Features Archive July 2020
Tough Times Ahead for Employers Amidst SOPE Extension: SICCI
The Solomon Islands Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SICCI) reminds leaders and the general public on the hardships that business and industry are facing at this time of State of Public Emergency (SOPE).
Coastal Fisheries in a Pandemic: Solomon Islands and Vanuatu Experiences
The Pacific region is no stranger to sudden shocks. Vanuatu and Solomon Islands, for instance, are respectively ranked one and three as nations most at risk from natural hazards and societal vulnerability.
Local Artist Creates Customized Headstones
Historians believe that almost every culture includes a system of memorializing the dead through some kind of marker.
APTC and the Pandemic
Recent months have shown us more than ever the need to be flexible and responsive, to pivot when needed. However, to borrow from friend and colleague Chris Roche: “As in Pilates so in development cooperation: if you want flexibility, you need core strength.”
Stuck in New Zealand: the Experiences of Pacific Seasonal Workers
It has been a long, exhausting, and stressful season for many seasonal workers and employers participating in New Zealand’s Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) scheme.
MAL Step Up Efforts to Contain ‘African Swine Fever’
The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) through its Biosecurity division is scaling up its ‘African Swine Fever’ (ASF) preparedness efforts to contain any possible importation of ASF disease into the country.
Nurse Shares Challenges of Rural Health Clinic
Joan Tagolo is 45 years of age and has been a nurse for over 20 years now.
Economic Empowerment of Women Through Financial Literacy
Kurisi and Kamaki come from Choiseul province and are currently settlers on the island of Peniamina, just outside of Wagina.
RSE COVID-19 Responses, Getting Pacific Seasonal Workers Home
As New Zealand has relaxed its COVID-19 restrictions, attention has turned to getting several thousand Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) scheme workers, many of whom have been in the country for more than nine months, back home to their families and communities in the Pacific.
Somewhere Over the Rainbow, the Skies are Blue
“This rest house was built with money earned from bechdemer and seaweed”, Nacia Sito says.
RSE COVID-19 Responses, Supporting Seasonal Workers in New Zealand
In early June, after two months of lockdown due to the COVID-19 global pandemic, New Zealand moved to its lowest Alert Level. Life has effectively returned to normal with the exception of strict border controls to minimise the risk of COVID-19 entering the country.
Health Care on Air to Support Front-line Healthcare Workers During COVID-19 Response Launched
Pacific governments, together with partners including UNICEF and the Governments of the United States, New Zealand and Japan, launched the Health Care on Air Pacific training to be aired on radio and other communication platforms for front-line healthcare workers across 14 countries.
Boom and Bust? Political Will and Anti-corruption in Papua New Guinea
When it comes to fighting corruption in PNG, it seems the more things change the more they stay the same.
Malaita Province and Civil Society Welcome Community Legal Advocates Initiative to Enhance Access to Justice
The Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs (MJLA) in partnership with the Public Solicitor’s Office (PSO) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have commenced consultations with key justice actors in Auki, Malaita Province with a view to enhancing access to justice across the province.