BY LYNTON AARON FILIA GLOBAL Environment issues can now be taught at the Solomon Islands National University and secondary sectors across the country as additional materials. Minister for Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology Dr Culwick Togamana officially launched…
CANADA’s labour mobility partnership through Canadian International Training & Education (CITREC) is bringing more Solomon Islanders into Canada. CITREC Chairman Ashwant Dwivedi believes that by the end of next year the numbers are expected to significantly grow as more Solomon…
THE Parliamentary Bills and Legislation Committee (BLC) will commence enquiries into four new Bills, starting with the Goods Tax (Amendment) Bill 2018 today. The Good Tax (Amendment) Bill 2018 is an Act enacted by the National Parliament to amend the…
BY ELLISON VAHI VERENAUE Community High School is an education institution to be established within Gao District in Isabel province. According to the IPYF, on commenting, the Community High School interim committee chairman and Secretary to the people of Huali,…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA INVESTIGATION into the case of a 23-year-old man alleged of raping a 20-year-old-girl on July 9 at Lungga area is ongoing. Supervising Commissioner Juanita Matanga said the girl was on her way home from work when the…
By Gary Hatigeva IT is revealed that though short term, the new $40 note is a dedicatory bill, produced in dedication to the country’s 40 years in existence as a nation. Following its official launching, a question was posed, which…
BY BARNABAS MANEBONA CENTRAL Bank of Solomon Islands (CBSI) clarifies that the new $40 banknote and $2 coin launched is part of the country’s circulation currency. This means that the public can exchange goods and services with this special commemorative…
BY ALFRED SASAKO WESTERN Province’s Munda Airport, destined to become the nation’s second international Airport, may have failed the prescribed operational requirements under the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) rules, it was revealed earlier this week. Prime Minister Rick Houenipwela…
BY MAVIS NISHIMURA P ODOKOLO THE memorandum of understanding (MOU) on the funding of construction and installation of the Coral Sea Cable system has been signed in Brisbane on July 11, 2018 between Australia, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands.…
BY SAMIE WAIKORI Auki PAYMENT of $566,000 for 32 contracted farmers and their labourers at the oil palm project in Wairokai, Malaita province, has reportedly gone missing. The money is alleged to have disappeared within the Ministry of Agriculture and…
