Solomon Islands

Penal And Criminal Procedure Codes Under Review In Solomons

By Alison Ofotalau in Honiara Saturday: November 15, 2008 The Law Reform Commission of Solomon Islands is conducting a review of the Penal Code – the criminal law of the country and the Criminal Procedure Code which sets out...

Childbirth deaths on the rise in Pacific: UN (ABC)

The number of women dying in pregnancy and childbirth in Pacific communities has jumped dramatically. The findings come from two United Nations agencies and have prompted the Federal Government to commit to making maternal...

Solomon Islands is losing out on the benefits of cheap telecommunication

Nov 14, 2008 (Asia Pulse Data Source via COMTEX) -- Solomon Islands is losing out on the benefits of cheap telecommunication in the domestic and international gateway, reports SIBC. Deputy Prime minister Fred Fono, made this...

More Troops Bound For Solomon Islands

Press Release: New Zealand Defence Force More Troops Bound For Solomon Islands A platoon group of New Zealand soldiers will leave for the Solomon Islands on Wednesday 19 November for a four month deployment in the troubled...

PNG worker families compo

Ilya Gridneff and Angela Harper-Erini FAMILIES of Papua New Guineans who worked on farms and pearl fisheries in Queensland more than 100 years ago are set to receive reparations. During the late 19th century colonial Queensland...

Kids rescued as mum goes under the knife

A MOTHER of seven almost had to give up on a life-saving heart valve operation because she had no one to care for her children. But all this was turned around when operation organiser, Friends of Fiji Heart Foundation, sent out...

Talks Begin on Safeguarding Wonders of the 'Coral Triangle'

Mercer report - Download (MP3) Mercer report - Listen (MP3) The six nations that make up the so-called Coral Triangle in the Asia-Pacific region are working to preserve some of the world's most valuable marine life. The...

Internal Auditors Asked to Sharpen Skills

The second Ghana-Commonwealth Internal Audit Exchange Programme for internal auditors has ended with a call on participants to sharpen their skills to meet accepted standards of prudent financial performance, as well as to...

Remember the heroes of Guadalcanal

Gadi Lawton had another flare-up of malaria this fall. Malaria is a souvenir he brought back to Indianapolis from Guadalcanal. Most all the leathernecks there during World War II brought it home with them.Lawton, 89, is among...

Solomon Islands PM Congratulates Barack Obama

Tuesday: November 11, 2008 Solomon Islands Prime Minister Dr. Sikua has congratulated Barrack Obama, the President-elect of the for winning the presidential election on November 4. Dr. Sikua conveyed his best wishes in a letter...

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