BY GEORGINA KEKEA THE Ministry of Education, Human Resources and Development (MEHRD) has decided NOT to send any more students under Cuba Scholarship scheme in medicine. MEHRD Permanent Secretary (PS) Dr Franco Rodie says the scholarship was concentrated in training…
BY GEORGINA KEKEA THE incoming director of the Centre for Pacific Islands Studies at the University of Hawaii told ABC that declining support for West Papuan independence in Melanesia is a clear sign of Indonesia’s growing influence. Dr Tarcisius Tara…
PAPUA New Guinea’s Bank of the South Pacific is looking to introduce a domestic violence policy covering PNG and all regional branches after a company survey at BSP Solomon Islands showed 92 percent of all 260 staff believe their colleagues…
By Alfred Sasako GOVERNMENT payments to JQY Enterprise Ltd have pushed the company’s seven-year earnings past the $239-million mark, documents obtained by Island Sun show. These payments were from the tax-payer funded Constituency Fund (CDF) grants. The Ministry of Rural…
BY GEORGINA KEKEA THE Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development (MEHRD) will continue to improve the monitoring and management of SIG-scholarship. Permanent Secretary (PS) Dr Franco Rodie when responding to Island Sun’s query on scholarship for students in Philippines…
ANNAUL headline inflation for Honiara has indicated a slight surge of 0.3 percent in August, 2018. This means only a 0.1 percent points increase was recorded compared to the previous month (July) inflation of 0.2 percent. Releasing the Honiara Consumer…
BY GEORGINA KEKEA THE Kurukuru joint maritime operation is reportedly successful with Patrol Boat Auki having patrolled the country’s waters for the past 10 days. Police Commissioner, Matthew Varley is quite pleased with Operation Kurukuru. In his weekly media conference,…
BY GEORGINA KEKEA TODAY October 15 marks Global Handwashing day. Up to 70 percent of cases of diarrhoea may be associated with poor food hygiene thus this day is deemed very important. Food-borne illnesses are said to be a major…
$40.8M outstanding fees forces university to take action DEBTS totalling $40.8 million has forced the Solomon Islands National University (SINU) to put its foot down on a deadline – October 31, 2018. The institute warns that after this date,…
