, those in Gizo also held activities to mark the event. The community marked three events during the weekend. “Firstly we celebrated the 199th birthday of Don Bosco with the St Peter’s Training Center…
SOME 500 women from the South Seas Evangelical Church (SSEC) from 34 local churches in Honiara ended a day of sporting activities successfully during the weekend. Held at the Telekom recreational Hall on Saturday, the idea was to bring women from different SSEC local churches together. Joyce Tua association secretary for SSEC women said friendly…
OFC – The Oceania football community has mourned the loss of Sheik Mohammed Ibrahim, Senior Vice President of the Fiji Football Association Ibrahim, 67, passed away on Thursday 12 August at C W M Hospital in Fiji following a battle with kidney disease first diagnosed in 2011. “Sheik Mohammed Ibrahim was a proud servant of…
MORE than 400 women from South Choiseul have undergone two weeks of skills training on cloth dyeing and design and floral art. The skills training workshops, which were held at Papara, Sepa and Sasamunga villages July 28 – August 6, culminated from a partnership between the South Choiseul Constituency and the Ministry of Commerce, Industries,…
PARENTS are urged not to feed their children with junk foods from shops. Under Secretary (Administration) to the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Oswald Ramo made the call, Thursday. This was during a brief handing over ceremony of planting materials and farming equipment/tools to Honiara based schools. The project was to ensure food security and…
INTENDING candidate, Alfred Sasako, has described as “pathetic and shallow” a statement issued by the Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet in response to a report he has published regarding last Wednesday’s visit to Honiara by the US Secretary of State, John Kerry. Quoting sources in Washington DC and Honiara, Mr Sasako’s report said…
THE European Union’s (EU) first-ever resident ambassador to Solomon Islands Leonidas Tezapsidis has presented his letter of credence to the Governor General Sir Frank Kabui at Government House, Thursday. At the ceremony, Ambassador Tezapsidis expressed honour for being entrusted by the EU to serve in the Solomon Islands – a country with which the EU…
YOUTHS in and outside of Honiara are preparing for the Youth Market. Due to its growing success in the previous months, the Youth Market has attracted many young people all over Honiara and now from outside as well. One of them is the St Jude band. They are a group of youths from Visale, West…
PACIFIC nations have slammed major fishing nations using loopholes to duck out of properly reporting their fishing catches in Pacific waters. Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) members at the 10th Scientific Committee meeting of the WCPFC say the missing data is critical to help prevent over-fishing in Pacific waters. The meeting in the Marshall…