Homosexual activist and attorney Aman Ravindra-Singh has accused Fiji’s Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama of breaking the law by the manner in which he responded to a suggestion the same sex marriage be legalised. Singh claims that the prime minister has violated section 26 of the Fiji constitution, and he should be charged under the criminal Read more
Now that Australia’s High Court has ruled that the offshore detention regime at Nauru and Manus Island is lawful a five year old boy who was allegedly raped on Nauru is facing the prospect of being returned to the detention centre where his attacker remains. The Australian Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, said he will carefully Read more
The Marist Brothers in Australia, Melanesia and the Pacific are heeding a call for their ministry to spread to people on the margins of society. The Brothers’ Melanesia district covers Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Bougainville, and the Pacific district includes New Zealand, Samoa and Kiribati. Almost 50 Brothers attended a gathering at Read more
THE Methodist Church in Fiji and Rotuma has denied claims that it is associated with the Fijians Helping Fiji Co-operative Ltd (FHFCL). Fijians Helping Fiji Co-operative Limited was set up last year by a Hanemel Hansen along the lines of Americans Helping America (AHA), a US organisation involved in adult adoption work leading to US Read more
“In the case of our Pacific region, the hotspot is West Papua, the threat of ISIS, if there’s any degree of threat at all, it would be West Papua, because of the issue of West Papuan independence,” says John Tekwie, a community leader in Vanimo, the PNG town closest to the border. All mainstream religions Read more
A Marist Brother will, after a long spell, again be principal of the of Marist Brothers High School in Suva Fiji New Zealand Brother Terry Costello is heading to Suva take up the role of principal of the school in the new year. FijiSunOnline says, “Whisper is this follows concern that the special Marist character Read more
Fr Mosese Tui has accompanied a group senior students from the Don Bosco Vocational Centre in Salelologa who walked the length of the Island of Savai’i in Samoa. The sponsored walk was to raise money to build a hall for the school. They covered the 338 kilometres in 4 days and raised $tala 93,000.00. It is hope Read more
The Archbishop of Suva Peter Loy Chong has opened the Holy Door at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Suva. He told Catholics who were part of a march from the Marist Brothers’ High School ground to the Sacred Heart Cathedral that opening the door of mercy means renewing their commitment in their faith and to start Read more
No other country in the world has the courage or compassion like Fiji to come forward and help the people of Kiribati and Tuvalu. Kiribati President Anote Tong publicly thanked the nation of Fiji in a speech at the Paris climate summit for agreeing to take in his people should the worst come to pass. “It’s Read more
Pacific voices have been heard at the Climate Change Conference in Paris, COP21. “It is through the actions of civil society and small island nations that the agreement recognises we need to keep a global temperature limit well below 2C, and work towards a limit of 1.5C to protect the most vulnerable states,” says Caritas Read more