BY LORETTA BRIGIDIA MANELE SHARING her experience to the young individuals present at yesterday’s 2nd round of Youth Peacebuilding Forum was former chairlady and active member of YWPG (Young Women’s Parliamentary Group). Ms Grace Hilly shared a brief story of…
BY JARED KOLI SUPPORT from Member of Parliament (MP) for East Guadalcanal Constituency Bradley Tovosia and Guadalcanal Education Authority (GEA) in East Guadalcanal has been given praise. Deputy Head Master of Saro Extension Primary School, Godfrey Lovoli thanked the two…
BY LYNTON AARON FILIA SOLOMON Islands is realising its potential of producing local chocolate. CEMA proved this this week, displaying samples of locally made chocolate in the World Food Day and agriculture show. The Solomon Islands product contains 60…
BY SAMIE WAIKORI THE Premier of Makira-Ulawa province has called on the people of Ugi not to forgo the national wharf project proposed for the island. Premier Standley Siapu made the statement in response to a demand of $SBD3.3 million…
BY CAROL-ANNE SULEGA ACCORDING to the tentative hearing schedule provided by the National Parliament of Solomon Islands, the Bills and Legislation Committee (BLC) will commence hearings into the Constitution (Amendment) (Dual Citizenship) Bill 2017 tomorrow. The objective of the Bill…
BY CAROL-ANNE SULEGA THE Bills and Legislation Committee (BLC) commenced inquiries into the Citizenship Bill 2017 yesterday. The objective of the Bill is to repeal and replace the Citizenship Act (Cap 57). It defines who is a Solomon Islands citizen…
BY JENNIFER KUSAPA THE Public Prosecution has amended the charge of common assault and substituted to that of manslaughter against Rubenson Samani yesterday. Public Prosecutor John Zoze made the application to withdraw the common assault charge under section 190(2) b…
DEAR EDITOR, the National Referral Hospital (NRH) is in desperate need of a CT scanner. What is a CT scanner and why the need? A CT scanner gives images of soft tissues and can provide doctors with far more information…
DEAR EDITOR, I wish to make a comment or two on two items which was reported in your paper. First was the publication again of the recipients of shipping grant with SBD$27million unaccounted for funds. Secondly a letter on Sunday…
By Alfred Sasako. CAN you imagine growing rice in seawater? Many of us will find it hard to believe it but it’s true. After years of research, Chinese scientists have put rice grown in seawater on the nation’s tables,…
