The two Samoa Telcos are being called to account as a result of the widespread distribution by mobile telephone of an explicit video made by a St Mary’s College pupil, calling herself spider girl. When the sex video story broke one of the mobile providers issued a full-page advertisement the very next day promoting a texting competition Read more
Next week the Methodist Church meeting takes place in Suva. The Conference used to be an annual event but this is first time it has taken place in three years because of a ban imposed by the interim government. The General Secretary of the Church Reverend Tevita Banivanua says being able to hold its conference, even under scrutiny and on a Read more
Vanuatu’s Council of Churches is calling on the government to end land speculation and to provide much more comprehensive consultation on its plans for Vanuatu World Trade membership The Churches are concerned that indigenous people risk loosing their rights and their culture. The Council of Church’s chairman, Bishop James Ligo, says large numbers of people Read more
Thirty Pacific-based youth workers from Tonga, Samoa and Fiji graduated with Certificates and Diplomas from a Regional Pasifika Youth Development Programme, during a graduation ceremony in Nuku’alofa, on August 10. “Ola Fou”, meaning “new life” is a project of the Youth Cultures and Community Trust, a charitable organization registered in New Zealand. The course is Read more
A 16-year-old girl, dubbed ‘Spider girl,’ was expelled from Mary’s College in Apia Samoa, because she used her cellphone to make a sexually explicit video which then found its way onto the internet. The Director of Catholic Education, Aeau Chris Hazelman, and Marist Sisters head Sister Emanuela Betham went on Samoa Television to issue a Read more
The Council of Churches is calling on the government to end land speculation in Vanuatu. The appeal was made in a 4-page document, which has just been launched by the Council of Churches, in Port Vila. The Churches are concerned that indigenous people risk losing their rights and their culture. Alan Nafuki said people are leasing Read more
A workshop organised by the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative attended by lawyers, police, Ports Authority officials and Government officials has been told that “Human trafficking is real and it happens in the Solomon Islands,” Sister Doreen told the workshop that the issue of human trafficking has been seen as a problem experienced only in Read more
One hundred students of Saint Agnes Primary School in Suva will heighten awareness of child abuse at the upcoming Tadra Kahani show. The students will perform to the theme ‘Child Abuse, Every Child Has a Story’. Student representative Olly No’ora said they expected tough competition from other schools. “It will be a challenging competition but we Read more
A debate occurred on Radio Australia National on whether it’s in Australia’s national interest to continue shunning the Bainimarama regime. The debate featured Dr Jon Fraenkel who specialises in Melanesian affairs at the Australian National University and argues that Australia and New Zealand should refuse to engage with Bainimarama until he buckles. According to Grub Sheet “Fraenkel is part Read more
The head of the Sabbath Day Christian Revival Church, Pastor Vilikesa Raqio, has requested the Fiji Government to reconsider its stand on religious groups that keep their children out of school. Mr Raqio said he supported the Government’s intention to send all school-aged children to school, but said “I strongly feel that those religious groups that Read more