PORT MORESBY, (POST COURIER) – Despite the negative impact of inflation Papua New Guinea has been experiencing, all public servants have witnessed for the first time in 25 years, a significant boost in the real value of their earnings. Personnel Management Secretary John Kali said this when speaking at the recent 36th biennial congress of…
AS part of its 40th Anniversary celebration, the Central Bank of Solomon Islands (CBSI) has assigned Monday 27 June, 2016 as the Solomon Islands Money Day – with the theme ‘Take Part. Save Smart’. This theme was adopted from this year’s Global Money Week; which CBSI were not able to hold during the first quarter…
PACIFIC Island countries and territories stand to benefit from the sharing of cutting edge marine scientific and technological knowledge between the Republic of Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST) and the Pacific Community (SPC). The President of KIOST, Dr Gi-Hoon Hong, and the Pacific Community Director-General, Dr Colin Tukuitonga, yesterday signed a memorandum…
CRUISE ship passengers injured in an horrific head-on crash in Vanuatu are in a strong position to sue P&O, an Australian law firm has claimed. Pacific Dawn was in Port Vila when the accident happened. The boat visited Honiara early this year. Shine Lawyers’ senior solicitor Thomas Janson said legal “waivers” signed by the passengers…
CRUISE ship passengers injured in an horrific head-on crash in Vanuatu are in a strong position to sue P&O, an Australian law firm has claimed. Pacific Dawn was in Port Vila when the accident happened. The boat visited Honiara early this year. Shine Lawyers’ senior solicitor Thomas Janson said legal “waivers” signed by the passengers…
RNZI: The vice-chancellor of the University of Technology in Papua New Guinea says he’s confident the majority of his students will return to class this week. Students across PNG have been boycotting lectures since the beginning of May while demanding the Prime Minister step down to face fraud allegations. Vice-chancellor, Dr Albert Schram, said UNITECH’s…
A SENIOR delegation of Indonesian officials and delegates of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua met Thursday in a move instigated by the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG). The two sides had been at loggerhead over West Papua’s struggle to have a separate state. MSG Foreign Ministers meeting chairman and Solomon Islands Foreign Affairs minister,…
PACIFIC education leaders from Papua New Guinea, Samoa and Solomon Islands have gathered in Nadi this week for the presentation and discussion of benchmarked education results. Benchmarking provides a baseline against which the performance of education systems can be monitored, both internally to track change over time, and externally, in comparison with other systems, especially…
A RESPECTED former Fijian judge has told a human rights forum that legislation is only part of the solution to ending domestic violence in the Pacific region. Former Judge Mere Pulea delivered the opening address at the Pacific Community Gender and the Law Consultation 2016 in Nadi this week, which was organised by the Pacific…
THE Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat will send a mission to observe the 2016 elections in Nauru on 9th July. The observer mission comes in response to an invitation from Nauru’s Electoral Commission and the Government of Nauru. “The Pacific Islands Forum is committed to ensuring free, safe and credible elections across the region” said Secretary…