A 17-YEAR-OLD juvenile who broke into a house in Honiara and stole valuable properties will be sentenced today in the Honiara Magistrates’ Court. This was after the juvenile, who could not be named for legal reasons, pleaded guilty to one count of house break-in, Tuesday. His matter was mentioned yesterday in a closed court before…
THE Court will today continue to hear the closing submissions on the case of the men accused of the murder of a man at Auki, Malaita, in 2015. Only one defence counsel has managed to complete his submissions. Principal Magistrate Augustine Aulanga also has another trial to preside over yesterday and therefore did not complete…
PORT VILA, (VANUATU DAILY POST) – Vanuatu Football Federation (VFF) President, Lambert Maltock, has come out to congratulate the national senior team on the performance they did over the weekend against the Solomon Islands team. Vanuatu’s senior men’s team had to pull off a last minute call up for players, and had only one afternoon…
WELLINGTON, (RNZI) – New Zealand____s Council of Trade Unions said removal of trade tariffs in the Pacific would take away an important source of funding for social services. The council____s secretary Sam Huggard presented evidence to New Zealand Parliament____s Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade select committee examining the progress on the PACER-Plus trade agreement. Huggard…
NOUMEA, (PACNEWS) – Vanuatu will host the Pacific Week of Agriculture (PWA) in October this year. The announcement was made by Vanuatu representative at the 47th CRGA (Committee of Representatives of Governments and Administrations) in Noumea. “On behalf of the Vanuatu Government I have the pleasure to announce that the inaugural Pacific Week of Agriculture…
Fiji live Cattle import queried, Ministry defends claims CLAIMS have surfaced from concerned cattle farmers in the country over the proposed live cattle import from Fiji, in fear of the deadly Brucellosis Disease. Brucellosis Disease is a bacterial disease found in the reproductive tracts of animals which can also be transferred to humans. It causes…
THE Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development (MEHRD) revealed that the government has secured US$15.4 million from the Asian Development Bank for the development of the USP fourth campus project in the country. The prolonged development of the project has received an encouraging progress and its ground breaking ceremony is scheduled for next month.…
Suva, Fiji – The Pacific Financial Inclusion Programme (PFIP) is partnering with the Foundation for the Development Cooperation (FDC) to co-convene the regional Financial Inclusion Innovation Summit which will be held from 29-31 August 2017 in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. This year’s Summit marks the 10th Anniversary of the event and will be the…
NOUMEA, (ISLANDS BUSINESS) — A new, stronger strain of the coconut-destroying Rhinoceros Beetle has been detected in the Pacific. Known as the Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle Guam Biotype, (Palm Killer), it is moving gradually from the Northern Pacific, south into Papua New Guinea and the Solomon islands. It now poses a threat to Vanuatu and Fiji.…
ANZ bank customers in Malaita province who wish to do money transaction through cheque will have to travel to Honiara to be able to access this very service. And this was causing so much frustration and inconvenience amongst customers. This was after the ANZ bank has decided to close down its operational branch in Malaita…