Miss Samoa, Latafale Auva’a, is the Miss Pacific Islands 2014 and 2015. The 21-year-old Ms. Auva’a was crowned by the outgoing Miss South Pacific, Teuira Napa, at Tuana’imato on December 20th last year where the pageant was held. The Otago University student overcame competition from seven other contestants to secure the title. And in doing…
So many women in Papua New Guinea have fled their villages because of allegations of witchcraft that it’s creating a refugee problem. That’s according to Ruth Kissam, youth coordinator for the Western Highlands provincial government. The case of four women in the Hewa language area of Enga province hit the headlines last week, when it…
THE Queen’s Young Leaders is a unique initiative which recognises that young people have the ability to make a huge impact in their communities. The programme was launched in Honiara last July and Solomon Islands was lucky to be selected among six Commonwealth countries for the award. According to QYL initiative, through its programme, they…
THE Queen’s Young Leaders Discovery workshop will be hosted in Honiara on Monday next week. Two members from Comic Relief will arrive on Sunday to lead the workshop. The workshop will be held at the Solomon Kitano Mendana Hotel. The Queen’s Young Leaders programme will be running grant schemes in six countries across the Commonwealth…
ABC: Lawyers for Papua New Guinea’s prime minister Peter O’Neill will question the jurisdiction of a tribunal set up to investigate allegations of misconduct in office. Mr O’Neill is accused of bypassing proper procedures to secure a $1.3 billion loan from the Australian branch of UBS Investment Bank to buy Oil Search shares for the…
RNZI: Official records in French Polynesia show that four political parties have ceased to be recognised because of a lack of accountability. The parties in question have lost their status because they failed to submit audited accounts. Among them are the Aia Api party of Emile Vernaudon, who played key roles in local politics and…
New house faces dissolution MALAITA Province has only this week to elect a premier and form a new government. The 30 days given for any provincial government to form a government after elections will lapse by this weekend. And if the province fails to hold the election, the newly elected house will dissolve. Malaita held…
OUTGOING Malaita Premier Edwin Suibaea urges the new provincial members to continue to prioritise and seriously pursue major development projects earmarked for the province. Mr Suibaea who lost his seat to new comer Glen Waneta during the provincial election early last month said, his administration last year initiated and agreed with cabinet some projects for…
THE Solomon Islands 2015 school placement results will be released this coming Friday according to the National Examinations Standards Unit (NESU). A spokeswoman from NESU office said results for forms one, four and six will be released this Friday. NESU director when contacted to confirm the time said the results are ready but are still…
MALAITA’S Aoke Langalanga ward one provincial member says land is not the cause of development hold-ups on Malaita. Molcolm Moli said it is people’s attitude towards land that hinders developments on Malaita. “There are cultural set-ups in terms of land custody, therefore proper dialogue and inclusive approach must be priority in development plans to ensure…