The miracle of the dancing sun
ON October 13, 1917, exactly 100 years ago today, the World or at least many parts in Portugal experienced what is now known as the Miracle of the Dancing Sun. A few newspapers in Portugal at that time covered the…
October 2017
St Nicholas college farm aims for self-reliance
BY LORETTA BRIGIDIA MANELE LIKE every farmer who is delighted at how far their crops have grown, to how much they yield, this sentiment could be nothing short of the reaction given by a school principal and her team of…
SIPA tightens screw on internal financial control
By Alfred Sasako THE Solomon Islands Ports Authority (SIPA) has tightened the screws on internal financial control following forensic audit has uncovered anomalies, it was revealed yesterday. “Most of the anomalies have now been sorted out and we have…
SI-ROC Taiwan diplomatic affiliation dubbed trustworthy
BY CAROL-ANNE SULEGA PRIME Minister Manasseh Sogavare has dubbed Solomon Islands diplomatic relationship with The Republic of China (Taiwan) as consistent and trustworthy. Sogavare made the statement during Taiwan’s double ten celebration at the Mendana Hotel on Tuesday marking their…
Makira-Ulawa Premier urges LOs to open land
BY SAMIE WAIKORI PREMIER of Makira-Ulawa province has called on his people to work together and open their land for development. In a recent interview with this paper, Hon Stanley Siapu said they have a lot of registered land in…
Two senior officers escape PM’s cost-cutting measures
By Alfred Sasako TWO senior staffers in the Prime Minister’s Office appear to have escaped savage cost-cutting measures taken by Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare earlier this year. Many Political Appointees lost their jobs as a result of the premature…
Considering the plight of patients of the NRH awaiting prosthetic limbs
YESTERDAY, I wrote to your newspaper about a claim made to me that up to 400 people in the Solomon Islands are without prosthetic limbs, mainly prosthetic legs, following surgery. It seems as if my news merely scratched the surface…
Miss Pacific Islands and MSIP 2017 visit PMO and MWCYFA
BY MAVIS NISHIMURA PODOKOLO THE reigning Miss Pacific Islands Ms Anne Christine Dunn and the Miss Solomon Islands 2017 contenders visited the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and the Ministry of Women Children Youth and Family Affairs (MWCYFA) yesterday. During their…
Call to check pot plants bound for provinces
BY ALFRED PAGEPITU GIZO GIZO authorities and public are calling on ship owners to make sure pot plants are quarantine checked before transported to the provinces. This call follows several findings of the giant African snail in pot plants shipped…
SIMSA in need of more qualified personnel
BY SAMIE WAIKORI THE Solomon Islands Maritme Safety Administration (SIMSA) is in dire need of qualified personnel, it is reported. SIMSA, which is proposed to be upgraded into the wider-scoped Solomon Islands Maritime Authority (SIMA), needs a boost in…