The Tongan delegates meet up with the West Papuan group at the Mendana Hotel yesterday to reaffirm their ongoing support for the ULMWP full membership in MSG. Minister for Finance and Planning of Tonga Aisaka Valu Eke is here for the Pacific Islands Development Forum (PIDF) 4th summit when he has the opportunity to meet…
The Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Special Leaders Summit yesterday agreed to defer the consideration of the application for full membership by the United Liberation Movement of West Papua (ULMWP). It was reported that the delay was agreed to until membership criteria and guidelines are further developed by the Sub-Committee on Legal and Institutional Issues (SCLII),…
A PRIVATE political consultant lashes out at national leaders to stop accusing each other using print media. This follows an ongoing media debate by Nollen Leni and the Leader of the Independent Group Dr Sikua against Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare with their insinuations that he (Sogavare) was involved in the 2000 coup. Brian Haga said…
Guadalcanal Provincial (GP) government has announced the provision scholarship for interested students in the province. Provincial Minister for Education Hon. Lazarus Rina on Thursday announced that the 2016 Provincial scholarship is now open for new applicants. Application date opened on the 13th of July and will close on the 13th of August 2016, a period…
THE issue faced by Pacific Islands people on resettlement as a result of sea level rise was being highlighted by the Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare, at the recent PIDF meeting. He mentioned this in his acceptance speech as the new Chair of the PIDF, and that he feels that the forum (PIDF) deserves to take…
PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare says harnessing the wealth of the ocean and guaranteeing its health would require zone based management of our oceans resources. PM Sogavare was speaking at the occasion of the closing of the Pacific Islands Development Forum (PIDF) pre-summit at Mendana Hotel Conference room in Honiara, Tuesday. ”I concur with our experts…
Media experts from around the Pacific region held a series of discussion panels at the preconference leading up to the World Journalism Education Congress held at the Auckland University of Technology this week. They spoke to audiences about the media challenges in their homeland in hope to raise the quality of the Fourth Estate in…
“The current international-class seaports in Sorong and Jayapura, Papua, can be a more lucrative entry point for MSG countries to access the dynamic half-billion Southeast Asia market”. This was stated by Ambassador Desra Percaya, the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Indonesia at the MSG Summit in Honiara, on Thursday. He said, Indonesia and the…
HONIARA city council (HCC) has been criticized for failing to collect refuse rubbish from a number of suburban residential areas within the city posing the threat of disease outbreak among residence. Complaints about the bad smelly stench from piles of uncollected refuse have blamed the Honiara City Council responsible authorities for failing to carry out…
THE weeklong Farm Mechanization Training (FMT) that aims to equip local farmers with knowledge and skills on production of manual rice milling machine, solar grain drier and peanut shelling machine will conclude today. The FMT is being held at the Taiwan Technical Mission (TTM) farm near King George, East Honiara with about 13 participants from…