OCEANIA – Debt crisis in the Pacific: Jubilee Year campaign aims to provide relief

Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) – “Fiji, Papua New Guinea, and Samoa are Pacific countries at risk of experiencing the worst consequences of internal and external debt. The Caritas Internationalis Jubilee campaign, ‘Transform Debt into Hope,’ should convince everyone to be vigilant about what political elites could do to avoid the dire circumstances of debt growth,” writes Father Giorgio Licini, missionary of PIME (Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions) and Caritas collaborator of the Episcopal Conference of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, in a letter sent to…

After the 2017 liquidation of Sears Canada Inc., thousands of retirees’ pensions were slashed because the company’s pension plan was underfunded. That case helped push for stronger legal protections, and in 2023, a federal bill was passed to prioritize pensioners in bankruptcies.

But the protections under Bill C-228, which takes effect in 2027, don’t cover all pensions. Some retirement plans are still unregulated and unprotected, leaving retirees…

Payment plans and breaks, debt support, up to 70 per cent off bills, as well as support if you’re a single occupier, or have a large family or medical condition that requires water usage – are some of what the company offers it’s 4.6m customers.

It’s encouraging its people to also make family, friends and others aware of the support – as it’s committed to having no one worry about paying their water bill.

Mark Grice, Severn Trent External Relations Manager said: “If people need help with their water bill, then we’re clear we’re here to help. My team are out and about every single day committed to meeting people in local communities and helping make things that little bit more manageable. We know that life is ever…

Council tax debt is a frequent issue that people bring to the Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) each year. It’s the most common type of debt advice we provide across the Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) network and has been for more than a decade. Our advisers treat this as a priority debt, due to the speed and scale of debt recovery. And as council tax debt is usually accompanied by other debts, it is often a red flag about wider financial difficulties.

It’s an issue that impacts both council taxpayers and councils alike. The process to recover arrears can put people in a worse financial position and the council can lose much-needed income. Councils can also find themselves spending money chasing arrears that have little or no…

The multimillionaire head of a former trust company that went into liquidation could be declared bankrupt this summer.

Edward Watkin Gittins was managing director and owner of Montpelier (Trust and Corporate) Services, which was wound up in 2020 after being accused of diverting millions of pounds of client money.

Last September, he told a court he owed almost a million pounds to royal Bank of Scotland, more than £20,000 to Manx Utilities, £180,000 in income tax…

This page provides information for creditors, employees and affected parties in relation to the Libelle Group Liquidation.

Background information

Libelle Group was placed into Liquidation on March 11, 2025 by the shareholders of the company.

Robert Campbell and David Webb of Deloitte New Zealand have been appointed as Liquidators.

Libelle Group is a food service provider, offering a range of services including government funded lunches, residential catering, tuckshop solutions and school catering services for the past 20 years. Its contracts span the education sector.

Libelle Group is contracted by Compass Group New Zealand Limited (Compass) to deliver approximately 125,000 meals daily as part of the Government’s…