More Victims Ready to Testify in Next Hearings

The first public hearing by the Solomon Islands Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) concluded yesterday, with 19 witnesses giving sometimes wrenching personal testimony on their experiences during five years of civil conflict known as the "tension".

Sofia Macher greeting one of the victims (Serima Jas) after her testimony. (Source: Photo supplied) Regional News || read all Wednesday, March 10, 2010 5:57 AM ADB, AFD Work to Promote Growth, Reduce Poverty and Protect Environment Tuesday, March 09, 2010 12:19 PM Pacific Women Continue to Face Challenges Monday, March 08, 2010 9:53 AM Level of Violence against Women in Pacific among Highest in the World Exchange Rates SBD100 AUD 19.13 CNY 86.42 EUR 9.73 FJD 23.24 PGK 35.75 USD 12.65 Updated: Thursday, March 11, 2010 11:10 AM Source: finance.yahoo.com

Witness testimonies revealed the breadth of their anguishing experiences. Among them were Mrs. Pretty Rose Proctor from Choiseul Island who lost her husband, her brother and her niece in the ...  read more Category: Economy Topic: Truth and Reconciliation Commission Wednesday, March 10, 2010 8:14 AM First TRC Hearing Brings Relief and Hopes for Reconciliation Nine victims from the tensions in Solomon Islands testified before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, TRC, during the first day of public hearings. The tragic and disturbing stories told by the nine victims gave an insight into the types of abuses many Solomon Islanders experienced between 1998 and 2003. Among the crimes committed were murder, ...  read more Category: Economy Topic: Truth and Reconciliation Commission Tuesday, March 09, 2010 7:00 AM TRC Holds First Public Hearing Victims of the tensions in Solomon Islands will have their first opportunity today to give testimony on their experiences before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, TRC. "The outcome of the hearing is yet to be seen, but we hope and pray that it will enable those who are willing to come forward to finally move on in their lives", says Father Sam Ata, chairman of the ...  read more Category: Economy Topic: Truth and Reconciliation Commission

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Tuesday, March 09, 2010 3:35 PM Ministers Plan Boycott of Parliament BY JOHN KAY FROM HONIARA Dear Editor, I would be grateful if you could publish my letter to the editor. Can someone release the names of Parliament MPs that plan to boycott ...  read more Tuesday, March 09, 2010 12:15 PM A relief for USP SIG sponsored Students BY FRANKLYN WASI FROM USP ALAFUA CAMPUS, SAMOA I would like to commend the Solomon Islands Government in particular the National Training Unit (NTU) in the Ministry of Education and Human Resource ...  read more Thursday, March 04, 2010 1:15 AM SIG and the welfare of our overseas students BY DERICK R MANU'ARI FROM AROSI ONE, MAKIRA Dear Editor, Why is the government too ignorant of its shortcomings and continues to pretend that it cares? Well, at least, it does care about send...  read more Wednesday, March 03, 2010 1:39 PM Students in Fiji BY ANDREW K FROM ASIA Vey irresponsible of the Gov't. So much of talking about Good Governance when our students are hungery. This is such a shame. The Ministry of Educatio...  read more

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