Features Archive May 2022
“Every High Tide Reaches My Doorstep”: How People with Disabilities Face Climate Change in Solomon Islands
35-year-old Francis Filia has had to sit in a wheelchair for more than 17 years of his life, due to a physical impairment on his spine. From his home in the Solomon Islands, he hears the waves each morning getting more aggressive.
China Seeking Region-Wide Policing and Security Cooperation
China will seek a region-wide deal with almost a dozen Pacific Island countries covering policing, security and data communication cooperation when Foreign Minister Wang Yi hosts a meeting in Fiji next week, documents seen by Reuters show.
Solomons Islands Harnessing Scientific and Technical Data for Risk-informed Decision-Making
The Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology (MECDM) has reaffirmed its commitment to harnessing data to take risk-informed decisions and supporting a whole-of-government approach to enhancing community resilience.
The Voice of China in Pacific Media
The Chinese Embassy are exploiting and corrupting our media institutions. I have evidence. Money has spoken and there is now no independence and integrity in PNG media. My complaints have been ignored for too long. I can no longer hide these dirty secrets from our people and jeopardize my family future and our country’s future.
Labour Mobility Campaign Wrap: Both Parties Make Major Commitments
Pacific labour mobility has received an unprecedented level of attention in this year’s Australian Federal election campaign. Australian anxieties about Chinese influence in the Solomon Islands have dominated the headlines.
Lasaqa: Mobile Money will Improve Access to Financial Services Among the Underserved in Solomon Islands
Christina Lasaqa, Our Telekom’s new and first woman CEO, describes her December 2021 appointment as a “massive achievement for women” in the country’s telecommunications sector “because it's been a male-dominated industry since its establishment”.
YECSI Awards Grants to Innovative Young Entrepreneurs With Support From Strongim Bisnis
The Young Entrepreneurs Council of Solomon Islands (YECSI) and Strongim Bisnis who is the major supporter of Ennovation Blo Iumi program successfully held the grant contract signing agreement with the three 2021/2022 EBI2.0 business winners namely Empire Barber shop, Twice Is Nice and Cravings at the Mendana Hotel on Thursday 12 May 2022.
Landmark Case Impacting Logging Companies and Re-Defining Residents Affected in Solomon Islands
A person does not need to be a landowner to have standing to bring action against a logging company for environmental damage.
“People in Their 30s and 40s Dying:” Says My Kana App Developer
Irene Chief’s words are stark as she describes what spurred her and her colleague Kama Ateca to do something about unhealthy diets in their island nation of Fiji.
UNCDF Partners with Our Telekom to Develop Mobile Money Services in Solomon Islands
The UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) is embarking on a joint historic project with Our Telekom to launch mobile money services in Solomon Islands in efforts to boost financial inclusion and transform the digital payments ecosystem in the country.
Time to Reprioritise Girls’ Education
“If you educate a girl, you educate a nation,” an African proverb tells us. While it is important to invest in the education of girls for their own sake, benefits ripple to children, families, and their communities more broadly when women and girls have access to education.
