Feesago Siaosi Fepuleai, in a keynote speech at the Samoa Institute of Accountants, said that only ethical people can be ethical professionals. He gave some examples of frauds that have occurred internationally and locally and said, “I invariably wondered therefore sometimes why these things were happening when the very values and principles on which your Institute is Read more
Commercial tourism breeds injustice and contradicts the precepts of the Bible and hence it has become “a theological and ethical imperative” to challenge and critique the present paradigm of tourism, It is a myth that tourism produces employment, economic development and alleviates the sufferings of the poor Commercial tourism “denies” the poor the right to Read more
It is alway sad to see a church destroyed. The people in Christchurch are mourning the loss of their churches that have been destroyed in the earthquake. No less the people of Apia mourn the loss of their Cathedral, which has been demolished. Most are sad to see it go. Some are angry believing it Read more
Churches are responding to the threat of AIDS/HIV by ensuring those training ministers, deaconesses, pastors and working in the spiritual education of lay members, especially young people have the capacity to discuss and engage with HIV and AIDS from a Christian perspective. Representatives from a number of Christian churches recently attended a course in Suva entitled Read more
Around 90 Pacific church leaders, principals of theological schools, faculty staff, and pastors recently gathered for a week long consultation on hermeneutics in Namoli village situated in Fiji’s second city Lautoka. Discussions took place around the theme “Rethinking the Journey and Course of Hermeneutics in Oceania” The gathering is a joint initiative between the Pacific Conference of Read more
A meeting UN Women, which took place in Suva on Saturday 19 March, was told by the The Fiji Minister for Social Welfare, Women and Poverty Alleviation, Doctor Jiko Luveni, that the ultimate goal of gender equality is the “harmonius development of men and women.” UN Women, known formally as the United Nations Entity for Read more
Nuie recently hosted the the biggest climate change conference in the Pacific. Over 100 people representing 17 countries attended the Pacific Climate Change Roundtable meeting in Nuie which concluded on 18 March. Reverend Tafue Lusama, General Secretary of Te Ekalesia Kelisiano Tuvalu (the Christian Church of Tuvalu) gave the keynote presentation on behalf of the non-government organisations Reverend Read more
Cults and sects are live and active in parts of Fiji’s Ra Province and a Government team has been set up to eradicate them. The Government is concerned about the welfare of children, and because it allows men to sleep with any female group member. Ra provincial administrator Joji Satakala said, “most of these cult groups ban Read more
Fiji reproductive health practitioners have taken part in a one-day training program on reproductive health. Program’s director, Joanne Cohen says Fiji has a high rate of sexually transmitted diseases. Cohen told Radio Australia’s Pacific Beat program that condoms are not widely used or accepted and the prgram was part of a plan to merge counselling Read more
The increasing number of sexual abuse cases against children is proving problematic for the Navolau district in Fiji. Sexual abuse against children had increased dramatically in the past two years according to Police spokesman, Seargeant Koro Lesikimacoku, who urged the council members to help the police in fighting this crime. “It’s unfortunate that grandfathers, fathers Read more