Pasifika News
‘Local crops make nutritious flour,” says Head of SPC’S CETC
Greater food value, economically viable, local resource material: these features make flour production at the Community Education and Training Centre (CETC) anything but ‘run-of-the-mill’. “We have been working with women at the grassroots level, showing them how to make flour from kumala, breadfruit, dalo and cassava – homemade flour from… Read More
Pacific growth to moderate: ADB report
MANILA, PHILIPPINES (11 April 2012) – Economic growth in the Pacific region is expected to slow to 6.0% in 2012, decelerating further to 4.1% in 2013, while inflation is expected to hold at moderate levels in much of the Pacific, according to the Asian Development Outlook 2012, released today by… Read More
French Polynesia’s Tuheiava charged with Forgery
French Polynesia’s pro-independence member of the French Senate has been charged with forgery. The charges, which he denies, have been laid in Tahiti and relate to his work as a lawyer between 2006 and 2009. Walter Zweifel reports. “Richard Tuheiava says since his election to the Senate, he has become… Read More
Lawsuit fild against Palau’s president and Vice president
A lawsuit has been filed against Palau’s President Johnson Toribiong and his vice president Kerai Mariur. The suit, by five Senators is over the use of funds from the US Government for the resettlement of five former Guantanamo detainees from the Chinese Muslim Uighur minority. The suit alleges President Toribiong… Read More
RAMSI policeman on peacekeeping assignment – and gains a wife
When an Auckland policeman travelled on assignment to the Solomon Islands, he didn’t expect to meet his future wife. Ian Anderson and his wife Paula are just two of the many New Zealanders who have served with the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI). RAMSI involves 15 countries around… Read More
RAMSI swings into ‘transition mode’ for Solomon Islands future
Report – By Henry Yamo The Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI) programme has now swung into transition mode with Solomon Islanders taking a greater lead in defining their own future. RAMSI Deputy Special Coordinator Wayne Higgins highlighted this in Auckland last night when launching a photographic exhibition showcasing… Read More
Bainimarama does not rule out standing for Fiji election 2014
Fiji’s regime leader Commodore Frank Bainimarama says he is considering standing in the promised 2014 polls. He says the man he removed from power, the former Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase, is also welcome to stand. Sally Round reports. “Commodore Bainimarama told Sky News he would consider whether to stand… Read More
Solomon Island people prepared to reconcile over ethic conflict
The chairperson of the Solomon Islands Truth and Reconciliation Commission says people are definitely prepared to reconcile over ethnic tensions in which thousands were displaced and an unknown number killed. The body was set up to investigate the causes of the civil unrest between 1998 and 2003, which began when… Read More
Kiribati plans to get Fiji land no surprise, says Lecturer
A lecturer in Pacific Studies says she’s not surprised the Kiribati government is eyeing up land in Fiji for climate change refugees. Victoria University’s Dr Teresia Teaiwa says history shows people from low lying atolls have relocated to other parts of the Pacific as resources run low. She says it… Read More
Samoa government considers deporting convicted theif
The Samoa government is considering deporting the manager of Singapore Motors, a Pakistani man found guilty of more than 20 counts of theft in January. Arshed Fareed is due to be sentenced on the 12th of this month, but Prime Minister Tuila’epa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi says he has been advised the… Read More
