PNG’s Supreme Court handed down its decision early this week declaring for a second time that O’Neill’s government was illegal. Since becoming Prime Minister in August 2011, Peter O’Neill has had a tenuous hold on government. The opposing political forces led by former Prime Minister Michael Somare have used court challenges and other means, including [...] » Read More
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Thursday, May 24th, 2012Fiji Methodists under attack
Friday, August 26th, 2011I have just returned fromFiji where I went to attend the Annual Conference of the Methoidst Church of Fiji and Rotuma. This was their first opportunity to hold an Annual Conference in three years as the Military Government had banned the holding of conferences since 2009. About a thousand Methodist Church members were expected at [...] » Read More
Deep sea mining – opportunity and risk for the Pacific
Thursday, August 11th, 2011I have been reading a lot lately about Seabed Mining. Parts of the deep seabed are known to contain rich deposits of minerals such as copper, nickel and cobalt. Until recently, extracting these deposits at several kilometres’ depth was too complex to be economical. But over the past few years, rising commodity prices and new [...] » Read More
Carteret Islanders – some of the world’s first climate refugees
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011A documentary film released last year tells the story of the Carteret Islanders who have been called the world’s first climate refugees. This remote chain of six small Pacific islands and the 1000 or so people who live there are is fast losing ground to rising sea levels. Sun Come Up tells the story of [...] » Read More
Prayers and support from Vanuatu
Thursday, February 24th, 2011The following message came from the General Secretary of the Presbyterian Church in Vanuatu Pastor Kalsakau Urtalo. Greetings Since the flood followed by cyclone Yasi hit your people in Queensland and Victoria, the Presbyterian Church of Vanuatu were praying for you and the victims of the flood and Cyclone and for the nation of Australia. We were disgusted with this horrible... Read More »
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