February 2, 2018

PPC strongly reminds people in West to heed warnings

BY ALFRED PAGEPITU GIZO WESTERN Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Chief Superintendent Mathias Lenialu has strongly reminded people of Western province to take heed of warnings issued by responsible authorities. He told Island Sun yesterday to strongly remind people in the…

Heritage Park, Chester, Titiru scoop award

By Mike Puia   THREE tourism operators were presented awards recognising their service in the local tourism industry. The operators are; Heritage Park Hotel and Chester Rest House in Honiara and Titiru Ecolodge in Rendova, Western Province. The awards were…

2015 year 4 and 6 pupil’s performance concerns MEHRD

BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO SOLOMON Islands Standardised Tests of Achievement (SISTA) 2015 in-depth analysis states that year-four pupils’s writing performance was very poor However, there is significant improvement between year-four students and sixers. But, the down-side is that their performances…

SINUSA pledges to work closely with SINU

BY LYNTON AARON FILIA  SOLOMON Island National University Student Association (SINUSA) has pledged to work closely with the University to stand up for student’s welfare this year. The aim is to improve sports facilities, study facilities and become an active…

MAL encourages local food consumption

BY LORETTA BRIGIDIA MANELE THE Ministry of Agriculture (MAL) in its efforts to promote the consumption of local food in the country is active in its livelihood, food security and enhancement programmes. This is according to the ministry’s Permanent Secretary,…

Literacy reduces poverty: PS Rodie

BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO PERMANENT Secretary for Ministry of Education Human Resources Development (MEHRD) Dr Franco Rodie reveals literacy is one way to reduce poverty. He said there have been many reasons why global leaders including Solomon Islands pioneers have…

Janus is still active: Varley

BY JENNIFER KUSAPA POLICE Commissioner Mathew Varley says that the Janus taskforce is still active and is working very hard. Currently there is no latest development on the investigations but there are a number of cases that they have on…