High Court judge, Justice Stephen Pallaras QC says that the Solomon Islands is a small country, “and a small country be what they want it to be.” He said in order to mould the communities, everyone has to act and do something about respecting women and children. “You have to learn your rights what they Read more
A former Kiribati president says he is supporting smaller families and is taking the message around the capital Tarawa. Sir Ieremia Tabai, who is the chairman of the committee campaigning for smaller families, is encouraging the people of Kiribati to have two or three children. As overcrowding and unemployment in Tarawa and Betio are serious Read more
On Sunday 24th of August, the Catholic church in the Cook Islands honoured 2 priests and their 120 years of service. Fr. John Rovers and Fr. Damian Marinus celebrated their 6oth anniversary of ordination. The entire Catholic Community of Rarotonga gathered at St. Joseph’s Cathedral for the event. A celebration followed at St. Joseph Elementary Read more
Bishop Paul Mea says his church will not support introducing the death penalty. He says there are other measures that can be taken to try to reduce violence in the community. The Kiribati parliament has passed the first reading of the bill and leaders are supposed to hold consultations with their electorate before the second Read more
The Fiji Muslim League has requested all its mosques and centres to pray for the wellbeing of the 45 Fijian soldiers held in captivity by the al-Qaida affiliated group al-Nusra. League president Hafizud Khan said Muslims around the country shared the same concern that, as Fijian troops were serving in a peacekeeping capacity under UN Read more
Sister Mary Claude Gadd is working on a website to raise awareness about the Church’s ministries to children in Papua New Guinea. “Thus far I have identified close to twenty special Programs being carried out across PNG by Catholic individuals or organisations on behalf of disadvantaged and needy children,” Mary Claude said in an interview Read more
The general secretary of the Fiji Methodist Church, Reverend Tevita Nawadra Banivanua led a prayer on Wednesday evening at Suva’s Centenary Church for the captured Fiji peacekeepers. It was reported that about 500 people attended. Nawadra says the incident has gripped the country and many people are worried. “To be captured like this and moved Read more
The church and society especially in Melanesia should listen to the voices of women, girls and children who are always placed at the deep end of the stick, says the Anglican Archbishop of Melanesia, The Most Rev’d David Vunagi “It is only when the church and society are listening that they can establish achievable goals Read more
The Catholic Church has long been fighting sorcery in Papua New Guinea. An Auckland academic says the real issue with violence against women in Papua New Guinea is not sorcery, but gender inequality. Evangelina Papoutsaki says unequal gender relations which are the result of the post-colonial times and Christianity, are being used to justify violence against Read more
With the first Fiji general election since the 2006 coup less than three weeks away, it is important to understand Fiji’s new electoral system. The Catholic Church in Fiji has been conducting workshops for Catholic politicians. Head of Catholic Church, Archbishop Peter Loy Chong says it is the church’s role to train politicians to have an Read more